Its company sports day and somehow forgetting shoes also shows something advanced driving your mind .There may be lots of back to back thoughts about creating more unique contents and connecting those with the real world.
Firing people from work and still the company in the same mode running means the company is getting more self dependent to manage plenty of work with limited humans that is serious alarming.
AI technology is just in que to remove more humans from work...
Startup companies hire a lot of new people - established companies maintain what they have. If more jobs need to be created, it comes through innovation.