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Muhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman

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Just Knowing Who Got Fired Can Get You Fired Too

Apparently, in the big 2026, we live in a world where knowing who your co-workers are is a fireable offense.

This actually happened at Pinterest, where after laying off 15% of the 4700 people that work there to focus on an AI-forward approach, the CEO refused to tell the remaining co-workers who had been fired. And almost immediately after, two engineers took it upon themselves to create a script to find out which employees got fired. And when they did just that and started sharing it around, well, they got fired as well.

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