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Surveillance Season
Personnel Today: https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/pwc-office-attendance-monitoring-traffic-light-dashboard/
Business Live: https://www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/pwc-ramps-up-office-attendance-32257460
The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/13/pwc-tracks-uk-office-attendance-with-traffic-light-dashboard
Fortune: https://fortune.com/2025/08/14/robinhood-ceo-admits-rto-call-was-wrong/
The Great Shrinking
BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpdjjp681p7o
Business Insider: https://www.businessinsider.com/americas-biggest-employers-facing-great-shrinking-corporations-ai-2025-8
The Business Times: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/dentsu-plans-cut-about-3400-overseas-jobs-trim-cost
The Business Times: https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/oracle-cuts-cloud-division-jobs-amid-surge-ai-spending
AI Reality: Fewer Jobs, Pricier Skills
Goldman Sachs: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/how-will-ai-affect-the-global-workforce
World Economic Forum: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/08/ai-jobs-replacement-data-careers/
Culture Aftercuts
Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/2025/08/its-time-to-streamline-how-we-communicate-at-work
Observer: https://observer.com/2025/08/rethinking-employee-wellness-culture-retention/
eFinancialCareers: https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/jp-mo
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