It's a disaster. After AI boosted productivity, my boss ordered me to lay off 20% of the team.

Last Friday, I had dinner with a friend. As soon as we met, he said:"My boss ordered a 20% workforce reduction, yet I couldn't bring myself to do it." The friend in question is the technical lead. Half a year ago, he asked me to help him build his company's AI coding workflow from scratch. During this process, he frequently complained that his boss was asking him to cut staff by 20%, but he felt unable to take action.