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Welcome to The EBN Dispatch, the official podcast from Employer Branding News.We’re here to deliver smart talk and sharp takes on the branding of work, one dispatch at a time.Each episode breaks down the latest moves in employer branding, culture, leadership, and talent…
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The Catch Behind This Week’s Round of Layoffs (opens the original)
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Uber, Volkswagen and WPP all cut deeper this week, and the people who stayed were asked for more hours or more work, not more pay. Plus new data showing over half of laid-off workers don't believe the AI explanation for their own redundancy.This week on Paper Cut:- Uber's layoffs and the managers left holding a bigger workload- Why over half of laid-off workers suspect AI is a cover story, and the university staff walking out over it- What the data says actually keeps people, versus what most re
”AI-Washing”: Why Most Layoffs Blamed on AI Aren’t (opens the original)
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Fei Zhaojun's boss asked if AI could replace coders. Two weeks later, he and 160 colleagues were laid off in Beijing. But a new HBR analysis, citing Goldman Sachs, argues most layoffs blamed on AI this year aren't actually AI's doing. Plus: Reed Hastings on why companies aren't families, Disney's early retirement memo, and why the graduate job market just hit its lowest point in a decade.This week on Paper Cut:- The Goldman Sachs number that undercuts most "AI layoff" headlines- A coder's accoun
Layoffs Are Being Rebranded as a Turnaround | Paper Cut (opens the original)
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Diageo, Starbucks, Sanofi and KPMG all cut jobs this week, three of them calling it a turnaround and one unable to even manage the euphemism. UK productivity is finally moving, Dutch unemployment is rising for a third straight month, and a new peer-reviewed study of 7,704 healthcare workers found fully remote staff happier and less likely to quit than colleagues back at their desks. Plus: new research on what handing your thinking to AI is quietly costing, and why "career cushioning" is booming.
TikTok vs Dropbox: The RTO Whiplash Mandate | Paper Cut (opens the original)
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TikTok wants staff back five days a week. Dropbox is doubling down on remote. This episode covers that split, plus Oracle's layoffs against Singapore's AI employment gains, hiring data that can't agree with itself, and who actually gets blamed when the work doesn't get done.This week's Paper Cut covers:TikTok's five-day RTO mandate versus Dropbox's virtual-first commitment, plus ABN Amro's RTO-and-layoffs combinationOracle's AI-funded layoffs against Singapore's AI employment gains, and Californ
AI Boosts Output, Costs Jobs, Says the Bank of England | Paper Cut (opens the original)
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The Bank of England says AI is lifting productivity and costing jobs, in the same breath. This episode covers that, plus a jobs report that says the market is fine while workers say otherwise, Gen Z's surprising ambition, and pay negotiation getting a new referee.This week's Paper Cut covers:- The Bank of England's dual verdict on AI, productivity and jobs, plus what "botsitting" is costing employees- July's jobs report versus sinking worker confidence and record-low job switching in Australia-
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