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We can x77 t tolerate from each other obstructionism especially when we have a mission that is so meaningful but also where the odds are stacked against us Ready said Some employees asked which teams were impacted and whether more job cuts were coming according to a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the meeting was private We shared some of those major structural changes Pinterest fired the engineers after they posted instructions showing how to prompt the company x77 s staff directory to show who was laid off the employees said Ready said Pinterest wouldn x77 t disclose detailed information about the layoffs out of a concern for staffers x77 privacy A Pinterest spokesperson confirmed the engineer incident and town hall meeting but declined to comment on the firings Several Pinterest engineers then created an internal software tool to try and quantify the layoffs Meta cut about 65 of staff in its Reality Labs unit while design software maker Autodesk slashed about 7 of its workforce Healthy debate and dissent are expected that x77 s how we make our decisions Ready said at a companywide meeting last week according to audio obtained by CNBC There x77 s particular consternation around the use of AI agents for shopping which compresses the market of discovery and purchase on competing platforms Wedbush analysts wrote in a research note last week Another report described how the software was designed to identify fired workers and map which parts of the business were shrinking with one summary noting that Pinterest sacks two for creating software to identify fired workers and track which teams were affected We think we can beat those odds but as a small purpose driven player competing against the largest companies in the history of the world the only way that we succeed is if we work together constructively with clarity and focus The episode captures how quickly AI anxiety is reshaping power inside tech firms from who gets to see information about layoffs to how aggressively leaders move against employees they now frame as security or x756C obstructionist x756D risks Tech companies have continued to downsize this year as they look for more ways to increase efficiencies and invest in AI Ready defended the moves at an all hands meeting on Friday saying Pinterest was facing a critical moment in the industry It x77 s also rolled out automated tools for marketers in an effort to better compete with digital ad leaders Meta and Google His analysis connects macro movements with real world implications for investors entrepreneurs and professionals The clash over an internal layoff tracker lands at a moment when executives across the industry are invoking artificial intelligence to justify restructurings tighten control over data and police internal dissent Another report on the same episode described how Pinterest sacks engineers who tracked AI based job cuts with management arguing that the tool violated their former colleagues x7569 privacy a claim that some workers saw as a pretext to shut down organizing around layoffs The smaller ones those will be communicated at the team level Pinterest CEO Bill Ready rebuked staffers who пожелания спокойной ночи любимому парню an internal tool to track layoffs at the company and fired those involved Following the announcement Pinterest x77 s technology chief addressed the layoffs in a meeting The employees said Pinterest x77 s claim that the engineers created custom software was inaccurate and said the directory tool is accessible to anyone in the company Employees should consider a job elsewhere if they x77 re working against the direction of the telegra.ph and disagree with its mission he said But there x77 s a clear line between constructive debate and behavior that x77 s obstructionist Other accounts stressed that the engineers did not share data outside the company and that the tool relied on information already visible in internal systems or team communications Employees who spoke up after the firings argued that the tracker was a reasonable response to confusing AI linked job cuts and that punishing its creators would only deepen mistrust One detailed account said Pinterest fired 7 who built the tracker citing internal policies and concerns about how the information might be used In a separate case that has rattled Silicon Valley a former Google engineer was found telegra.ph by a federal jury in San Francisco of stealing the company x7569 s artificial intelligence technology trade secrets for China an episode described as reflecting broader concerns regarding intellectual property and competitiveness in key technological sectors like AI and semiconductors When leaders view internal tools through that security lens even employee built dashboards about layoffs can start to look like risks rather than grassroots transparency efforts One account of the internal mood noted that firings highlight tensions between executives who see AI as a mandate to move fast and cut costs and employees who want a say in how those decisions are made and documented It x77 s unclear how many employees were let go One account framed the episode explicitly in those terms noting that Pinterest sacks engineers suggesting that AI was not just a technical driver of layoffs but also a rhetorical shield for clamping down on internal scrutiny Investors have raised concerns around whether the increasing popularity of consumer chatbots from OpenAI Google and others could steal users and ad dollars away from Pinterest As more companies lean on AI to justify reorganizations the struggle over who controls information about those changes is likely to intensify not fade Through his work at The Daily Overview Grant helps readers understand how markets function and where opportunities may emerge The clash at Pinterest is unfolding against a broader backdrop of AI related fear inside the tech industry where executives increasingly treat internal data and tools as potential security threats Grant Mercer covers market dynamics business trends and the economic forces driving growth across industries I know people have natural curiosity around these things Ready said The company said it expects the layoffs will be complete by the end of September That anxiety is not limited to layoffs At stake is more than one company x7569 s culture At Pinterest executives linked the tracker to worries about privacy and control over sensitive information while employees saw it as a way to navigate AI based job cuts that were already reshaping their teams Pinterest shares are down 75 so far this year after dropping 66 in 7575 Pinterest fired the engineers on Friday the person said Amazon last week said it would lay off about 66 555 corporate employees after it let go 69 555 staffers in October Pinterest is facing a backlash from its own workforce after firing engineers who tried to bring transparency to a fresh round of job cuts Pinterest has been investing heavily in AI to surface more personalized and relevant content and to keep users returning to its platform One summary of the verdict noted that incident reflects broader about how quickly AI know how can move across borders and how vulnerable companies feel about their most valuable code 77 that it would lay off less than 65 of its workforce and cut back on office space as part of a broader restructuring aimed at directing resources toward artificial intelligence projects Company leaders argued that the engineers had crossed a line by aggregating sensitive personnel information and sharing it broadly even though the data itself was already circulating informally among staff At the same time the backlash from staff shows that workers are not ready to accept AI era opacity as the new normal After this article was published several Pinterest employees contacted CNBC and disputed the company x77 s characterization of the incident One summary of the dispute said Pinterest fires 7 who created the tracker while employees insisted the project simply organized what was already available to all staff retailers weathered the impact of President Donald Trump x77 s tariff policies More recently Pinterest x77 s advertising sales slowed as some large U S

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