๐๐ฐ๐จ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐จ, ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ข๐๐ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐. ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ซ, ๐ง๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐ค
Hereโs the part that didnโt make the slides: a lot of those same companies are quietly hiring those people back.
This isnโt a prediction. It already happened. The receipts are in.
Today on the ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ, Kree and Varun sit down in studio with ๐๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ , Senior Managing Director at Robert Half, thirty years placing people and advising leaders, now watching this reversal play out across Canada and beyond.
The numbers tell a stunning story: ๐
๐ ๐๐% of employers now regret their AI driven layoffs (Forrester)
๐ Careerminds found ๐๐.๐% had already rehired more than half the roles they cut, ๐๐% within six months
๐ Only ๐.๐% said their AI restructuring actually delivered what was promised
๐ Among large firms, ๐๐% that piloted AI reported cuts, with no meaningful link to better ROI (Gartner)
And a warning most owners feel but canโt name: every resume in your inbox now reads perfectly, because every one was polished by the same AI. The document stopped telling you anything.
For a five or fifteen person shop, the lesson cuts deep. A giant fires a thousand, realizes it moved too soon, and rehires. You fire three, and thereโs no budget to bring them back. That caution is your edge.
The setup holding up in 2026 is simple: ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฌ.
The companies that came through this didnโt bet against their own people. They bet on making them harder to replace.
๐๏ธ This is the conversation we needed to have.
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