The move follows the website’s parent company revealing plans to shift the majority of its coding to AI, joining firms like Microsoft and Google.
Amid a clear majority of Americans harboring concerns about the impact of AI on their jobs, the parent company of jobsite Indeed and employer review website Glassdoor has laid off 13,000 employees—and it’s blaming at AI.
In an email to employees sent earlier this week, spotted by CBS News, Recruit Holdings CEO Hisayuki Idekoba said that „AI is changing the world“ and that his company „must adapt.“ The round of cuts represents roughly 6% of the Japanese holding company’s workforce.
The writing may well have been on the wall for employees.
