The AI chip boom has turned restricted stock units into golden handcuffs at semiconductor giants. With some employees sitting on multi-million dollar unvested packages, companies are leveraging strategic vesting schedules to lock in talent during the industry’s most competitive period in decades.
Major technology firms including Meta, Google, and Broadcom are eliminating positions even as they reap massive profits from the AI boom. Industry analysts suggest these cuts represent a fundamental shift as AI systems begin to automate the very roles that created them, moving companies from research to productization phases.
In a seemingly contradictory trend, technology giants benefiting from the artificial intelligence boom are simultaneously announcing significant workforce reductions, according to recent reports. Meta reportedly eliminated 600 employees from its Meta Superintelligence Labs group this week, while Google is reducing management layers and Broadcom has implemented recent cuts as well.
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