In recent years, there have been significant changes in the tech industry. A Reddit post explains how the Big Tech’s “golden era.” According to the post, earlier, the industry was all about great work, amazing compensation and benefits.
Now it is facing the threat of mass layoffs, AI, and massive H-1B hiring. Tasks that were previously completed by highly compensated engineers have now been automated by the development of AI as a part of cost-cutting measures. Big tech companies are also laying off in mass numbers, claiming efficiency and restructuring.
Tech layoffs in 2025
According to the recent report by Crunchbase, the total number of tech layoffs in 2025 has already exceeded 130,000 job cuts across the tech industry. This includes layoffs reported through July 2025, with major companies like Microsoft, Intel, Google, Amazon, and TCS. Some techies also claim that H-1B hiring has increased job competition, keeping wages stagnant and making it more difficult for local talent in the US to land the right roles.
‘If by AI, they mean massive offshoring, then yes.’
Netizens poured their experience on the post. A user wrote, “If by AI, they mean massive offshoring, then yes.” Another added,” H1B hiring and Actually Indian offshoring.” “Most of the dev jobs FullStory is hiring is in Colombia. Keep in mind that this company is based in the US,” wrote a netizen.
“All high paying jobs getting hit. In tech…off shoring means more stock to C-Suite. Tech revenues are just increasing. It’s gross,” added a user.
Another explained, ” In the past they at least used to make platitudes about employee happiness(even if it was self-serving) and make token gestures towards allowing employee expression and fighting climate change etc. Now? They fire anyone who speaks up, and they have gotten rid of what little climate goals they had.
Then there are the products. It’s no longer about making money by making cool tech that helps people; instead, it’s now all about trying to extract as much as they can from users, even if it means actively harming their mental health. the MBAs are now in charge of the tech industry and they are doing to us what they did to the workers and consumers of every other industry they touch.”