Do Layoffs Bunch Up at Year End? and Microsoft’s 60,000 Exit Offers | Paper Cut

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

Opublikowano: 2026-10-31

Microsoft reported 36.6 billion dollars of quarterly net income and offered about 60,000 employees a voluntary exit. ING and Dropbox are cutting jobs too. This week's Paper Cut asks whether layoffs really bunch up at year end, and checks the data. Four themes: why profitable companies are cutting jobs, whether layoffs bunch up at year end, engagement at its lowest since 2011 and labour's falling share of income, and whether AI is saving companies money. Then the Cut List, with nine employers confirming or detailing reductions, and the next EBClub events in Madrid, Paris, Rotterdam and...