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re: Paycom to eliminate 500 jobs. Replaced by AI

Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:36 pm to
Posted by BlueFalcon
Aberdeen Scotland
Member since Dec 2011
3523 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:36 pm to
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It’s coming and will get worse.


It's here and improving

Don't listen to anyone who sells 'programming bootcamps' about the future of what's eating their industry
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
71321 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:43 pm to
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Elon said in five years no one will have a job or need a job.

Elon also said that all Intellectual Property law should be abolished. Unless, of course......it is his IP. He wants the right to defend that.
Posted by Sweep Da Leg
Member since Sep 2013
2208 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:51 pm to
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My issue with UBI is what about working middle class people who worked their butts off to get nice house, cars, etc? I think it’s bullshite if upper/lower middle class people are gonna be grouped up with the poors to get equal UBI if that ends up being the case.


This
Posted by Lee B
Member since Dec 2018
3450 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:51 pm to
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AI is going to further separate the haves from the have-nots. If the billionaires are smart they'll push for UBI, as the alternative won't be pretty.


Yep.

Of course, without customers and demand, what good will not having to employ a workforce do, really?

AI and automated production need to be taxed, on the level of salaries for humans who would otherwise be doing those jobs, and that needs to fund UBI.

As you say, the alternative is not going to be pretty.

It's a similar scenario to what caused the American Civil War, economically. A lot of the abolitionists were not the religiously motivated people opposed to enslaving a race of human beings; they were working-class and middle-class people being crushed by slave labor while the Plantation owners amassed unbelievable wealth and political power.
Posted by Lee B
Member since Dec 2018
3450 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:54 pm to
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My issue with UBI is what about working middle class people who worked their butts off to get nice house, cars, etc? I think it’s bullshite if upper/lower middle class people are gonna be grouped up with the poors to get equal UBI if that ends up being the case.


Well then they'll be grouped up in the homeless shelters and soup lines.

Posted by uziyourillusion
Member since Dec 2024
265 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:56 pm to
lol imagine choosing to be homeless and starving instead because you’re offended some poor will be able to be as comfortable as you
This post was edited on 10/1/25 at 4:57 pm
Posted by bostitch
Member since Apr 2016
777 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 4:58 pm to
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Paycom to eliminate 500 jobs. Replaced by AI


Paycom absolutely sucks. This is probably an easy PR way of saying we fired a bunch of retards who weren't doing anything
Posted by Gusoline
Jacksonville, NC
Member since Dec 2013
10479 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 6:38 pm to
My tenant gets 500 a pop re designing peoples web pages. Says chat gpt does it for him in a few hours and henjust copy pastes
Posted by LSURulzSEC
Lake Charles via Oakdale
Member since Aug 2004
79193 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 7:00 pm to
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Get some real skills


Like a blue collar job or learn to trade or both...like me
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
53597 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 7:13 pm to
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Payroll/HR processing company.

It’s coming and will get worse. How long before Terminator? John Connor, where are you.


I've listened to several podcasts opining about the impact of AI. robotics and automation on the US workforce and the general consensus is the hardest hit will be jobs in accounting, medical, legal, etc. If you want job security find a job that requires the use of your hands (not typing on a keyboard) or a job that requires personal interactions.
Posted by Boss13
Mobile
Member since Oct 2016
1826 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 7:39 pm to
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I know this is a joke but there was an actual "AI" web design company that ended up not being AI at all but was actually a bunch of Indian programers on the backend, pumping out the websites


Builder AI i think is who your talking about. Lots of YouTube videos on them
Posted by jclem11
Chief Nihilist
Member since Nov 2011
9539 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 7:45 pm to
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accounting, medical, legal


All of these professions

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requires personal interactions



And judgement. Until the AI Tech bros are willing to accept the liability for their machines fricking up, there will be a need for humans in all those fields to take on the risk.

This post was edited on 10/1/25 at 7:48 pm
Posted by lsuconnman
Baton rouge
Member since Feb 2007
4434 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 8:31 pm to
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If you want job security find a job that requires the use of your hands


Wait until DoorDash expands operations and turns the tradesmen into gig workers.
Posted by theballguy
Between Colorado & DC
Member since Oct 2011
29143 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 8:54 pm to
You get it. Many others here don't. Many others here are actually broke pretending to not be broke. Sucks to be them.
Posted by theballguy
Between Colorado & DC
Member since Oct 2011
29143 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 8:55 pm to
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job that requires personal interactions.


This I 100% agree with.

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find a job that requires the use of your hands


This I 100% laugh at

Here's the thing. To survive for the next 100 years, you really need to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset and go from there. Become the business owner. Provide product and services to others even at a micro-level (I say this because I am doing this now -- had to start about 5 years ago though). You'll become very successful while the naysayers (many in this thread even) will be happy to get their $20/hour for handy work while demanding we make laws to suit them. Even the so-called elect will be fooled.
This post was edited on 10/1/25 at 9:01 pm
Posted by Powerman
Member since Jan 2004
170477 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 8:56 pm to
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Elon said in five years no one will have a job or need a job.

He has been promising self driving cars for years and is still nowhere close to achieving that. He tends to get ahead of himself with these predictions.
Posted by Victor R Franko
Member since Dec 2021
2088 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 8:56 pm to
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If you want job security find a job that requires the use of your hands (not typing on a keyboard) or a job that requires personal interactions.

shite flows down hill.
Payday is on Friday.
Never bite your fingernails.
Posted by theballguy
Between Colorado & DC
Member since Oct 2011
29143 posts
Posted on 10/1/25 at 8:59 pm to
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He has been promising self driving cars for years and is still nowhere close to achieving that. He tends to get ahead of himself with these predictions.



Who knows ... maybe they can come up with a way to provide a shitty "living wage" but if you become a business owner yourself, you'll be so far ahead.
Posted by theballguy
Between Colorado & DC
Member since Oct 2011
29143 posts
Posted on 10/2/25 at 7:47 am to
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Learn how to prompt and build AI Agents.



Everybody and their brother knows how to do this now.

I remember at the beginning of 2023 in the IT world, that the fastest growing position is prompt engineer.

By the end of 2023, the most obsolete position was prompt engineer.
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