What if the future of work is less work? While Big Tech trims head‑count and investors foretell an 80 percent robo‑takeover, a fresh wave of four‑day pilots is quietly rewriting the rule book. This edition slices through the panic. We pair brutal layoff maths with the subversive hope of a 32‑hour week, then test whether Gen Z’s coping hacks are ambition or avoidance. Buckle up—there’s more utility here than a Swiss Army knife.
Where we're going this week:
- Shorter weeks as a retention play.
- Layoffs that aren’t called layoffs.
- The manual‑labour pivot nobody saw coming.
- Hiring grids that feel like wet concrete.
