Big Tech bosses brag about billionaire deputies while trimming headcount and blaming AI. Paper Cut cuts through the spin so HR and employer-brand leaders can act—not react. No fluff, just facts.
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Executive Bravado Meets Headcount Reality
Google Earnings: CEO Sundar Pichai Dismisses AI Talent War Concerns — Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-earnings-q2-2025-ceo-sundar-pichai-ai-talent-war-2025-7
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: “I’ve Created More Billionaires on My Team” — The Times of India
Microsoft Staff React to Satya Nadella’s Layoff Memo — Business Insider
TCS to Lay Off 12,000 Mid- & Senior-Level Employees — Financial Express
AI Layoff Rollercoaster
Big Tech Lays Off Thousands, Then Hires Thousands More for AI — Business Insider
https://www.businessinsider.com/big-tech-layoffs-hiring-mircosoft-google-meta-ai-why-2025-7
AI Skills Add $18k to Average Salaries Despite Layoffs — Fortune
https://fortune.com/2025/07/27/artificial-intelligence-skills-18000-salaries-28-percent/
CEO Boasts After Replacing 150 Employees With AI — Futurism
https://futurism.com/ceo-lays-off-150-employees-replaced-ai
US Job-Cut Plans Surge on AI and Tariffs — Bloomberg
Big Tech Brand Fade & Talent Drift
75 % of Grads Walk Away From Google & Meta Dreams — Economic Times
2025’s Most Attractive Employers for MBAs: Finance Surges, Tech Fades — Poets & Quants
Hiring Confidence Slips as Employers Grow Cautious — HR Dive
https://www.hrdive.com/news/hiring-confidence-shifts-employers-cautious/754238/
Work Without Walls
Standard Chartered CEO Rejects Blanket Office Mandates — Bloomberg
Still No Four-Day Week Despite Proven Benefits — YourTango
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