In this episode, we dive into layoffs due to performance, AI and workplace monitoring. First, we chat Meta's controversial "low performer" layoffs, where terminated employees are challenging the company's performance-based justification. And we talk about the shift in messaging from previous layoffs that were described as cost-cutting measures. We also explore Australia's parliamentary report calling for mandatory AI guardrails in workplace decision-making, and discuss the troubling allegations of employee surveillance in federal workplaces. Join us as we unpack the complex intersection of technology, privacy, and worker rights in today's evolving workplace environment.
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Articles:
Meta’s ‘low performer’ layoffs disputed by fired staffers and criticized by experts
Lawmakers call for mandatory AI guardrails to prevent private sector Robodebt
Federal Workers say DOGE put spyware on their work PCs is that ever ok in the workplace
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