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AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay
(www.theregister.com)
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this post was submitted on 30 Oct 2025
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I’ve long said the AI thing is a media distraction. The trend of performing mass layoffs while still actively recruiting started at least a decade before ChatGPT, and ramped up during the pandemic.