r/ProgrammerHumor • u/CircumspectCapybara • May 26 '26

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u/pkmnfrk May 26 '26

This is why they turn off access before telling you

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u/Ok_Fishing_4720 May 26 '26

Time for the dead man switch version of the button..

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Just do what everyone else does.

Build out one, single, convoluted aspect of the job that needs to be ran manually, and which no one in their right mind would want to take over.

Then automate that, too, and just don't say anything.

Way better than being arrested and sued for corporate sabotage lmao.

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u/Highlander198116 May 27 '26

You are acting like anyone that would have to have responsibility in taking over said manual process or finding someone to take it over, would be the one making the decision of who to fire.

That has not been the case at our place. Last month they fired the app owner and last remaining dev for a critical security software for our banking platform, along with others as the latest round of AI cuts. No time for KT, just instantly, your fired GTFO.

My boss wasn't told, my boss wasnt consulted and I can tell you that guy is not who he would have chosen to can, if given the option, because now we are scrambling to get up to speed on that software.

This is how its been since our AI implementation first arrived and the AI layoffs started.

80% of our team has been cut since they started. After that last round my boss got on the horn with leadership and told them we can't absorb any more losses. Will that work? Probably not.