The Rise and Erasure of the Power Collar

Everyone’s yelling, “AI is replacing jobs.”

But that’s not the real story.

AI isn’t targeting labor. It’s removing layers of power.

Quietly. Systematically. Without headlines.

It’s not blue collar.
It’s not white collar.

It’s Power Collar - and it’s being erased.

▪️ UPS, Citigroup, Google, Amazon: cutting thousands of middle managers.
▪️ Not for cost-cutting. For AI-powered efficiency.
▪️ By 2026, Gartner says 20% of companies will cut half their middle managers.

The Chief AI Officer is rising.
A C-suite role.
With power over strategy, workflows - and hiring logic.

This isn’t a theory.
It’s already happening.

We were trained to climb a corporate ladder.
Now the ladder’s being flattened, and reprogrammed.

AI isn’t replacing jobs.
It’s replacing decision-makers.

Approvals. Budgets. Policies. Evaluations.
What used to be someone's job…
…is now a system.

Faster. Cheaper. It doesn’t sleep.

If you want to future-proof your career:
🔍 Learn how decisions are being made.
🔍 Learn how power is being redistributed.
🔍 Learn how to work with AI, not under it.

Because the new skillset isn’t task execution -
It’s navigating AI-powered authority.

The AI takeover won’t look like mass layoffs.
It’ll look like silence. Reorg emails.
And fewer names in the approval chain.

The only question is:

Will you control the future...
or be controlled by it?

Careers aren’t disappearing… they’re being rewritten.

Can you hear it?