Proponents of Artificial Intelligence (AI) have long argued that this technology would usher in an era of unprecedented productivity and enrich employees who can leverage it. Zeb Evans, CEO of the startup ClickUp, believes these changes have already begun. Last Thursday, Evans announced on the X platform that the company had laid off 22% of its staff, but framed the move not as a cost-cutting measure, but as a radical implementation of AI technologies. This is reported by Techcrunch.com reports .
According to Evans, most of the savings from this transition will be redirected to the remaining employees. ClickUp plans to introduce million-dollar salary tiers. If an employee achieves exceptionally high results using AI, their compensation will far exceed traditional limits. This is part of a strategy to transform the company into a "100x org."
ClickUp recently deployed nearly 3,000 internal AI agents to handle complex tasks instead of human staff. Employees are now expected not to perform the work themselves, but to manage these agents and oversee the quality of the final output. ClickUp is not alone in this: according to a Gartner survey, nearly 80% of companies using autonomous technologies have reduced their workforce.
However, studies show that workforce reductions do not always yield significant financial benefits. While some companies use AI merely as an excuse to cut headcount, ClickUp claims that its productivity has increased. Evans notes that the company is not only measuring internal efficiency but is also preparing to offer these solutions as new products for customers.
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