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Episode Synopsis
The overcapacity era is here. We cut through hype versus headcount and map the moves that keep your employer brand credible when AI agents rise, entry routes shrink, and culture confidence slides.
This week’s Paper Cut slices through the spin and gives HR and employer brand leaders the context and checklists they actually need. No fluff, just facts and practical moves.
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SOURCES & LINKS
Overcapacity is a strategy, not a surprise
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/allianz-to-cut-up-to-1800-jobs-due-to-ai-advances-says-source
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/hp-cut-thousands-jobs-due-ai-adoption-5490266
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-24/apple-aapl-cuts-jobs-across-its-sales-organization-in-rare-layoff
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-government-shed-317000-workers-this-year-trumps-hr-chief-says-2025-11-24/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/workday_cross_selling/
Agents are useful, inside
https://hbr.org/2025/11/ai-agents-arent-ready-for-consumer-facing-work-but-they-can-excel-at-internal-processes
https://www.zdnet.com/article/3-ways-ai-agents-will-make-your-job-unrecognizable-in-the-next-few-years/
https://fortune.com/2025/11/25/why-ai-wont-take-your-job-partnership-agents-robots-mckinsey/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/workday_cross_selling/
The culture recession is here
https://www.unleash.ai/employee-experience-and-engagement/how-the-push-for-efficiency-sparked-a-corporate-culture-recession/
https://hbr.org/2025/11/leaders-assume-employees-are-excited-about-ai-theyre-wrong
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/23/bossware_monitor_remote_employees/
https://fortune.com/2025/11/25/half-of-workers-are-revenge-quitting-walking-out-on-their-jobs-without-notice-or-resignation-letter-majority-are-loyal-staff-whove-been-there-over-2-years-monster-report/
https://www.fastcompany.com/91433435/great-leaders-boost-motivation-quiet-quitting
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-employees-open-letter-artificial-intelligence-layoffs/
Policy whiplash: rules, dress codes, and rankings
https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/24/spains-new-remote-work-rules-what-changes-and-what-it-means-for-you/
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-introduces-new-corporate-dress-code-what-workers-must-wear-now/articleshow/125609007.cms
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/economy/singapore-leads-world-in-talent-competitiveness-dethroning-switzerland-for-the-first-time-4986753.html
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/dei-changes-benefits-workplace-04f0adb8
https://www.businessinsider.com/shrm-johnny-taylor-dei-workplace-lawsuits-layoffs-2025-11
https://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/news/unemployment-uk-graduates
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/25/ai-could-replace-3m-low-skilled-jobs-by-2035-research-finds
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#HR #EmployerBrand #FutureOfWork #PeopleStrategy
This week’s Paper Cut slices through the spin and gives HR and employer brand leaders the context and checklists they actually need. No fluff, just facts and practical moves.
Subscribe to the free Paper Cut newsletter: https://ebn.to/sub25
Follow EBN on LinkedIn: https://ebn.to/lin25
⸻
SOURCES & LINKS
Overcapacity is a strategy, not a surprise
https://www.straitstimes.com/business/allianz-to-cut-up-to-1800-jobs-due-to-ai-advances-says-source
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/hp-cut-thousands-jobs-due-ai-adoption-5490266
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-24/apple-aapl-cuts-jobs-across-its-sales-organization-in-rare-layoff
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-government-shed-317000-workers-this-year-trumps-hr-chief-says-2025-11-24/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/workday_cross_selling/
Agents are useful, inside
https://hbr.org/2025/11/ai-agents-arent-ready-for-consumer-facing-work-but-they-can-excel-at-internal-processes
https://www.zdnet.com/article/3-ways-ai-agents-will-make-your-job-unrecognizable-in-the-next-few-years/
https://fortune.com/2025/11/25/why-ai-wont-take-your-job-partnership-agents-robots-mckinsey/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/26/workday_cross_selling/
The culture recession is here
https://www.unleash.ai/employee-experience-and-engagement/how-the-push-for-efficiency-sparked-a-corporate-culture-recession/
https://hbr.org/2025/11/leaders-assume-employees-are-excited-about-ai-theyre-wrong
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/23/bossware_monitor_remote_employees/
https://fortune.com/2025/11/25/half-of-workers-are-revenge-quitting-walking-out-on-their-jobs-without-notice-or-resignation-letter-majority-are-loyal-staff-whove-been-there-over-2-years-monster-report/
https://www.fastcompany.com/91433435/great-leaders-boost-motivation-quiet-quitting
https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-employees-open-letter-artificial-intelligence-layoffs/
Policy whiplash: rules, dress codes, and rankings
https://euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/24/spains-new-remote-work-rules-what-changes-and-what-it-means-for-you/
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-introduces-new-corporate-dress-code-what-workers-must-wear-now/articleshow/125609007.cms
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/economy/singapore-leads-world-in-talent-competitiveness-dethroning-switzerland-for-the-first-time-4986753.html
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/dei-changes-benefits-workplace-04f0adb8
https://www.businessinsider.com/shrm-johnny-taylor-dei-workplace-lawsuits-layoffs-2025-11
https://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/news/unemployment-uk-graduates
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/nov/25/ai-could-replace-3m-low-skilled-jobs-by-2035-research-finds
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#HR #EmployerBrand #FutureOfWork #PeopleStrategy
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