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Episode Synopsis
Just the links lists without link title please - it makes it too long:
Full YouTube Video Description
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.
📰 Subscribe to the free Paper Cut newsletter: https://ebn.to/sub25
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📌 Sources & Links:
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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#FutureOfWork #EmployerBranding #HRTrends #RemoteWork #AIAgents #PeopleAnalytics #TalentStrategy #Layoffs2025
Full YouTube Video Description
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.
📰 Subscribe to the free Paper Cut newsletter: https://ebn.to/sub25
🔗 Follow EBN on LinkedIn: https://ebn.to/lin25
⸻
📌 Sources & Links:
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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#FutureOfWork #EmployerBranding #HRTrends #RemoteWork #AIAgents #PeopleAnalytics #TalentStrategy #Layoffs2025
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