--- title: Proton to re-interview staff on AI, with jobs at stake,... description: Proton will re-interview staff about their AI use starting November 4, and the outcome may affect who keeps their job. CEO Andy Yen told engineers to stop... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/proton-to-re-interview-staff-on-ai-with-jobs-at-stake-404-media-reports-3stoplp5u twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Proton to re-interview staff on AI, with jobs at stake, 404 Media reports | daily.dev og:description: Proton will re-interview staff about their AI use starting November 4, and the outcome may affect who keeps their job. CEO Andy Yen told engineers to stop... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/proton-to-re-interview-staff-on-ai-with-jobs-at-stake-404-media-reports-3stoplp5u og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/3STOpLp5u.png og:image:alt: Proton to re-interview staff on AI, with jobs at stake, 404 Media reports og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Proton to re-interview staff on AI, with jobs at stake, 404 Media reports **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Proton will re-interview staff about their AI use starting November 4, and the outcome may affect who keeps their job. CEO Andy Yen told engineers to stop handcrafting code and use AI more, reportedly calling a request for extra security testing time 'bullshit and loser thinking'. CTO Bart Butler said AI wrote 90% of Proton's code in October. Employees said they wrote much of it with Anthropic's Claude. Proton has installed software tracking how much code AI writes, and says it's not doing layoffs but facing a talent shortage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What percentage of Proton's code is now written by AI? AI wrote 90% of Proton's code in October, according to a statement by chief technology officer Bart Butler in an internal meeting. Employees said much of that code was written using Anthropic's Claude. Proton has also installed software on staff computers to track how much code AI generates versus what engineers write by hand. _Engineers weighing how fast to lean on AI-generated code can follow cases like this on daily.dev._ ### Is Proton laying off engineers because of AI? Proton denies it is conducting layoffs, saying instead it faces a talent shortage and is still hiring. The company is re-interviewing staff about their AI usage between November 4 and 11, with results feeding into a review that could affect roles and continued employment. CEO Andy Yen reportedly told staff 'this will be the last year that we hire engineers.' _Anyone tracking how companies reshape engineering roles around AI can follow this story on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Employers are quietly rehiring the people AI replaced, and paying them less to come back](https://daily.dev/posts/employers-are-quietly-rehiring-the-people-ai-replaced-and-paying-them-less-to-come-back-nrpbglhmv) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#claude](https://daily.dev/tags/claude) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/proton-to-re-interview-staff-on-ai-with-jobs-at-stake-404-media-reports-3stoplp5u) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Proton to re-interview staff on AI, with jobs at stake, 404 Media reports","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/proton-to-re-interview-staff-on-ai-with-jobs-at-stake-404-media-reports-3stoplp5u","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/proton-to-re-interview-staff-on-ai-with-jobs-at-stake-404-media-reports-3stoplp5u"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T16:58:39.413Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T17:47:27.440Z","description":"Proton will re-interview staff about their AI use starting November 4, and the outcome may affect who keeps their job. 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