It was 7am when my phone rang. Instead of an alarm, it was my recruiter disturbing me from a pleasant dream. It was too early for a phone call or to be caught off guard, so I did not answer. I went to
Jose has seen me come to work everyday through those doors for more than half a year. I believe this was his idea of a joke. He must have disabled the turnstile right before I was to scan my key card. I went straight to my manager to see “If everything was OK.”
This is some dystopian fan fiction.
And it’s not all that well-written, either.
Desk Set did it better.
I just watched that again for the first time in a while. It definitely hits different in the age of AI driven layoffs.
Highly recommend.