Most of the time the companies say the layoffs are because AI is doing people jobs, but the reality is that making things that use AI is just a lot more expensive. And enabling employees to use AI more than the free tier is really expensive too. So, they need to cut cost elsewhere to balance it out.
These guys were blown away when I showed them the same feature in a competitor’s product.
The company I worked for had just been bought by Oracle and we were under a directive to switch to all Oracle software, so I guess they weren’t motivated because there wasn’t extra money in it.
Okay, yikes. I didn’t think it could be THAT bad, but I guess Oracle never fails to surprise.
The worst part is that it was all down to our existing system being owned by Salesforce, and Larry Ellison hating the CEO of Salesforce.
We could still use Amazon and Microsoft products but nothing from Saleforce because Uncle Larry was butthurt.