Your weekly digest of employer branding news, trends, and must-read stories. Curated highlights for busy HR and branding leaders.
AI is eating HR, consulting is collapsing, and Gen Z is logging off. From lawsuits over algorithmic hiring to shrinking bonus pools and remote work reality checks, this week’s Paper Cut dissects the headlines that show where the future of work is failing and what HR must fix.
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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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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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Layoffs are intensifying, blocklists are gatekeeping opportunity, and the tech industry is going full throttle on “hardcore” culture again. Meanwhile, HR is ditching its recruiter hat to become strategic (finally), and the workforce is catching on to the vibes behind every pink slip.
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Layoffs surge to 2020 levels, AI eyes civil service jobs, and the job market mirrors the ‘90s boom - uh oh? Meanwhile, China’s workforce shrinks, Australia fights for reproductive leave, and an HR manager pulls off a shocking fraud scheme.
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New York launches an unexpected hiring spree, AI talent is commanding sky-high salaries, and another viral recruitment campaign shakes up employer branding. Meanwhile, return-to-office mandates aren’t really about collaboration (surprise), and all eyes are on the latest jobs report.
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