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slightlv

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15. As a former IT worker,

Wed Jul 8, 2026, 06:33 PM

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I find this hilarious, from an "any worker, especially IT worker" could have... and probably tried to... tell them more than once!" point of view. But what do we know? We're only the workers!!!! /sarcasm

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Execs Confused and Horrified by the Huge AI Bills After Thinking They Could Replace Workers for Free [View all] WhiteTara Wednesday OP

One of them's born every minute struggle4progress Wednesday #1

I was going to post "suckers" DBoon Wednesday #2

The word I call CEOs rhymes with suckers Jerry2144 Wednesday #7

Suckers and losers? Coventina Wednesday #8

See my post below FHRRK1 Wednesday #10

Consulting firms... lonely bird Wednesday #11

Don't forget the bribes that were paid by the hardware and software vendors. erronis Wednesday #16

Wait, you mean the salesmen proved to be an unreliable source of information ?? eppur_se_muova Wednesday #3

sorry all I can do is... sheshe2 Wednesday #4

Long standing practice in IT and Software FHRRK1 Wednesday #5

No love for IBM? I do agree that Ellison took (takes) sleaze to the highest level. erronis Wednesday #17

Had very little interaction with IBM FHRRK1 Wednesday #33

You bring up another horrible point about these companies. Stiffing the sales people that land the contracts. erronis Wednesday #35

6- 11 trillion dollars SamuelTheThird Wednesday #6

And taxpayers will end up bailing them out once again. OGBuzz Wednesday #13

Now they have to hire back all the workers who were previously fired FakeNoose Wednesday #9

You don't get to be a corporate executive by rationally thinking through the problem. Aristus Wednesday #12

There was a chief executive at GE years ago named Jack Welch. Dr. T Wednesday #14

As a former IT worker, slightlv Wednesday #15

I worked decades in mainframe Skittles Wednesday #23

Still being predicted. Even while mainframes continue to process 3_Limes Wednesday #25

Same here. Back in my day they would make their sales pitch and get a contract, usually with upper managers... the nelm Wednesday #31

The big AI players have figured out that its usage not effiency paulrevere2018 Wednesday #18

Smartest guys in the room on their way to creating yet another gargantuan crisis. NoMoreRepugs Wednesday #19

Send ICE to detain those execs for stealing our jobs IronLionZion Wednesday #20

Gen-X will be charging 2x our salaries when we come back as independent consultants. OC375 Wednesday #21

Reminds me of the early days at AOL, paying per minute and getting huge bills... LOL... n/t TygrBright Wednesday #22

This is the exact reason voters shouldn't put business people in govt positions --- because business people in2herbs Wednesday #24

These shit-for-brains are the same execs who insist their pay/compensation is merit based. RockRaven Wednesday #26

Thanks for all the knowledgeable comments. yellow dahlia Wednesday #27

I agree! WhiteTara Wednesday #34

Keep the workers. Fire the executives. Ditch the AI. NBachers Wednesday #28

But they're okay with their bills from Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure? ChicagoTeamster Wednesday #29

With AWS or Azure you should know what you're paying for - measurable usage of resources erronis Wednesday #36

Almost like corporate executives are--in fact--overly simplistic morons, and don't deserve the worship they've grown Karasu Wednesday #30

Not so fast. This article is very incomplete. HeartachesNhangovers Wednesday #32

Maybe if government and business supported higher education with no_hypocrisy Yesterday #37