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What's behind company layoffs

2025/7/4
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Alan Hatton
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Alicia Clark
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Dara Doyle
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Jessica O'Sullivan
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Josh Burson
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Leanna Byrne
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Peter Capelli
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Stephanie Hayes
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Josh Burson：作为一名行业分析师，我认为公司在管理员工规模时经常犯错，导致周期性的裁员现象。公司高层在不清楚具体原因的情况下盲目跟风，导致人员过剩。然后，在投资者的压力下，公司又不得不通过裁员和采用人工智能等方式来降低成本。这种恶性循环对公司的长期发展是不利的。我观察到，几乎每家公司都在讨论如何购买更多人工智能并迅速实施，以减少对人力的需求，这加剧了裁员的风险。 Peter Capelli：作为沃顿商学院的管理学教授，我认为分阶段裁员不是一个好的战略，因为它会引起幸存员工的恐慌。员工会担心自己是否会成为下一轮裁员的目标，从而停止工作，开始寻找新的工作机会。我认为，相比裁员，更优的替代方案是减少当前员工的工作时间，例如缩短工作周、降低工资或无薪休假。这种方式可能更受欢迎，因为员工会理解这是公司为了避免裁员而做出的努力。而且，这种策略更灵活，当公司需要员工增加工作时间时，无需重新招聘。

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Companies are conducting layoffs in stages, impacting tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon, and BlackRock. This is driven by investor pressure to cut costs and the increasing adoption of AI to replace human labor. A better approach is to reduce employee hours instead of mass layoffs.
  • Layoffs at Microsoft, Amazon, and BlackRock.
  • Investor pressure to cut costs.
  • Increased use of AI to reduce human labor.
  • Alternative approach: reduced work hours instead of layoffs.

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Layoffs have been in the headlines a fair amount recently, with some companies cutting jobs in stages. Microsoft, Amazon and BlackRock are among the employers that have reportedly had repeated rounds of layoffs in recent months. Plus, it's been 10 years since Ireland became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage by popular vote. A decade later, these couples are contributing significantly to the wedding business in Ireland at a time when overall marriage numbers are falling. Our BBC colleague Leanna Byrne visited her hometown of Dublin to speak to couples and vendors about how the wedding industry has changed.