New Delhi, April 25 -- A Seattle-based data scientist has left netizens impressed for quitting her job after a mass layoff at her company. She said she stepped down willingly, rejecting a 75% raise as she suffered from survivor's guilt. About 40% of the workforce was laid off due to Artificial Intelligence integration.

Naoko Takeda took to LinkedIn and shared her thoughts after finding out she wasn't among the affected ones, yet was 'affected.' She said that the layoff happened suddenly when her immediate and related team was dissolved. However, it was only she and a new hire who were retained in her team.

"My employer Block laid off 40% of its workforce last Thursday (2/26). I wasn't affected. but I was *affected*. I decided to quit im...