[16 NOV] PAPER CUT - Commutes, Cuts & Credibility

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[16 NOV] PAPER CUT - Commutes, Cuts & Credibility

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Office rules stiffen, AI agents start delivering, and the labor story splits. Here is how to keep credibility when everyone else is playing optics.



This week’s Paper Cut slices through the spin to give HR and employer brand leaders the insight they actually need. No fluff, just facts.



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RTO With Consequences



https://www.fastcompany.com/91439545/what-companies-are-getting-wrong-about-rto



https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/more-law-firms-boost-office-mandates-remote-work-fades-2025-11-07/



https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/paramount-skydance-return-to-office-ultimatum-cost-185-million-dollars/



https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/11/dutch-employers-are-getting-tougher-about-working-from-home/



https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/no-work-from-home-600-employees-quit-at-us-based-firm-opt-for-ceo-s-buyout-offer-11762927498492.html



The Layoff Signal Is Noisy



https://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2025/11/13/ais-impact-on-employment-is-negligible-study-asserts/



https://finance.yahoo.com/news/layoffs-spreading-across-industries-careers-233117569.html



https://www.reuters.com/business/verizon-cut-about-15000-jobs-wsj-reports-2025-11-13/



https://fortune.com/2025/11/10/economy-bad-low-hire-fire-labor-market-recession-levels-ubs/



https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/11/11/job-losses-mounted-in-october-as-employers-struggled-and-wall-street-projects-grim-job-market/



https://www.cityam.com/uk-businesses-accelerate-layoffs-amid-ai-surge-and-legislative-uncertainty/



https://www.iamexpat.de/career/employment-news/one-third-companies-germany-cut-jobs-2026



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://www.marketplace.org/episode/2025/11/11/more-labor-market-blues



https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/11/09/small-business-owners-hiring-uncertainty/



https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/11/mark-cuban-job-hunting-advice-i-give-my-kids-in-age-of-ai.html



Agents, Tracking, Fair Measurement



https://www.wired.com/story/all-my-employees-are-ai-agents-so-are-my-executives/



https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-begin-to-see-a-return-on-ai-agents-671d830d



https://theconversation.com/ai-makes-measuring-work-performance-a-lot-trickier-how-do-companies-adapt-269477



https://thewalrus.ca/workplace-surveillance/



https://www.financialpost.com/fp-work/howard-levitt-employers-virtual-interviews



Culture That Operates



https://www.inc.com/benjamin-butler/startups-can-beat-industry-giants-by-leveraging-their-company-culture-heres-how/91261421



https://www.hrdive.com/news/companies-focusing-on-credentials-over-skills-may-be-left-behind-hiring/805350/



https://www.economist.com/business/2025/11/10/how-hr-took-over-the-world



https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/ibm-change-management-phil-gilbert-leadership-failure/91242714



https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/workplace-4-0/talent-management/job-hugging-and-the-psycho-economics-of-modern-work-why-purpose-is-quietly-leaving-the-building/125230856



https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/hrtech/talent-acquisition-and-management/45-of-ericssons-roles-now-filled-internally-as-hr-turns-data-driven/125237846



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/578373/employers-forking-out-more-for-employees-in-talent-short-market



https://fortune.com/2025/11/11/gen-z-share-salaries-compensation-at-work-wage-gap-transparency-wealth/



https://www.fastcompany.com/91438481/conde-nast-fires-four-for-confronting-hr-the-internet-reacts



https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/kpmg-cuts-pay-offers-for-some-staff-in-fresh-blow-to-big-four-0fs3z26pt



https://theconversation.com/why-women-land-top-jobs-in-struggling-organisations-they-may-just-be-better-in-a-crisis-268592







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