[03 AUG] Paper Cut - C-Suite Swagger Meets AI Whiplash

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 Dismisses AI Talent War Concerns — Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-earnings-q2-2025-ceo-sundar-pichai-ai-talent-war-2025-7

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: “I’ve Created More Billionaires on My Team” — The Times of India

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/nvidia-ceo-jensen-huang-dont-feel-sad-for-my-employees-ive-created-more-billionaires-on-my-management-team-than-any-ceo-they-are-doing-just-/articleshow/122876810.cms

Microsoft Staff React to Satya Nadella’s Layoff Memo — Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-employees-react-ceo-memo-satya-nadella-enigma-success-2025-7

TCS to Lay Off 12,000 Mid- & Senior-Level Employees — Financial Express

https://www.financialexpress.com/business/industry-tcs-to-lay-off-2-workforce-over-12000-mid-and-senior-grade-employees-to-be-impacted-3928025/

AI Layoff Rollercoaster

Big Tech Lays Off Thousands, Then Hires Thousands More for AI — Business Insider

https://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-layoffs-hiring-mircosoft-google-meta-ai-why-2025-7

AI Skills Add $18k to Average Salaries Despite Layoffs — Fortune

https://fortune.com/2025/07/27/artificial-intelligence-skills-18000-salaries-28-percent/

CEO Boasts After Replacing 150 Employees With AI — Futurism

https://futurism.com/ceo-lays-off-150-employees-replaced-ai

US Job-Cut Plans Surge on AI and Tariffs — Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/us-job-cut-plans-jump-in-challenger-data-due-to-ai-and-tariffs

Big Tech Brand Fade & Talent Drift

75 % of Grads Walk Away From Google & Meta Dreams — Economic Times

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/gen-z-careers-google-and-meta-no-longer-cool-75-of-grads-are-walking-away-from-big-tech-dreams-for-new-career-paths/articleshow/122980830.cms

2025’s Most Attractive Employers for MBAs: Finance Surges, Tech Fades — Poets & Quants

https://poetsandquants.com/2025/07/29/2025s-most-attractive-employers-for-mbas-finance-surges-tech-fades/

Hiring Confidence Slips as Employers Grow Cautious — HR Dive

https://www.hrdive.com/news/hiring-confidence-shifts-employers-cautious/754238/

Work Without Walls

Standard Chartered CEO Rejects Blanket Office Mandates — Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/stanchart-ceo-resists-office-mandates-we-work-with-adults

Still No Four-Day Week Despite Proven Benefits — YourTango

https://www.yourtango.com/self/still-dont-have-four-day-workweek-despite-proven-benefits

Employees Pay for Their Own AI Tools to Keep Up — Inc.

https://www.inc.com/bruce-crumley/why-some-employees-are-paying-for-their-own-ai-tools-at-work/91218473

Women Use Workplace AI Less, Harvard Study Finds — CTV News

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/women-are-using-ai-less-in-the-workplace-harvard-study-suggests/

Workday Ordered to Reveal Employers Using HiredScore AI — HR Dive

https://www.hrdive.com/news/workday-must-supply-list-of-employers-who-enabled-hiredscore-ai/756506/

Fortune 500 Firms Already Lag on DEI Pledges — HR Dive

https://www.hrdive.com/news/fortune-500-companies-didnt-live-up-to-dei-pledges/756247/

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