The EBN Dispatch

Jobs are cooling while AI cuts get louder. Leaders tighten control, workers lose patience. Paper Cut connects the dots so HR and employer-brand leaders can act with clarity.

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Stall Speed Meets Automation Hype

Reuters: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-labor-market-cracks-widen-job-growth-hits-stall-speed-2025-08-01/

Financial Times: https://www.ft.com/content/04a83e0d-0128-4f59-9835-cb434a4257ec

The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/artificial-intelligence-replacing-jobs-report-b2800709.html

Futurism: https://futurism.com/companies-fixing-ai-replacement-mistakes

Leader Talk vs Worker Reality

Financial Express: https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-google-ceo-sundar-pichai-tells-employees-amid-massive-it-industry-layoffs-i-think-we-have-to-3935901/

CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/05/ai-labor-market-young-tech-workers-goldman-economist.html

Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/github-ceo-thomas-dohmke-to-software-engineers-either-you-or-get-out-of-your-career/articleshow/123112508.cms

Times of India: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/pune/tcs-responds-after-employee-sleeps-outside-pune-office-over-unpaid-salary-viral-photo-sparks-outrage-company-cites-unauthorized-absence/articleshow/123113374.cms

Control Fever vs What Works

Entrepreneur: https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/microsoft-plannings-return-to-office-mandate-report/495561

CNBC: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/07/companies-monitoring-enforcing-office-attendance.html

EvidenceNetwork: https://evidencenetwork.ca/scientists-have-been-studying-remote-work-for-four-years-and-have-reached-a-very-clear-conclusion-working-from-home-makes-us-happier/

Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2025/08/its-time-to-streamline-how-we-communicate-at-work

Economic Times: https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/company-demands-employees-work-12-hours-per-day-netizens-react-at-least-they-are-honest/articleshow/123161263.cms

Yahoo Finance AU: https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/major-work-from-home-turning-point-as-employees-return-the-office-worst-behind-us-003808446.html

The Quiet Rebuild: Freelancers and Fragile Focus

TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/upwork-acquires-bubty-and-ascen-with-plans-to-launch-a-standalone-enterprise-business/

Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/91379675/how-to-respond-to-quiet-cracking-a-new-workplace-threat

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Big Tech bosses brag about billionaire deputies while trimming headcount and blaming AI. Paper Cut cuts through the spin so HR and employer-brand leaders can act—not react. No fluff, just facts.

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Executive Bravado Meets Headcount Reality

Google Earnings: CEO Sundar Pichai Dismisses AI Talent War Concerns — Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-earnings-q2-2025-ceo-sundar-pichai-ai-talent-war-2025-7

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: “I’ve Created More Billionaires on My Team” — The Times of India

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-dont-feel-sad-for-my-employees-ive-created-more-billionaires-on-my-management-team-than-any-ceo-they-are-doing-just-/articleshow/122876810.cms

Microsoft Staff React to Satya Nadella’s Layoff Memo — Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-employees-react-ceo-memo-satya-nadella-enigma-success-2025-7

TCS to Lay Off 12,000 Mid- & Senior-Level Employees — Financial Express

https://www.financialexpress.com/business/industry-tcs-to-lay-off-2-workforce-over-12000-mid-and-senior-grade-employees-to-be-impacted-3928025/

AI Layoff Rollercoaster

Big Tech Lays Off Thousands, Then Hires Thousands More for AI — Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-layoffs-hiring-mircosoft-google-meta-ai-why-2025-7

AI Skills Add $18k to Average Salaries Despite Layoffs — Fortune

https://fortune.com/2025/07/27/artificial-intelligence-skills-18000-salaries-28-percent/

CEO Boasts After Replacing 150 Employees With AI — Futurism

https://futurism.com/ceo-lays-off-150-employees-replaced-ai

US Job-Cut Plans Surge on AI and Tariffs — Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/us-job-cut-plans-jump-in-challenger-data-due-to-ai-and-tariffs

Big Tech Brand Fade & Talent Drift

75 % of Grads Walk Away From Google & Meta Dreams — Economic Times

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/gen-z-careers-google-and-meta-no-longer-cool-75-of-grads-are-walking-away-from-big-tech-dreams-for-new-career-paths/articleshow/122980830.cms

2025’s Most Attractive Employers for MBAs: Finance Surges, Tech Fades — Poets & Quants

https://poetsandquants.com/2025/07/29/2025s-most-attractive-employers-for-mbas-finance-surges-tech-fades/

Hiring Confidence Slips as Employers Grow Cautious — HR Dive

https://www.hrdive.com/news/hiring-confidence-shifts-employers-cautious/754238/

Work Without Walls

Standard Chartered CEO Rejects Blanket Office Mandates — Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/stanchart-ceo-resists-office-mandates-we-work-with-adults

Still No Four-Day Week Despite Proven Benefits — YourTango

https://www.yourtango.com/self/still-dont-have-four-day-workweek-despite-proven-benefits

Employees Pay for Their Own AI Tools to Keep Up — Inc.

https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/why-some-employees-are-paying-for-their-own-ai-tools-at-work/91218473

Women Use Workplace AI Less, Harvard Study Finds — CTV News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/women-are-using-ai-less-in-the-workplace-harvard-study-suggests/

Workday Ordered to Reveal Employers Using HiredScore AI — HR Dive

https://www.hrdive.com/news/workday-must-supply-list-of-employers-who-enabled-hiredscore-ai/756506/

Fortune 500 Firms Already Lag on DEI Pledges — HR Dive

https://www.hrdive.com/news/fortune-500-companies-didnt-live-up-to-dei-pledges/756247/

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Layoffs blamed on AI, return-to-office rules nobody can enforce, and a culture gap employees are ready to quit over. This week’s Paper Cut slices through the noise for HR and employer-brand leaders. No fluff, just facts.

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AI Cuts Both Ways

‘AI impact feels way more real now’: Microsoft lays off employee who was with the company for 5 years

https://www.financialexpress.com/trending/ai-impact-feels-way-more-real-now-microsoft-lays-off-employee-who-was-with-the-company-for-5-years/3914921/

AI could create these new jobs despite gloomy forecasts, experts say

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/ai-create-new-jobs-despite-gloomy-forecasts-experts/story?id=123607557

RTO Rebellion 2.0

Fear of being ordered back to office affecting UK staff wellbeing, poll finds

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/15/fear-of-being-ordered-back-to-office-affecting-uk-staff-wellbeing-poll-finds

Starbucks shifts to 4-day RTO for corporate employees

https://www.hrdive.com/news/starbucks-four-day-a-week-rto-rule-seattle-toronto/753119/

Culture Credibility Test

Nearly half of workers have considered quitting over employer’s ethics, report finds

https://www.hrdive.com/news/workers-have-considered-quitting-over-employers-ethics/753171/

Leadership Lip Service

McKinsey Research Reveals a Solution to Overwhelmed and Exhausted CEOs

https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/mckinsey-research-reveals-a-solution-to-overwhelmed-and-exhausted-ceos/91212953

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AI reversals. Office showdowns. Gen Z burnout. This Paper Cut slices the hype so HR and employer-brand leaders can act—fast. No fluff, just facts.

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AI Clean-up Costs

Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes (https://futurism.com/companies-fixing-ai-replacement-mistakes)

AI could determine whether you get hired or fired as more managers rely on the technology at work (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-hired-fired-promotion-managers/)

Indeed and Glassdoor to lay off 1,300 workers as AI shakes up job search business (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/indeed-glassdoor-layoffs-ai-job-search/)

Futurist Adam Dorr on how robots will take our jobs: ‘We don’t have long to get ready – it’s going to be tumultuous’ (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/09/futurist-adam-dorr-robots-ai-jobs-replace-human-labour)

Remote Reality Check

3M ending ‘Work Your Way’ remote flexibility with four in-office days (https://www.startribune.com/3m-end-remote-work-your-way-policy-four-day-in-office-september/601402999)

Amazon Luxembourg grants employees one day of remote work per week (https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2319759.html)

JPMorgan offered return-to-office perks that are remarkably similar to the show 'Severance' (https://www.upworthy.com/severance-jpmorgane-perks-ex1)

Who’s Still Working from Home in 2025? A Look at America’s Telework Trends (https://eyeonhousing.org/2025/07/whos-still-working-from-home-in-2025-a-look-at-americas-telework-trends/)

Gen Z in Freefall

At Singapore unis, undergrads fight for places at coveted finance clubs (https://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/at-singapore-unis-undergrads-fight-for-places-at-coveted-finance-clubs)

Rise in job switches among Gen Zs; more employees taking ‘micro-retirement’ breaks, say experts (https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-employment-trends-micro-retirement-career-conversion-gen-z-5225866)

Why are Gen-Z ‘crashing out’? Experts concerned about this worrisome trend (https://www.financialexpress.com/trending/why-are-gen-z-crashing-out-experts-concerned-about-this-worrisome-trend/3905936/)

‘Unhappiest' Job Sector in America Named in New Study (https://www.mensjournal.com/news/unhappiest-job-sector-america-named-new-study)

Brand Battles in a Cooling Market

In search of the most attractive employers: here is Randstad’s global employer branding top list (https://trademagazin.hu/en/a-legvonzobb-munkaadok-nyomaban-itt-a-randstad-globalis-employer-branding-toplistaja/)

Google salaries revealed: how much the search giant pays software engineers and other key roles amid the AI boom (https://www.businessinsider.com/google-salaries-revealed-software-engineers-paid-2025-7)

Job Postings Decline in All Industries; Education and Healthcare Jobs Fare the Best (https://www.indeed.com/press/releases)

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#EmployerBrand #FutureOfWork #TalentStrategy #RemoteWork #GenZ #AIatWork

This week’s Paper Cut slices through four‑day week wins, stealth layoffs, and Gen Z’s new survival tricks. No fluff, just the facts senior HR leaders need.

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Shorter Weeks, Sharper Output

Study: 4 day work week benefits employers (https://www.abccolumbia.com/2025/07/03/study-4-day-work-week-benefits-employers/)

17 companies switch to 4-day work week in UK (https://www.azernews.az/region/244144.html)

Layoffs in Disguise

Microsoft to cut about 4% of jobs amid hefty AI bets (https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/microsoft-lay-off-many-9000-employees-seattle-times-reports-2025-07-02/)

Are buyouts replacing layoffs? How big tech is quietly cutting jobs (https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/are-buyouts-the-new-layoffs-why-big-tech-is-quietly-paying-workers-to-leave-10080174/)

Amazon Orders 350,000 Employees To Relocate Or Resign Without Severance (https://styleonmain.net/amazon-orders-350000-employees-to-relocate-or-resign-without-severance/)

AI Angst, Manual Muscle

Gen Z is ditching college for ‘more secure’ trade jobs—but building inspectors, electricians and plumbers actually have the worst unemployment (https://fortune.com/2025/07/02/gen-z-ditching-college-secure-trade-jobs-blue-collar-electricians-and-plumbers-worst-unemployment-rate-than-office-jobs/)

Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla predicts AI will replace 80% of jobs by 2030—and take much of the Fortune 500 with it (https://fortune.com/2025/07/01/silicon-valley-investor-vinod-khosla-ai-job-prediction-interview/)

IBM Lays Off 8,000 Employees for AI Automation, Only to Rehire Just as Many Soon After Because Of… (https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/06/ibm-lays-off-8000-employees-for-ai-automation-only-to-rehire-just-as-many-soon-after-because-of/)

Etiquette Coaches and Hiring Loops

Nearly all hiring managers say the process takes longer than 2 years ago (https://www.hrdive.com/news/hiring-time-lengthening/751699/)

US firms hire etiquette coaches to rein in Gen Z employees (https://www.straitstimes.com/world/united-states/us-firms-hire-etiquette-coaches-to-rein-in-gen-z-employees)

‘I feel completely drained’: young professionals swamped by ‘infinite workdays’ (https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jun/22/young-professionals-infinite-workdays)

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This week’s Paper Cut cuts through consultancy chaos, skills‑first hype, and cultural charades so HR leaders can plan without panic. No fluff, just the signals.

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Algorithms vs Accenture

https://www.economist.com/business/2025/06/26/who-needs-accenture-in-the-age-of-ai

https://content.techgig.com/technology/intel-cuts-marketing-jobs-replaces-employees-with-ai-and-accenture/articleshow/122020738.cms

https://www.cio.com/article/4012162/ai-begins-to-reshape-the-it-job-landscape-as-layoffs-rise.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/will-ai-replace-take-over-create-jobs-debate-tech-leaders-2025-6

https://digiday.com/marketing/how-employment-is-projected-to-transform-in-media-during-the-ai-era/

Paper Ceilings, Skills Ladders

https://fortune.com/2025/06/23/jpmorgan-chase-ceo-jamie-dimon-in-demand-skills-gen-z-cyber-coding-computer-science-project-management/

https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/talent-acquisition/skills-first-hiring-advances-career-mobility-paper-ceiling

https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/oped/letters/data-science-could-be-the-career-of-the-century-5094250

https://www.businessinsider.com/ken-griffin-picking-the-wrong-career-advice-books-reading-citadel-2025-6

https://www.hrdive.com/news/lack-of-training-after-layoffs/751732/

Culture Wars in Cubicle Land

https://hrnews.co.uk/new-global-study-reveals-the-open-office-is-failing-todays-workforce/

https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/singapore-workers-gen-z-gen-085924474.html

https://hrsea.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/workplace/transforming-employees-into-brand-influencers-the-rise-of-authentic-storytelling/122088997

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture-council/articles/companys-culture-impacts-new-college-graduates-entering-workforce-1235369225/

Forecast: Patchy with Layoffs

https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025/06/26/employment-outlook-dips-economic-uncertainty

https://futurism.com/job-applications-ai-slop

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Grim relocation deadlines, AI as a head-count diet pill, and a shattered entry-level market—this week’s Paper Cut slices through the spin so HR and employer-brand leaders get the facts. No fluff, just sharp insight.

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Clock-Punch Capitalism

Amazon gives employees 30 days “deadline” to … or resign in 60 days — https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/amazon-gives-employees-30-days-deadline-to-or-resign-in-60-days/articleshow/121945280.cms

Google gives these employees three-days “warning” to … or leave the company — https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-gives-these-employees-three-days-warning-to-or-leave-the-company/articleshow/121831799.cms

Genpact introduces mandatory 10-hour workdays in India, sparking employee backlash — https://www.peoplematters.in/news/culture/genpact-introduces-mandatory-10-hour-workdays-in-india-sparking-employee-backlash-46013

Scientists have studied remote work for 4 years and have reached a clear conclusion: working from home makes us happier — https://www.cmu.fr/en/scientists-have-studied-remote-work-for-4-years-and-have-reached-a-clear-conclusion-working-from-home-makes-us-happier-9712/

AI: Corporate Ozempic

Amazon CEO tells employees to expect cuts to white-collar jobs because of AI — https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-ceo-says-generative-ai-expect-job-cuts-2025-6

Intel to lay off 10 000+ employees, and why none of them will be getting any severance — https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/intel-to-layoff-10000-employees-and-why-none-of-them-will-be-getting-any-severance/articleshow/121933196.cms

Scott Galloway has some choice metaphors to describe AI’s impact on workers — https://www.businessinsider.com/scott-galloway-ai-impact-on-workers-2025-6

The Broken Career Ladder

China’s youth unemployment stays stubbornly high ahead of crunch summer — https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3315028/chinas-youth-unemployment-stays-stubbornly-high-ahead-crunch-summer

The tech job market is rough for entry-level workers right now — https://farmingdale-observer.com/2025/06/13/the-biggest-fear-was-that-ai-would-steal-our-jobs-in-reality-its-replacing-those-of-people-who-are-learning-how-to-work/

Class of 2025 college grads are facing the toughest job market … — https://news.yahoo.com/graduates-having-hard-time-finding-110849906.html

Companies are overhauling their hiring processes to screen candidates for AI skills— and attitudes — https://fortune.com/2025/06/11/ai-hiring-process-employee-skills-candidate/

What It Means to Be Talented in the AI Age — https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomaspremuzic/2025/06/16/what-it-means-to-be-talented-in-the-ai-age/

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The talent market snapped this week: Meta offers million-dollar packages while Google hands out buy-outs. Paper Cut slices through the spin so HR and employer-brand leaders see the real scoreboard. No fluff, just facts.

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Elite Brains, Empty Rungs

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/new-updates/zuckerbergs-fantastic-50-worlds-2nd-richest-man-is-hiring-elite-coders-with-million-dollar-offers-to-build-the-most-powerful-ai-brain/articleshow/121776198.cms

https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/new-research-finds-that-ai-is-creating-more-jobs-and-higher-pay/91199930

https://decrypt.co/323916/ai-coming-jobs-faster-anyone-though

Cost Cuts Meet Code Frenzy

https://apnews.com/article/google-layoffs-tech-869f86eb6b53044de2cf22a932b0213f

https://qz.com/layoffs-us-job-cuts-challenger-gray-2025-tech-services-1851783674

Soft Power or Bust

https://www.hrdive.com/news/3-in-5-employers-say-soft-skills-are-more-important-than-ever/750424/

https://www.straitstimes.com/business/sense-of-belonging-at-work-why-it-isnt-just-a-nice-to-have

https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/quiet-cracking-at-work/990726

Well-Being Mirage

https://www.businessinsider.com/deloitte-employee-wellbeing-policy-offers-1000-dollars-for-lego-2025-6

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3998244/ai-chatbots-see-fast-adoption-but-deliver-minimal-productivity-gains-study-finds.html

https://slate.com/life/2025/05/happy-hour-drinks-office-work-co-worker-colleague.html

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Interns are out, algorithms are in. Entry-level jobs are being erased, McKinsey bots are building your decks, and career stability now depends more on who you know than what you know.

This week’s Paper Cut breaks down the workplace headlines that matter—and what HR and employer brand leaders must do next.

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AI replaces entry-level work:

🔗 https://fortune.com/2025/06/05/openai-ceo-sam-altman-ai-as-good-as-interns-entry-level-workers-gen-z-embrace-technology/

🔗 https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/ai-creates-powerpoints-at-mckinsey-replacing-junior-workers/492624

🔗 https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-hiring-ai-recruitment-interviews-candidates-docs-coding-2025-6

🔗 https://fortune.com/2025/06/05/anthropic-ai-automate-jobs-pretty-terrible-decade/

🔗 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/google-ai-ceo-demis-hassabis-if-i-were-a-student-right-now-i-would-study-/articleshow/121586013.cms

Grads + Entry-level freeze:

🔗 https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/02/business/jobs-market-college-graduate-economy

🔗 https://www.reuters.com/business/procter-gamble-cut-7000-jobs-over-two-years-2025-06-05/

🔗 https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/05/corporate-layoffs-companies-making-job-cuts.html

🔗 https://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/microsoft-cuts-hundreds-more-jobs-after-firing-6000-in-may

🔗 https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-hiring-white-collar-recession-jobs-tech-new-data-2025-6

Networking & Quiet Firing:

🔗 https://www.businessinsider.com/networking-important-new-job-economy-ai-2025-6

🔗 https://www.bizjournals.com/bizjournals/news/2025/05/30/quiet-firing-employers-employees-raises-benefits.html

Wellness ≠ Culture:

🔗 https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/how-leaders-can-build-a-culture-of-wellness-outside-the/491726

🔗 https://www.fastcompany.com/91343512/why-the-ai-age-makes-11-meetings-redundant-ai-11-meetings

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Gen Z would rather scrub hospital floors than code in a surveillance-heavy tech culture. Entry-level roles are evaporating. HR and DEI are going stealth to survive. And oddly enough, Unilever’s ice cream factory workers have more job security than most knowledge workers.

This week’s Paper Cut slices through the spin to give HR and employer brand leaders the insight they actually need. No fluff, just facts. Here’s what’s really going on at the edge of work.

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Gen Z says “No thanks” to Big Tech:

🔗 https://fortune.com/2025/05/28/gen-z-tech-jobs-healthcare-workplace-trust/

🔗 https://www.vox.com/future-of-work/24093495/gen-z-open-office-backlash

🔗 https://www.businessinsider.com/gen-zs-problem-with-office-jobs-and-their-search-for-meaning-2025-5

Entry-level tech jobs vanish:

🔗 https://www.businessinsider.com/entry-level-tech-jobs-hard-find-gen-z-2025-5

🔗 https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-raises-performance-expectations-post-layoffs-2025-5

🔗 https://futurism.com/amazon-training-ai-only-coders

🔗 https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/jpmorgan-asks-managers-to-resist-hiring-as-ai-takes-over-11699428514798.html

🔗 https://www.ndtv.com/business/ibm-has-replaced-8-000-jobs-with-ai-report-5466840

HR & DEI reset mode:

🔗 https://www.hcamag.com/us/news/general/dei-goes-stealth/486759

🔗 https://www.hcamag.com/ca/news/general/hr-leaders-confident-but-cautious/486873

🔗 https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/hr-magazine/hr-tech-trends-2025

🔗 https://fortune.com/2025/05/26/mckinsey-layoffs-5000-jobs/

🔗 https://www.economictimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-employee-fired-by-algorithm-after-25-years-of-service-report/articleshow/110272451.cms

Economic freeze, warm scoop:

🔗 https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/newsroom/news/WCMS_918540/lang–en/index.htm

🔗 https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/unilever-ice-cream-factory-workers-job-guarantee-2025-05-27/

🔗 https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/volvo-layoffs-19-billion-reset-2025-05-28/

🔗 https://www.ft.com/content/8304b664-3fd3-4cfc-933d-987ed0e6b7e3

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