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When the Bots Hire and Fire You

Consultants chopped by AI, managers roasted by TikTok, and Fortune-100 bosses waging a new office war. This week we follow the money, the misery, and the Gen Z eye-roll reshaping every talent play.

By James Robbins Jul 27, 2025 9 min read

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Work Is Having an Identity Crisis

AI is axing entry-level jobs while bosses preach well-being they won’t promote. Meanwhile, return-to-office edicts keep mutating and Gen Z is staring everyone down. Here’s the week, minus the corporate cosplay.

By James Robbins Jul 20, 2025 7 min read

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Robots, Restlessness and Remote Reality

AI reversals. Office tug-of-war. Gen Z burnout. This week we sift hype from hard data to ask: when the talent tide turns, who’s still left standing?

By James Robbins Jul 13, 2025 6 min read

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[06 JUL] PAPER CUT

Everyone is fretting over AI pink‑slips, yet the loudest cheers this week are for a missing day on the calendar. Can shorter weeks trump smarter machines?

By James Robbins Jul 6, 2025 8 min read

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[29 JUN] PAPER CUT

Consultancies are shedding humans. Résumés are choking on AI sludge. Culture is fraying in the open‑plan circus. Skills, not CVs, decide who stays employed. This week we slice through the noise so your talent strategy does not bleed later.

By James Robbins Jun 29, 2025 7 min read

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[22 JUN] PAPER CUT

Return-to-office ultimatums, AI-powered “corporate Ozempic,” and a broken career ladder define this week’s talent tension.

By James Robbins Jun 22, 2025 6 min read

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[15 JUN] PAPER CUT

When one CEO waves seven-figure offer letters while another hands out pink slips, “career security” reads like satire. Here is how the talent market is folding in on itself.

By James Robbins Jun 15, 2025 3 min read

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[08 JUN] PAPER CUT

AI is being called “intern-level.” Entry-level jobs are evaporating. McKinsey’s bots make decks faster than your grads. And Gen Z? They’re networking like it’s a survival sport. Welcome to the economy where “future-proof” just means “not fired yet.”

By James Robbins Jun 8, 2025 4 min read

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[01 JUN] PAPER CUT

Gen Z would rather scrub hospital floors than code for a Big Tech boss. HR is laying low, DEI is going stealth, and entry-level jobs are quietly vanishing. Here’s your weekly reality check on the future of work, complete with ice cream.

By James Robbins Jun 1, 2025 4 min read

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[25 MAY] PAPER CUT

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.

By James Robbins May 25, 2025 4 min read

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[18 MAY] PAPER CUT

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.

By James Robbins May 18, 2025 6 min read

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[11 MAY] PAPER CUT

Job cuts rise, AI gets ruthless, trust frays, and GenAI leaves gender gaps in its wake. The economy’s wobbling, leadership’s sweating, and HR is stuck translating it all. Let’s cut through the noise.

By James Robbins May 11, 2025 8 min read