Silicon Valley doesn’t want to improve work, it wants to erase it. As AI scales and middle managers disappear, what’s left for the rest of us? This week’s Paper Cut breaks down the automation obsession, career collapse, and the silent EVP crisis it’s creating.
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Google’s a “top employer” while cutting jobs, LinkedIn’s logic raises eyebrows, and AI’s still gunning for your desk. This week: more layoffs, new challengers to corporate status, and the growing gap between perception and experience. Welcome to the chaos.
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Many mistake an Employer Value Proposition (EVP) for a catchy slogan, but it’s much more than that. A true EVP defines the core of what makes a company a great place to work, guiding employer branding and storytelling. This article explores why EVPs must go beyond taglines to have real impact.
Many workplace diversity efforts focus on optics rather than real change. Genuine inclusion requires more than surface-level commitments - it demands structural shifts, accountability, and actions that truly support equity for all employees.
Massive restructures, secretive layoffs, and AI now coming for… everything. From Mercedes to EY, job cuts are shaking the foundations of industries. Meanwhile, the Big Four are racing into agentic AI, Gen Z continues job-hopping into higher salaries, and RTO pressure mounts again.
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The Employer Value Proposition (EVP) is dead, or at least, the way you’ve been sold it is. Companies spend millions crafting shiny recruitment promises, only for employees to call their bluff. If your EVP doesn’t match reality, it’s not branding, it’s fiction.