The EBN Dispatch

Welcome to The EBN Dispatch, the official podcast from Employer Branding News.We’re here to deliver smart talk and sharp takes on the branding of work, one dispatch at a time.Each episode breaks down the latest moves in employer branding, culture, leadership, and talent attraction - minus the jargon, and with a healthy disregard for conventional wisdom. Think newsroom meets boardroom, with a side of dry wit.If you work in HR, brand, or anywhere in the business of people, this is your feed. We unpack the strategy behind the slogans, the reality behind the reputations, and the trends that actually matter.Less fluff. More facts. Occasionally funny. Always unfiltered.

The EBN Dispatch is a business podcast hosted by Employer Branding News (EBN), with 70 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Employer Branding News (EBN) hosts The EBN Dispatch, a business show with 70 episodes published.

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  Episode #1

  TikTok vs Dropbox: The RTO Whiplash Mandate | Paper Cut

  Aug 15, 2026—

  TikTok wants staff back five days a week. Dropbox is doubling down on remote. This episode covers that split, plus Oracle's layoffs against Singapore's AI employment gains, hiring data that can't agree with itself, and who actually gets blamed when the work doesn't get done. This week's Paper Cut covers: TikTok's five-day RTO mandate versus Dropbox's virtual-first commitment, plus ABN Amro's RTO-and-layoffs combination Oracle's AI-funded layoffs against Singapore's AI employment gains, and California's new AI job-loss tracker UK hiring turning a corner while many companies still can't find the right talent 54% of Gen Z ghosting job offers, bosses accused of not working as hard, and staff reporting 90-hour weeks Subscribe to Paper Cut: https://ebn.to/sub25 Follow EBN on LinkedIn: https://ebn.to/lin25 Join EBClub: https://ebclub.io/ytjoin EBN: https://employerbranding.news #employerbranding #hrnews #hiringtrends #hrleadership #futureofwork

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  AI Boosts Output, Costs Jobs, Says the Bank of England | Paper Cut

  Aug 8, 20265 min

  The Bank of England says AI is lifting productivity and costing jobs, in the same breath. This episode covers that, plus a jobs report that says the market is fine while workers say otherwise, Gen Z's surprising ambition, and pay negotiation getting a new referee. This week's Paper Cut covers: - The Bank of England's dual verdict on AI, productivity and jobs, plus what "botsitting" is costing employees - July's jobs report versus sinking worker confidence and record-low job switching in Australia - A KPMG survey showing 93% of interns want to become executives, and what that means for retention - RTO pushback, empty offices refilling, and AI-generated salary ranges showing up in pay talks Subscribe to Paper Cut: https://ebn.to/sub25 Follow EBN on LinkedIn: https://ebn.to/lin25 Join EBClub: https://ebclub.io/ytjoin

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  Pay Rises, AI Layoffs, and EBN’s Big Community News | Paper Cut

  Aug 1, 2026—

  Employers are planning pay rises and more hiring this quarter. Visa, Uber, and CBA are cutting roles and citing AI, in the same week. This episode covers the split, plus AI adoption without training, RTO culture, and EBN and EBClub joining forces. This week's Paper Cut covers: - Pay rises and hiring plans at Japanese and Chinese employers, against AI-linked cuts at Visa, and AI substitution at CBA, Microsoft and Uber - EBN and EBClub combining forces into one global community for employer branding professionals - Join EBClub: https://ebclub.io/ytjoin - Companies mandating AI use before building AI-ready workforces, and Atlassian's AI wallet alternative - RTO culture, the "productivity performance trap," and Gen Z unemployment versus CEO optimism Subscribe: https://ebn.to/sub25 Follow EBN on LinkedIn: https://ebn.to/lin25

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  Meta’s AI Layoff Lawsuit, VW’s Confirmed Cuts | Paper Cut

  Jul 18, 20267 min

  A lawsuit alleges an algorithm chose who got laid off at Meta, and allegedly targeted staff on protected medical leave. Volkswagen's threatened cuts just became a confirmed number. And a new phrase, the forever layoff, is giving language to something a lot of HR leaders have felt for a while. This week's Paper Cut covers: the Meta AI layoff lawsuit and what it means for algorithmic accountability at the point of termination, not just hiring; Volkswagen's confirmed 50,000 job cuts after its board rejected plant closures; the "forever layoff" phenomenon, early retirements, and the parallel labour shocks hitting China's graduates and factory workers; and how job-hugging, RTO-as-pay-cut, and Gen Z job-scrolling are fraying the employment relationship even where nobody's been made redundant. Subscribe: https://ebn.to/sub25 Follow EBN on LinkedIn: https://ebn.to/lin25 #employerbranding #recruitmentmarketing #hr #humanresources

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  Big Tech’s Flip-Flop, Volkswagen’s Reckoning | Paper Cut

  Jul 11, 20268 min

  Big Tech stopped hiding behind euphemisms on AI layoffs this week and flip-flopped on its own story, the labour participation drop finally got a number nobody can explain, and Volkswagen is weighing 100,000 job cuts as its old headcount math stops working. This week's Paper Cut covers: Microsoft and Xbox naming AI displacement directly in layoff announcements, and the irony of the Fed appointing a CEO who just cut thousands to lead its jobs task force; the 61.5% labour force participation figure and the economist disagreement underneath it; a rare wrongful termination win against Atlassian alongside a troubling Bethesda HR story; and Volkswagen's potential 100,000 job cuts, plus how heat and the World Cup are quietly reviving remote work regardless. Subscribe: https://ebn.to/sub25 Follow EBN on LinkedIn: https://ebn.to/lin25 #EmployerBranding #PaperCutEBN #AIlayoffs #BigTechFlipFlop #FutureOfWork #Volkswagen

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