Jobs, AI, Work Trends & the Economy
A comprehensive look at the Q2 2026 major company layoffs list. See how global giants are flattening management and restructuring their workforce.
While companies continue pouring money into artificial intelligence, the bigger workplace problem is managerial strain, weak adoption inside organisations and a disconnect between individual productivity gains and company-wide results.
A viral AI report on Substack managed to shake US markets by imagining a near-future economy hit by white-collar automation, layoffs and falling demand. The scenario may be speculative, but the reaction shows how seriously investors and professionals are taking the risk that AI could change the value of knowledge work.
We are rapidly outsourcing our minds to machines in the name of efficiency, but new neuroscience reveals that eliminating workplace friction is actively draining our ability to innovate, remember, and think for ourselves.
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