Scarecrows of India
By Gemini AI A few days back, the US-based healthcare technology firm CorroHealth laid off 800 members of its staff in Kerala without prior notice. The most absurd part of it is that the announcement was made over the office audio system on 3 July just as the employees reported for their usual shifts. “Today is your last day,” the announcement said as the employees were asked to log out of their systems and leave their offices. Passwords died instantly. Within minutes of the announcement, employees’ access to all internal servers, client databases, and corporate email accounts was entirely deactivated, blocking them from saving their work or communicating internally. The cold, mechanical act is what caught my attention. What do people mean to systems today? In corporate accounting, human beings are classified under “human resources” or “operational expenses.” “Resources” can become “undesirable expenses” at any time. Such expenses will be cut at any time, without notice. I wa...
