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AI Didn’t Take Your Job.

AI Didn’t Take Your Job.

It Decided You Shouldn’t Have One.

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Amanda Goodall
Jul 29, 2025
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AI Laid You Off. Literally.

A 25-year Microsoft veteran with autism and multiple sclerosis was laid off.
By an algorithm. Yes, seriously.

Not for poor performance. Not by his manager.
Because the AI said so.

Even Microsoft’s Director of AI wasn’t safe.

Let’s be very clear about what’s happening:

AI isn’t just replacing jobs.
It’s deciding who gets cut.

‘What in tarnation’ comes to mind…


It gets us hired, scores our productivity, and now it decides when we’re no longer “aligned” with the company’s roadmap.

This is the playbook. This is not even my opinion. This is happening.

And the more you understand how it works, the more sinister it looks. (Trust me… I’ve gone pretty deep into this.)

There’s a very specific process behind how these decisions are made.

  • How employees get scored (and what data goes in)

  • What Microsoft’s AI tools are actually optimizing for

  • Why general managers are no longer in control of their own teams

  • The exact moment layoffs become “non-negotiable”

  • And how this same system is spreading to Amazon, Salesforce, Oracle, and JPMorgan…. right now

I’ve tracked these workforce patterns for 20 years. I can tell you what’s coming before the headlines drop.

If you care about protecting your role, or just understanding what’s really happening to the modern workforce… you need to see this.

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