In that case, the whole tech industry should, in solidarity, refuse to look for work and let the tech companies that just launched major layoffs. Those tech workers need to wait long enough to allow those gigantic corporations to suffer the consequences of automation. If they managed this, when they finally do come crawling back, tech workers can get fat raises using collective action.
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The tech layoffs are not related to industry replacing those jobs with AI. Tech overhired and now they are adjusting. Simple as that.
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