Workforce Planning Podcast Summaries

Workforce Planning on Yedapo: 1 summarized podcast and YouTube episode. Each includes key takeaways, core concepts and notable quotes with timestamps.

How Many Jobs Are There Left To Cut?
How Money Works
Jul 23, 2026
Mass layoffs in Big Tech have failed to reduce headcount or costs, instead damaging morale and institutional knowledge. Executives are using AI as a convenient scapegoat to mask financial constraints and reassert control over a workforce that gained too much leverage during the pandemic. Ultimately, companies are spending more to rehire talent they never should have fired.
Key insight: 55% of leaders who made AI-driven cuts now admit it was a mistake, and Gartner projects that by 2027, half of all AI-blamed layoffs will have rehired the role under a new job title.