#048 - Fired for AI, Hired Back by Reality

We Are Still Human · Jul 17, 2026 · 8m

Let’s talk about companies firing people, replacing them with AI, and then quietly hiring people back. Not because the press release was wrong, exactly. Because the spreadsheet was too clean. This is the pattern we are going to see more of. A company looks at support, operations, admin, sales development, finance, customer success, QA, even software delivery. Someone says the work is repetitive. Someone else says the model can do eighty percent of it. The CFO hears headcount reduction. The board hears margin expansion. The…

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