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From retention to ruthlessness
Wall Street’s cold applause
The mirage of AI efficiency
The new corporate order
The human cost of efficiency
For years, the post-pandemic corporate playbook was simple: Hold on to your workers at all costs. In boardrooms across America, the phrase “labour hoarding” became shorthand for survival. After the chaos of 2020, executives learned a bitter truth: When workers walk out, they rarely walk back in. That mindset shaped a rare era of corporate restraint, where layoffs were not a strategy but a last resort.But the freeze is over. A wave of pink slips is sweeping through Corporate America, signaling the end of the long détente between employers and their workforces.
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