Hajra Naz
ClickUp CEO Zeb Evans made a bold decision. He cut about 22% of the company’s workforce. Around 290 employees lost their jobs.
At the same time, ClickUp introduced nearly 3,000 AI agents. That works out to more than three AI agents for every remaining employee.
The goal was not simply to replace people. It was to remove repetitive work. Evans believes routine tasks should be handled by AI. Human employees should focus on work that needs judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
His philosophy is simple. If a task does not require human thinking, build an AI agent to do it. Let the software handle the repetitive work. Let people spend their time on decisions that actually matter.
This approach has changed the way employees work. Instead of doing every task themselves, they now manage AI systems. They build them. They monitor them. They improve them over time. Their job is no longer just to complete work. It is to make AI complete so that work more efficiently.
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Evans believes this can lead to massive productivity gains. Some employees could even qualify for million-dollar salary packages if they consistently produce results that are 100 times greater with the help of AI.
One quote from Evans stands out.
“Automate your own job, and you always have one.”
The message is hard to ignore. The future may not belong to the people who work the longest hours. It may belong to those who know how to work alongside AI.
As more companies invest in artificial intelligence, this mindset is becoming more common. The people who learn to guide AI, instead of competing with it, could have the biggest advantage in the years ahead.
