The Core

Why We Are Here => Water Cooler => Topic started by: rcjordan on May 19, 2026, 01:38:15 PM

Title: Their HR Dept needs to run their press releases through PR first.
Post by: rcjordan on May 19, 2026, 01:38:15 PM
StanChart to cut over 7,000 jobs, boost AI to replace 'lower-value human capital' | Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/stanchart-cut-more-than-7000-jobs-bank-steps-up-ai-adoption-2026-05-19/

Also, I'm getting concerned about just how much the3core gets right, sometimes fairly close to the predicted outcome.
Title: Re: Their HR Dept needs to run their press releases through PR first.
Post by: ergophobe on May 19, 2026, 03:23:33 PM
To be fair, we make a lot of predictions ;-)

But I think it's true that big stories often get discussed here months or even years before they become big stories.

I'm sometimes surprised IRL when I mention something obvious and universally understood only to find I'm the only person in the room who has heard about it.