Deloitte’s paid leave cuts reveal a deeper shift in the AI economy as organizations rethink employee benefits, workforce models and the future employment contract.
Picture a woman in her mid-30s assessing her options, balancing household expenses with a long‑held ambition to enter a more purpose‑driven profession. A transition into teaching or nursing holds deep meaning, yet most degree pathways require time away…
I went into this research convinced I already knew the answer. After more than a decade in People Analytics, the last few years at Meta, I had a working theory about why tech employees leave their jobs within the first year. Two things, I believed, wer…
Global HR is no longer just about compliance. It’s becoming an operational infrastructure layer for distributed companies. As a seasoned HR professional, I used to think working for an international company was a peak career flex. Unfortunately, in 202…
As AI accelerates how decisions are formed, boards must strengthen governance by understanding how decisions are developed, not just what is presented.
Apprenticeship has game-changing potential for today’s turbulent economy. Here’s how to reach the Administration’s goal of 1 million apprentices and beyond.
The gap between finishing a course and actually being useful on a team, Denis Brovarnyy has seen it from both sides. And in an era where AI is reshaping every technical role, that gap is getting more expensive to ignore. Companies are no longer experim…
Summary: Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) beginning 20 May, cancelling 6,000 open roles, and planning additional cuts for H2 2026. The layoffs, announced via an internal memo from HR head Janelle Gale, are structural…
Summary: Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to approximately 7% of its US workforce (~8,750 of 125,000 employees) in the first such programme in its 51-year history, using a “Rule of 70” formula (age + years of service). The offer, disclosed by…
In short: Accenture Ventures has invested in General Robotics, whose GRID platform provides a unified AI intelligence layer across 40+ robots from different manufacturers including FANUC, Flexiv, and Ghost Robotics. The deal extends Accenture’s physica…