MY BOSS SAID AI COULDN'T REPLACE ME THEN ASKED IT TO WRITE MY TERMINATION LETTER

my manager spent months insisting ai was just a toy. then he discovered it could draft corporate messages and became an enthusiastic convert overnight

i received a termination notice with a strange greeting and a sentence praising my 'continued contributions' after the effective date. it was obvious the draft hadn't been reviewed

i called HR to confirm what was actually happening. the letter contained the wrong position, the wrong dates, and a promise of benefits that didn't match my contract

they corrected the document and apologized. the experience convinced me that using automation without checking it can make an already painful conversation far worse