[09 NOV] - PAPER CUT - Count the Cuts, Ditch Ultimatums, Fix the Middle

This week we cut through the noise: AI layoffs get counted, CEOs flirt with ultimatums, hybrid needs better managers, and HR turns into a growth engine.

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Layoffs Go Transparent: Start Counting AI

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/layoffs-us-october-surge-two-decade-high-challenger-data-shows-2025-11-06/

https://www.challengergray.com/blog/october-challenger-report-153074-job-cuts-on-cost-cutting-ai/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jobless-boom-ai-economy-labor-market-corporate-profits-layoffs/

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/no-more-hiding-the-impact-of-ai-the-us-government-is-looking-to-force-companies-to-report-how-many-folks-have-been-fired-because-of-artificial-intelligence/

https://www.techspot.com/news/110139-new-data-shows-companies-rehiring-former-employees-ai.html

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/11/federal-employees-are-reporting-major-workplace-disruptions-at-nearly-triple-the-national-average/

https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3331099/us-software-firm-sas-exits-china-after-25-years-lays-about-400-staff

Culture Ultimatums: Agree Or Quit

https://www.businessinsider.com/ceos-dei-ai-remote-work-culture-agree-quit-2025-11

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-vp-jamie-siminoff-hiring-promoting-ai-usage-2025-10

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/three-things-amazon-vp-told-remaining-employees-to-focus-on-in-internal-memo-after-14000-layoffs/articleshow/125011344.cms

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-31/kpmg-staff-to-be-rated-on-ai-usage-in-yearly-performance-reviews

https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/30/tech/amazon-layoffs-andy-jassy-ai-culture

Degrees Or Deliverables? The Skills Reset

https://fortune.com/2025/11/05/palantir-colleges-no-longer-reliable-training-ground-gen-z-hire-22-high-school-students-fellowship/

https://fortune.com/2025/11/06/gen-z-success-work-hard-skills-demand-ai/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/opinion/gen-z-work.html

https://www.bcg.com/publications/2025/how-socioeconomic-status-shapes-workplace-success

Hybrid Isn’t The Villain. Management Is.

https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/hybrid-work-is-not-the-problem-poor-leadership-is/

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/10/31/microshifting-the-workplace-trend-that-means-flexibility-but-longer-days

https://theconversation.com/home-vs-office-working-why-it-doesnt-have-to-be-a-battle-267084

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-10-31/kpmg-staff-to-be-rated-on-ai-usage-in-yearly-performance-reviews

https://fortune.com/2025/11/05/kpmg-new-office-building-hybrid-model-manhattan-tim-walsh/

https://www.kare11.com/article/life/workplace-dynamic-has-shifted-giving-employers-the-upper-hand-heres-why/89-a48f2f7c-0e13-468b-b323-4d4b8cd9a5a4

HR, Meet Revenue: Be The Engine

https://hbr.org/2025/10/your-transformation-cant-succeed-without-a-talent-strategy

https://hrexecutive.com/hr-is-in-the-drivers-seat-for-transformation-3-opportunities-to-take-charge/

https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/trends/employee-experience/employee-experience-the-hidden-growth-engine-every-leader-must-activate/125109640

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/leadership/article-the-missing-engine-hrs-role-in-accelerating-business-growth/ https://www.fastcompany.com/91434452/agile-employer-brands-win-in-a-world-of-constant-change

https://www.inc.com/benjamin-butler/meet-the-2025-power-partners-in-hr-people-operations/91244465

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