Chinese Courts Rule Companies Cannot Fire Workers Simply to Replace Them With AI - Judges classify AI adoption as a controllable business strategy rather than an unavoidable disruption, shielding employees from automation-driven layoffs
Step 1: give unrealistic KPI, cited performance increase due to AI
Step 2: put employee into PIP
Step 3: fire employee due to performance
Step 4: do stock buyback because you have extra budget from firing employees
Step 1: give unrealistic KPI, cited performance increase due to AI Step 2: put employee into PIP Step 3: fire employee due to performance Step 4: do stock buyback because you have extra budget from firing employees
I’m not sure about step 4. I mean, China is pretty strict with those kinds of things.
Step 5: hire employee back as part of expansion plan and because AI did it poorly.