IBM does this every few years. They fire a bunch of expensive senior people and replace them with cheaper junior people. This probably won't increase their staff numbers.
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2026
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Rather bold of them to admit openly of age discrimination.
Well, that all sounds a little contradicory. Especially the part about "AI skills" wen it is all about deskilling.
desk skill ing
desk kill ing
de skill ing
Sorry for the tangent, but... does Gen Z fist bump?
Sorry for the cotangent, but, yeah, pretty much every generation alive today does.
Yeah sometimes we do