One step closer to skynet

[Cameramonkey]

Now its firings. Is extermination next? LOL Hello Skynet!


The Man Who Was Fired By A Machine
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/06/21/1519233/the-man-who-was-fired-by-a-machine

 

[femurphy77]

Resistance is futile!

 

[KellyinAvon]

Could be the Cylons

 

[Leadeye]

HR is dead, long live the computer.

 

[femurphy77]

Could be the Cylons

I'll stick with the Borg.

 

[Leadeye]

I remember two friends telling me about being fired over the phone while driving into work after a corporate buyout. That was cold, but not computer cold.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

HR is dead, long live the computer.

I was hired at my current job (Fed gov) by a computer. Never even had an interview. Actually I was hired twice (two different jobs) and took the second one (higher salary grade). That was a little over 8 years ago. It took MANY iterations of my resume to get hired though. They (computers) scan them looking for key words... by the time I was done with it, it was nearly unreadable because it was mostly key words.

 

[KittySlayer]

So we were watching one of the Terminator movies on Netflix a few weeks ago. Just as the military went to reboot the Skyenet computer this message popped up on the TV. It had been a while since we had seen this movie and at first I just saw the error message and thought it was part of the movie. Then I realized it was a Netflix error message. Then I thought, how ironic, this is just what would happen if Skyenet was taking over. The other coincidence, I just so happened to be repacking my BOB following a weekend trip.

 

[WebSnyper]

I'll stick with the Borg.

I have not watched the Battlestar Galactica reboot, but I hear Cylons got an upgrade too...

 

[jkaetz]

While the borg are still likely to assimilate us before the cylons or skynet decide they want to wipe us out, he was not "fired" by a computer. His contract expired because his boss was fired, by a human, and new boss didn't renew the contract. Automation did what it was supposed to after the contract was marked expired to protect the security of the firm.

 

[KittySlayer]

I'll stick with the Borg.

Terminators... Old but not Obsolete

 

[femurphy77]

Terminators... Old but not Obsolete

Ooooh. . . . .I missed that one!

 

[Cameramonkey]

While the borg are still likely to assimilate us before the cylons or skynet decide they want to wipe us out, he was not "fired" by a computer. His contract expired because his boss was fired, by a human, and new boss didn't renew the contract. Automation did what it was supposed to after the contract was marked expired to protect the security of the firm.

And it underscores the pitfalls of TOO much automation. The fact that no human was capable of stopping that ball from rolling all the way to the bottom is a big problem.

EDIT: As I read it, he was not fired, his contract was just not flagged as renewed, when it should have been. Note at the end where he left after he was reinstated because his colleagues acted weird because they felt he had been fired and rehired instead of it being a mistake.

 

[KittySlayer]

Ooooh. . . . .I missed that one!

Remember that you have to be naked for time travel.

 

[eldirector]

While the borg are still likely to assimilate us before the cylons or skynet decide they want to wipe us out, he was not "fired" by a computer. His contract expired because his boss was fired, by a human, and new boss didn't renew the contract. Automation did what it was supposed to after the contract was marked expired to protect the security of the firm.

Thanks, Denny.

Our OLD system allows mangerless staff. A Manager could be "exited", and their direct reports would then report to no one. Kinda like the guy in Office Space. Our current system will auto-move all direct reports to that manager's manager.

I have some friends that do contract work. They have been auto-termed before, too. Contract expired, they were terminated. 3 days later the contract was "renewed", and they were auto-rehired. Annoying, but pretty slick for the business.