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title: "As companies replace human workers with AI agents, determining managers' grade and pay is becoming harder, as both often depend on how many people they manage (Pilita Clark/Financial Times)"
type: signal
url: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/as-companies-replace-human-workers-with-ai-agents-determining-managers-5f6661fc
published: 2026-11-09T09:00:13.000Z
byline: "Source: TECHMEME"
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# As companies replace human workers with AI agents, determining managers' grade and pay is becoming harder, as both often depend on how many people they manage (Pilita Clark/Financial Times)

Source: TECHMEME · Published 2026-11-09 · Canonical: https://frontiernewswire.com/s/as-companies-replace-human-workers-with-ai-agents-determining-managers-5f6661fc

Pilita Clark / Financial Times : As companies replace human workers with AI agents, determining managers' grade and pay is becoming harder, as both often depend on how many people they manage — I was chairing a panel discussion about AI the other day when someone in the audience asked about something I had never thought of before.

## Sources

- [Read the original at TECHMEME](https://www.techmeme.com/261109/p6#a261109p6)

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