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☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>The technology white collar eradication continues. Since 2022 where <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TCI</span></a> Fundie <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a>* decided he needed a pay rise, one way was to demand <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> loose it’s “over paid” <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a>. Big Tech has followed by stripping workers and looking at <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> as a replacement,</p><p>It’s 2025 and…</p><p>“Meta's plan to erase 5% of workforce starts today” </p><p>&lt;<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/10/meta_to_toss_5_of/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/02/10/met</span><span class="invisible">a_to_toss_5_of/</span></a>&gt;</p><p>VS </p><p>“Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses (Meta/Facebook)”</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/WhiteCollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollar</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tehc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tehc</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/pay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pay</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/conditions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conditions</span></a> &lt;<a href="https://theregister.com/2025/02/22/meta_pumps_executive_bonuses/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/02/22/met</span><span class="invisible">a_pumps_executive_bonuses/</span></a>&gt; </p><p>* &lt;<a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci</span><span class="invisible">ano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/</span></a>&gt;</p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mhoye</span></a></span> “Major wall st fund managers and stock holders started putting together a plan to put pressure on the wage and RSU growth.”</p><p>TCI via Christopher Hohn. When I read this on FT in Nov. ‘22 at the time ChatGTP was released it to me, was the trigger point for mass layoffs.</p><p>“<a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TCI</span></a> Fund Management, the activist hedge fund helmed by U.K. billionaire <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a>, touted a massive stake in <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> parent <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alphabet</span></a> on Tuesday as he called on the company to cut costs by reducing its head count and paying workers less, becoming the latest high-profile investor slamming the formerly high-flying tech sector amid broader market weakness.”</p><p>&lt;<a href="https://forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/?sh=115dac8e3d97" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci</span><span class="invisible">ano/2022/11/15/billionaire-hedge-fund-investor-urges-alphabet-to-cut-costs-no-justification-for-salaries-that-are-too-high/?sh=115dac8e3d97</span></a>&gt;</p>
SM0ONR - Tomas 🇸🇪 🇺🇦<p>Very cool! <br><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/SDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SDC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/skimmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>skimmer</span></a> using <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/TCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TCI</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/Thetis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thetis</span></a> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQd_E4ffO-w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=iQd_E4ffO-</span><span class="invisible">w</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.radio/tags/cw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cw</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻<p>Late in November 2022 a decision was made to pivot from human innovation and engineering to <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> augmentation with the sole aim of reducing costs. </p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/TCI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TCI</span></a> Fund Management: “cost base of the business is "too high and that management needs to take aggressive action. The company has too many employees and the cost per employee is too high," *</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/ChristopherHohn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristopherHohn</span></a> in November ‘22 made that statement € and the matket followed. Sacked engineers from <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> companies through this year will exceed 224,503. ¥</p><p>That savings is going to AI investment with one of the aims to drive down the cost of technical <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> in software, ie: salaries. </p><p>* &lt;<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2022/11/16/tci_fund_google_cut_costs_waymo_compensation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2022/11/16/tci</span><span class="invisible">_fund_google_cut_costs_waymo_compensation/</span></a>&gt; / € &lt;<a href="https://tcifund.com/files/corporateengageement/alphabet/15th%20November%202022.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tcifund.com/files/corporateeng</span><span class="invisible">ageement/alphabet/15th%20November%202022.pdf</span></a>&gt; /¥ &lt;<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/19/tech-industry-layoffs-2023" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2023/09/19/tech</span><span class="invisible">-industry-layoffs-2023</span></a>&gt;</p>