2026-10-23 21:44 UTC
Leaving aside the whole circle jerkular economics of AI, the pattern in tech companies has been:
devs start using AI
middle mgmt says cool but watch the security
CEO says increase productivity, reduce labor!
middle mgmt says but the cost, and competence..
HR cuts 10% here, 15% there, finance says spreadsheet happy
delivery suffers, quality suffers
AI cost skyrockets
middle mgmt says ayyy no bueno
CEO still doesn’t understand what AI is, says more more more
some AI generated script deletes PROD
there’s no backup, no recovery
costs are higher than ever, product is worth less than ever, and there’s no ‘company’ because there’s no team
Can we make the CEO role redundant already? ’One boss to rule them all’ is the fastest way into the fires of mount doom. Stupid fucks…
Where are all those agile loraxes now? Why didn’t we listen to them about sustainable operations?
Replies (2)
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@boatswain@infosec.pub 2026-10-24 03:19
My friend, you seem to have a higher opinion of middle management than I; they seem to be frantically adopting AI almost as fast as the C Suite to me, and pushing for every “cut costs and defer security features” measure that they can.
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@picnic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-10-24 06:40
In my case (a publicly listed company), ceo and the executive board are silent towards workers, its the useless middle mgmnt pushing this shit. I dont even remember seeing ceo anywhere in years