They're Firing Everyone - And Getting Rich From It

They're Firing Everyone - And Getting Rich From It

Nov. 9, 2025

U.S. DOLLAR COLLAPSE - FOLLOW THE MONEY

Vanessa Wingardh

Amazon plans to cut 600,000 workers by 2033, while executives profit from each layoff announcement.

Despite AI's current inability to handle complex tasks, corporations are laying off real human workers today and funneling the "saved" wages into AI research.

They’re betting that someday the technology will deliver on the very promises they keep selling.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro
00:29 Massive Layoffs Happening
01:08 David Ellison Fires Paramount Employees
01:32 Why Are Companies Still Laying Off When Profitable?
01:45 Tim Gurner: Unemployment Needs to Rise
02:21 The Shadow Layoff System: 13.8 Million Layoffs
03:00 Amazon Claims They Need More Efficiency Despite Record Profits
03:16 Amazon to Replace 600,000 Jobs with Robots
03:36 Companies Laying Off Workers to Invest in AI
04:59 Ron Buckton: Senior Employees are Layoff Targets
05:48 New Graduate Unemployment is Rising
06:35 Vercel Trained an AI Agent on its Best Salesperson
07:02 Retirees Are Rejoining the Workforce Due to Cost of Living
07:41 Social Security is Set to Run Out and Not Keeping Up with Inflation
08:00 Raising the Full Retirement Age for Social Security
08:15 Workday Lawsuit Age Discrimination
08:23 Not Able to Find Work After 50
09:16 Everyone is Competing for a Small Number of Jobs
10:09 Inflation and Cost of Living is Out of Control
10:51 Government Tells Us Inflation is Low
11:14 Companies like Tyson Are Creating Artificial Inflation
11:42 Tyson Earnings Calls: Passing Inflation to Consumers
12:10 As Economy Gets Worse with Fewer Jobs They’ll Lower Wages
12:31 Uber Pioneered Dynamic Wage Setting
13:22 Amazon, Microsoft, Intel Laid Off But They’re Still Hiring
13:57 Executives Get Rich From Layoffs

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