Comment by redhale

Agree. I agree with many of the article's points, but not its conclusion.

> “You got way more productive, so we’re letting you go” is not a sentence that makes a lot of sense.

Actually, this sentence makes perfect sense if you tweak it slightly:

> You and your teammate got way more productive, so we’re letting (just) you go

This literally happens all the time with automation. Does anyone think the number of people employed in the field of accounting would be the same or higher without the use of calculators or computers?