The EBN Dispatch

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 Dismisse...

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’: Micr...

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://f...

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...

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

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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”...

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.c...

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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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 g...

Straight talk on talent, tech, and the future of work.

This week: AI layoffs, consulting chaos, performance reviews as layoff prep, and Gen Z opting out. Your employer brand’s next big test isn’t just retention, it’s relevance.

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AI Ate My Job

Workday AI hiring discrimination lawsu...

Silicon Valley wants to replace all human workers? That’s not a headline, it’s a business model.

This week on Paper Cut:

🤖 AI: Eliminate as Many Humans as Possible

🧱 Middle Management Gets the Axe

📉 Global Confidence Collapses

🚫 Gen Z Opts Out of Leadership

As tech elites pitch an AI-powered world with no humans required, the workforce is left wondering: where do we fit in? From sweeping layoffs to a quiet rebellion...

📉 Layoffs, AI Disruption & HR Disconnect – This Week in Work

From fresh layoffs to leadership trust slumps, the headlines are spinning—but we’re here to slice through the noise. In this week’s Paper Cut, we cover:

✂️ Job cuts rising across PwC, Panasonic, Telefónica and more

🤖 AI replaces HR teams, streamlines ops—and unsettles leadership

👩‍💻 Gender gaps emerge in GenAI adoption among HR leaders

🔥 Burnout spikes, ...

TRUST IS TANKING

RTO resentment, AI anxiety, and DEI dysfunction: welcome back to Paper Cut after a two-week Easter hiatus. This week, we’re diving into a volatile talent landscape where managers are getting squeezed, middle-aged employees are targeted, and tech workers are being paid to do nothing (sometimes literally).

✂️ Layoffs hit older workers hardest and severance packages keep headlines juicy

🤖 AI replaces jobs, rewri...

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Google tops LinkedIn’s “Best Employers” list… while laying off staff. Microsoft’s doing the same. So is LinkedIn just measuring vibes now? Meanwhile, a Gen Z challenger emerges, AI continues its desk-clearing spree, and a wave of job market weirdness rolls through the US, UK, and China.

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Revenge quitting. AI reshaping roles. DEI rebrands, not retreats.

This week on Paper Cut, we unpack the chaos with sharp insights on where talent, trust, and tech collide:

✂️ Job cuts spike again—yes, again

⚡ Revenge quitting is rising (and it’s personal)

🤖 AI isn’t just evolving roles—it’s erasing them

📉 Strategy is shifting from hire-hire-hire to retain-and-survive

📣 DEI gets a makeover, but not a burial

Stay inform...

Layoffs. AI disruption. RTO tug-of-war. Gen Z may finally be slowing down the job-hopping. This week on Paper Cut, we dig into:

✂️ Massive restructures at Mercedes, EY, and IBM

🤖 Bill Gates warns most jobs won’t survive AI—but some might

🏢 RTO mandates ramp back up, but talent isn’t biting

🚪 Gen Z shifts gears—less hopping, more holding

📊 JPMorgan tweaks DEI language, and the UK Spring Statement drops

Don’t forget to ...

Welcome to Paper Cut, your weekly source for sharp insights in employer branding, talent attraction, and HR.

This week, we’re diving into:

✂️ Mass layoffs across EY, Siemens, and Morgan Stanley—but workers aren’t buying the usual narrative

🔒 Reports of tech industry blocklists that quietly blacklist laid-off employees

🧠 HR is finally getting strategic, shifting from firefighting to future-proofing

⚡ The return of ‘hardcore’ cul...

Welcome to Paper Cut, your weekly dose of sharp insights in employer branding, talent attraction, and HR.

This week, we’re diving into:

🚨 Mass layoffs hit their highest level since 2020—who’s next?

📊 The job market is starting to look like the 1990s dot-com bubble—should we be worried?

🤖 AI is officially replacing civil servants—governments are automating jobs

🌍 China’s workforce is shrinking for the first time in years—...

Welcome to Paper Cut, your weekly dose of sharp insights in employer branding, talent attraction, and HR.

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This week, we’re diving into:

🚨 New York is hiring laid-off federal workers in an aggressive recruitment push

📊 The February jobs report shows steady employment but signs of a hiring slowdown

💰 A...