Boss Learns Claude Code, Fires 40 Data-Entry Staff — AI Does All Their Work for $20/Month
WatchOk1240 · reddit · 2026-08-19
A Reddit user shared a firsthand account: their boss learned Claude Code and tried to automate the data-entry team's entire workflow — and it worked. All 40 employees doing identical daily repetitive tasks were let go, with the AI running on a server for just $20/month. A few colleagues remain for everyday problem-solving, but the author expects to be next. They note that when they started using ChatGPT three years ago, they believed AI would make work easier and create more jobs; instead they finally witnessed AI taking jobs at their own company.
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