Energy company laid off programmers after adopting Claude agents, dad reports
Ok_Boat_3855 · reddit · 2026-10-15
A Reddit user relays their father's experience at an energy company: after a partner introduced them to Claude, the firm brought in AI agents and laid off its programmers and similar roles. Projects now go straight to the agents, with humans mostly picking among the options agents produce, while the department spends heavily on tokens. The poster asks how common this is and whether the savings hold up long-term once token costs and the loss of people who understand the systems are factored in.
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