Contradictions Everywhere: Jobless Claims Fall, AI Cuts Rise | Paper Cut

Podcast: The EBN Dispatch · Employer Branding News (EBN)

Opublikowano: 2026-07-26

US jobless claims just hit a decades-low. In the same week, Uber, British Gas, and Amazon all cut jobs citing AI, and Google employees organised a petition 4,500 signatures deep. This week's Paper Cut covers: the contradiction between decades-low jobless claims and a steady drumbeat of AI-cited layoffs at Uber, Centrica, and Amazon, including the irony of Amazon cutting its own AGI team; Google's 4,500-signature petition for layoff protections alongside quieter, less constructive employee responses like fake meetings and workplace sabotage; Barclays and Adecco's clashing views on what AI is actually doing to productivity...