"Smaller teams with AI tools can outperform larger ones without them. What stopped me was a phrase buried in his letter: 'smaller and flatter teams.' Flatter means fewer levels, fewer levels means fewer rungs on a ladder, and ladders don't just move people up. They're where people learn."
"After GenAI adoption, junior employment dropped 7.7% within six quarters, while senior employment remained unchanged or slightly up. The pattern is already here across 285,000 US firms between 2015 and 2025."
The conversation about AI replacing jobs focuses on junior positions, but the deeper concern involves organizational structure. Companies adopting AI tools are flattening hierarchies, reducing middle management layers where junior employees traditionally learn and develop. Harvard research across 285,000 US firms from 2015-2025 shows junior employment dropped 7.7% within six quarters after GenAI adoption, while senior employment remained stable or increased. This creates a pipeline problem: without junior roles serving as training grounds, the supply of future senior talent diminishes. The issue isn't immediate job displacement but the long-term sustainability of workforce development and career progression.
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