Employers are “silent firing” their staff as opposed to allowing them to “quiet quit” by making the employment requirements so onerous that they are compelled to leave under duress. According to the New York Post, artificial intelligence eventually replaces these workers.
Silent firing: what is it?
According to George Kailas, the CEO of Prospero . Ai and contributor to Fast Company, the trend has been active at Amazon. He claimed that despite the fact that the majority of Amazon employees oppose the return-to-office policy, the company nevertheless requires its workers to report to work five days a week. According to one survey, 73% of employees have thought about leaving as a result.
Research indicates that working remotely increases productivity, yet by implementing such practices, corporations like Amazon are “silent firing” employees, according to Kailas. He claimed that such actions “decrease retention while saving on severance.”
At a time when AI adoption is still in its infancy and it is unclear which jobs and to what degree AI can replace, such dramatic measures are taken.
Can workers really be replaced by AI?
According to economist and MIT professor Daron Acemoglu, within the next ten years, AI will only be able to replace or help with 5% of occupations.
“A significant amount of money will be wasted. That five percent won’t lead to an economic revolution. The technology won’t be sufficiently sophisticated anytime soon, he told Bloomberg, adding, “You need extremely reliable information or the ability of these models to faithfully implement certain steps that previously workers were doing.”
Even as Gen Z workers lament their lack of work-life balance and widening wage disparities, concerns about AI replacing occupations are mounting. Playing on the Great Depression, another workplace trend known as the “Great Detachment” describes a decline in employee involvement as more and more workers become disillusioned with their jobs.
Even though three out of ten employees are thought to be not actively engaged at work, data indicated that Gen Z and young millennials have a 5% lower level of engagement. (See also: ‘I feel embarrassed’: Business fires VP after receiving 25% bonus.)
