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#WSJ #Trump administration is withdrawing from some types of #whitecollar law #enforcement, including cases involving #foreign #bribery, public #corruption, #moneylaundering and #crypto markets effectively redefining what business conduct constitutes a #crime. #WhiteHouse #executiv order in Feb said #bribery prosecutions hurt the ability of #US companies to compete #overseas, punishing them for practices that are #routine in some parts of the world. #WTF ncja.org/crimeandjusticenews/d #ElSalvador

NCJA · DOJ Is Leaving Some Kinds Of White-Collar Crime EnforcementThe Trump administration is withdrawing from some types of white-collar law enforcement, including cases involving foreign bribery, public corruption, money laundering and crypto markets. In some cases, the administration is effectively redefining what business conduct constitutes a crime, reports the Wall Street Journal. A White House executive order in February said bribery prosecutions hurt the ability of U.S. companies to compete overseas, punishing them for practices that are routine in som
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@baldur “The only issue I am facing as a professional #art director in games is that I just want them to leave me and my art teams alone so we can make cool art. There is *no problem to be solved here*”.

I don’t think the Art director is looking at this from a business angle. The problem being solved is to reduce the high cost #WhiteCollar workforce and still make a profit.

This has been happening since 2022 when #ChristopherHohn decided SE/SWE cost to much for #Alphabet (#google) and all the SW companies followed.

Why?

Later that year #OpenAI released #ChatGPT.

Here is that article: #programmers / #tech / #software / #AI <forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci>

Forbes · Billionaire Hedge Fund Investor Urges Alphabet To Cut Costs: ‘No Justification’ For Salaries That Are ‘Too High’Av Jonathan Ponciano
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“The story of automation in the US is that it has mostly impacted on manual workers in manufacturing. For example, factory employees — such as carmakers — performing routine tasks have lost their jobs to robots — or lower-cost Asian competitors.

#IndustrialAutomation has tended to affect lower-skilled, #BlueCollar jobs in the “#rustbelt” heartlands and small-town, less-educated communities in the south and midwest.

But a recent study from the #BrookingsInstitution suggests that the communities most exposed to AI-driven job dislocation will be #WhiteCollar information workers. The researchers studied the usage of #OpenAI’s #GenerativeAI tools across more than 1,000 occupations and mapped this against where those jobs were most commonly located.

Their analysis suggests that many #coders, #lawyers, #FinancialAnalysts and #bureaucrats in cities such as San Jose, San Francisco, Durham, New York and Washington DC might want to rethink their futures. But #NonOffice-bound #workers in places such as Las Vegas, Toledo, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana may be less exposed to AI disruption.”

My observation since 2022 when #ChristopherHohn an influential shareholder decided to *speak out* about “reducing its head count and paying (hi-tech) workers less”. [1]

This is the decade where extreme (cost) pressure will be forced on White collar workers by the introduction of AI.

<archive.md/YqF03> / <ft.com/content/04343a69-8204-4> (paywall)

[1] <forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci>

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“The upheaval at the #US government's #Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, took another twist on Tuesday, as it moved to reinstate staffers it had #fired over the past few weeks - specifically those still in their probationary period - though they've been benched on paid leave for now.

Last week, a senior penetration tester at CISA claimed his 100-plus-strong #RedTeam as well as its support workers were dismissed after Elon #Musk's Trump-blessed cost-trimming #DOGE unit pulled the plug on a federal government contract; a second #CISA red team was also said to have been cut soon after.

The cyber-agency quickly confirmed it had indeed dumped a number of workers, and said its remaining red teams will continue to operate as usual.”

The sacking of #tech workers continues.

#TheRegister / #efficiency / #WhiteCollar / #sackings <theregister.com/2025/03/18/cis>

The Register · CISA fires, now rehires and immediately benches security crew on full payAv Iain Thomson
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

#Tech #jobs are now #whitecollar trades that need #apprenticeships, not a career crawl
They typically see graduates hired to work on help desks and encouraged to gain experience by building and experimenting with a home lab or acquiring vendor certifications so they can secure a role in a network operations center. While that progression builds skills, it can mean a decade or more passes before they advance into more meaningful network engineering roles.
theregister.com/2025/02/27/tec

The Register · Tech jobs are now white collar trades that need apprentices, not a career crawlAv Simon Sharwood
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Heretical_i

Its being called a White Collar Crisis. #Whitecollar= #BullshitJobs

'According to a recent WSJ report, even fresh MBA graduates from top US schools—including Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton—are struggling to find jobs.

The report highlights that 23% of Harvard Business School’s 2024 MBA graduates remained unemployed three months after graduation. This number was just 10% in 2022 and 20% in 2023, indicating a growing trend.'

MBA grads are struggling to find work,
unusualwhales.com/news/mba-gra

Unusual Whales - News · MBA grads are struggling to find work,Even Ivy League MBA Graduates Struggle to Find Jobs India has long faced challenges in skill development, but the issue is now global. According to a recent Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report, even fresh MBA graduates from top US business schools—including Harvard, Stanford, and Wharton—are struggling to find jobs. The report highlights that 23% of Harvard Business School’s (HBS) 2024 MBA graduates remained unemployed three months after graduation. This number was just 10% in 2022 and 20% in 202
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“Two #BayArea #tech giants announce huge layoffs at almost exact same moment: #SanFrancisco design #software company #Autodesk is slashing about 1,350 workers, while #PaloAlto mainstay #HP is expanding its ongoing cuts by up to 2,000 people”

“…the executive joins a trend of shedding staff to reallocate resources toward #AI”

Late with this article, still think this isn’t a co-ordinated program?

#SFGate / #WhiteCollar / #Layoffs / #Sackings / #HP / #AutoDesk <sfgate.com/tech/article/autode>

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“Salesforce will not hire any more #engineers this year after investment in AI #coding tools provided a 30 percent #productivity boost, its CEO claimed as he sought to charm #investors.

Speaking as the #CRM giant announced *underwhelming #Q4Results*, #MarcBenioff told analysts on an earnings call that #Salesforce was seeing "tremendous #efficiency" as a result of spending on #AI agents and coding tools.”

Get a share holder boost spruiking AI.

#Whitecollar / #Technology / #AI / #HireFreeze <theregister.com/2025/02/27/sal>

The Register · No new engineer hires this year as AI coding tools boost productivity, says SalesforceAv Lindsay Clark
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Since 2022 the companies that profit from the #Internet have been shedding technical staff in the belief of the power of #AI to replace their #workforce. What are they replacing or redirecting this capacity with?

“Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open web: The #MozillaFoundation laid off 30 percent of its workforce and completely eliminated its advocacy and global programs divisions, #TechCrunch reports.

While Mozilla is best known for its Firefox web browser, the Mozilla Foundation — the parent of the #MozillaCorporation — describes itself as standing up “for the health of the internet.” With its advocacy and global programs divisions gone, its impact may be lessened going forward.

“Fighting for a free and open internet will always be core to our mission, and advocacy continues to be a critical tool in that work. We’re revisiting how we pursue that work, not stopping it,” #BrandonBorrman, the Mozilla Foundation’s communications chief, said in an email to The Verge. Borrman declined to confirm exactly how many people were laid off, but said it was about “30% of the current team.”

This is Mozilla’s second round of layoffs this year. In February, the Mozilla Corporation laid off around 60 workers said it would be making a “strategic correction” that would involve involve cutting back its work on a Mastodon instance. Mozilla shut down its virtual 3D platform and refocused its efforts on #Firefox and #AI. The Mozilla Foundation had around 120 employees before this more recent round of layoffs, according to TechCrunch.

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“Navigating this topsy-turvy, distracting time requires laser focus — and sometimes saying goodbye to the excellent work that has gotten us this far because it won’t get us to the next peak,” wrote Syed, who previously worked as the chief executive of The Markup, an investigative news site. “Lofty goals demand hard choices.”

#WhiteCollar / #CorporateGreed <theverge.com/2024/11/5/2428912>

The Verge · Mozilla is eliminating its advocacy division, which fought for a free and open webAv Gaby Del Valle
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“#Mozilla is made up of several organizations, one of which is the #MozillaCorporation, which develops Firefox and other technologies, and another is its nonprofit and tax-exempt #MozillaFoundation, which oversees Mozilla’s corporate governance structure and sets the browser maker’s policies. Much of Mozilla’s work focused on advocating for #privacy, #inclusion, and #decentralization of #technologies, and “to create #safer, more #transparent online experiences for #everyone,” which ultimately benefit the #browser maker and its #users.

Announcing the layoffs in an email to all employees on October 30, the Mozilla Foundation’s executive director #NabihaSyed confirmed that two of the foundation’s major divisions — #Advocacy and #GlobalPrograms — are “no longer a part of our structure.””

There you go. One side of Mozilla builds the tools of the Internet, the other does… I can’t for the life of me see what. It’s the #MozillaFoundation who cant engineer the tools that are doing “deals” with others to make things safer.

The power to make change for the better of the Internet is being moved from direct impact, ie: basic technology and applied applications TO soft corporate influence through manifestos, papers, jobs and pay for influencers and collaborations with third parties…

I know what is more effective. Basic engineering and applied products because it scales.

#WhiteCollar / #Layoffs / #CorporatePolicy <techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozi>

TechCrunch · Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division | TechCrunchThis is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that builds the popular Firefox browser.
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The technology white collar eradication continues. Since 2022 where #TCI Fundie #ChristopherHohn* decided he needed a pay rise, one way was to demand #google loose it’s “over paid” #Engineers. Big Tech has followed by stripping workers and looking at #AI as a replacement,

It’s 2025 and…

“Meta's plan to erase 5% of workforce starts today”

<theregister.com/2025/02/10/met>

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“Binned off staff, slashed stock options. What's next? Ah yes, bigger C-suite bonuses (Meta/Facebook)”

#WhiteCollar / #tech / #tehc / #pay / #conditions <theregister.com/2025/02/22/met>

* <forbes.com/sites/jonathanponci>

The Register · Meta's plan to erase 5% of workforce starts todayAv Paul Kunert
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬

The ‘white collar’ #recession is pummeling office workers
#Whitecollar workers facing deepest hiring slump in decade, with 1/4 #US #job losses last year hitting professional workers. 2024 Vanguard report shows hiring for employees earning over $96,000 fell to lowest since 2014. Downturn severe for job seekers 40% of applicants failed to secure single #interview in 2024, according to survey of 2000 by American Staffing Association & The Harris Poll.
fortune.com/2025/02/17/white-c
archive.ph/V66r4

Fortune · The ‘White Collar’ recession is pummeling office workers, but the end might be nearAv Chloe Berger
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“The #tech layoff wave continued through 2024. Following significant #workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, 2024 saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 542 companies, according to independent #layoffs tracker #LayoffsFyi. Large companies like #Tesla, #Amazon, #Google, #TikTok, #Snap, and #Microsoft conducted sizable layoffs in 2024, while smaller-sized #startups also experienced cuts, and in some cases, shut down operations altogether.”

#TechWeenie / #WhiteCollar <techcrunch.com/2025/01/14/tech>

TechCrunch · A comprehensive list of 2024 and 2025 tech layoffs | TechCrunchA complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.
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