India, July 3 -- A Reddit post by an employee who claimed his company has started firing staff "in the name of AI" has sparked discussion online. The user said the firm has allegedly begun letting go of senior employees first, with one or two people being asked to leave every day.

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The post was shared with the title, "Going to be laid off soon. Need advice". In the detailed post, the employee wrote, "My company is firing a bunch of employees in the name of AI and has strategically started letting go of the senior people in the team first. Every day, they're choosing 1-2 people to fire. There was absolutely no prior communicatio...