Employers are quietly rehiring the people AI replaced, and paying them less to come back
THE SO WHAT
If 55% of employers regret AI-driven layoffs and half of those cuts get reversed at lower wages or offshore, AI becomes a trust and labor-relations liability, not just a cost lever. Operators should treat large-scale “AI substitution” plans as experiments with explicit rollback criteria — and assume regulators, especially in Europe, will demand consultation and documentation before the next round.
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