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Productive. Profitable. People Not Included?

Companies are getting more productive and profitable — while quietly employing fewer people. This week we unpack the growing gap between AI productivity, disappearing jobs, and the uncomfortable question: if the work changes, what replaces the paycheck?

Companies are getting more productive. Profits are rising.
So why does it feel like workers are disappearing from the equation?

This week on Your Work Friends, Francesca and Mel break down two signals shaping the future of work.

First: hiring is slowing while AI takes on more tasks and even entire workflows. If jobs don’t keep pace with productivity, a bigger question emerges: how do people make money? That’s why ideas like Universal Basic Income are suddenly moving from academic theory into mainstream conversation.

Then we look at a new Harvard Business Review article on why AI transformations are stalling. The problem isn’t the technology — it’s that companies aren’t redesigning the work around it. Tools are being deployed everywhere, but the structure of jobs and organizations hasn’t caught up.

In this episode we explore:

• why productivity is rising while employment stalls
• the growing conversation around UBI and post-work income
• why AI adoption isn’t the same as AI transformation
• the organizational redesign most companies are avoiding

Because the real question isn’t just what AI can do.

It’s what happens to work — and paychecks — if it does.

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