A Bengaluru-based software architect has claimed that his company laid off around 90 per cent of its tech workforce as part of an AI-driven restructuring, while believing it can hire developers again if the strategy fails because of an oversupply of talent in the city.
Sharing his experience on Reddit, the techie said only three architects remain in the company after the layoffs and are now expected to handle most of the work.
"That's 90 percent of all the tech roles in the company. Reportedly the remaining 3 architects including me will be doing all the work from now on until the axe comes for us," he wrote.
According to the employee, the layoffs were driven by two factors: the company's adoption of artificial intelligence tools and a lack of demand for new product features from customers.
He claimed that front-end developers were among the first to be affected because AI tools were already handling much of their work.
