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Reading a typical 2025 mass layoff notification from a tech industry CEO, you may think that artificial intelligence (AI) will spend work on workers.
The reality is more complicated, and companies are trying to signal that they are becoming more efficient as they prepare for the wider changes that AI has created.
In fact, a new report from the Job Listing site shows that high-tech job openings have fallen by 36% since 2020. But it's not just because companies want to replace workers with artificial intelligence (AI).
A new report from the career website states that technical job openings in July fell 36% since early 2020, with AI as just one factor in the rebound stall.
For example, the 2022 ChatGpt debut also responded to the end of employment theft during the pandemic era.
“We are in this period of weaker tech job markets, but other areas of the job market are cooling at a similar pace,” says Brendon Bernard, an economist at the actual employment lab.
“High-tech jobs have actually evolved considerably, like other economies, compared to jobs that don't actually have that much exposure to AI.”
The nuance is not necessarily clear from technology layoff emails over the past six months. This often leads to a nod to AI in addition to expressing sympathy.
For example, Workday CEO Carl Eschenbach said in an email earlier this year that he announced a massive layoff, “Everywehre is rethinking how the work will be done.”
For example, the same rhetoric is being used internationally by Indian tech giant Tata Consultants. This justified a 12,000 reduction to the organization, saying it was preparing to deploy “large AI for clients and ourselves.”
AI spending is a more common factor
However, what is more common than replacing jobs is that they need more dollars to implement AI across the company, experts said.
Tech companies are trying to justify huge amounts of spending to pay for the data centers, chips and energy needed to build AI systems.
Zacks Investment Research strategist Bryan Hayes said there was a reorganized “double-edged sword” in the AI era. Companies are “trying to find the right balance between maintaining the right staffing and artificial intelligence coming to the forefront.”
Hayes said broader technology layoffs will help improve profit margins, but what this means for the employment outlook for these workers is difficult to measure.
“Will AI replace some of these jobs? Absolutely,” Hayes said. “But it's going to create a lot of work again.”
“The high-tech employees who can use artificial intelligence to demonstrate that they can help businesses innovate and create new products and services will be in high demand,” he added.
Hayes pointed out Meta Platforms, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram. It offers a lucrative package to recruit elite AI scientists from competitors such as Openai.
Actual reports show that AI experts are better than software engineers, but postings for those jobs is also declining.
Bernard said it was because of “periodic ups and downs of the sector.”
Most affected entry-level jobs
The actual report found that AI has the deepest impact on entry-level jobs across the sector, including marketing, administrative assistance, and HR.
This is because these jobs have tasks that overlap with the generated AI tools.
Posting for workers with at least five years of experience has become better, the report found.
“The sudden tech adoption eruption began before the new era of AI, but the requirements for shift experiences have been something that has happened recently,” Bernard said.
At the other end of the spectrum, some types of jobs appeared to be more immune to changes in AI. It included blood-sucking health workers, followed by nursing assistants, workers who remove dangerous materials, painters and hens.
