Up Next @WorkTech: Lawsuits, Layoffs, and the AI Panic Button

In this episode of Up Next @ WorkTech, George LaRocque and Kate Achille navigate a packed week of industry turbulence, from Workday’s ongoing age‑discrimination lawsuit to Senator Hassan’s public rebuke of data‑broker practices at Findem. They explore rising anxiety around AI’s impact on jobs, including Meta’s acquisition spree, rumors of major layoffs, and new research from Brookings and AIR forecasting profound workforce disruption. The conversation widens to the job‑market outlook for new graduates, the persistence of corporate jargon, and one of the largest recruiting‑tech funding rounds in recent memory as Juicebox lands an $80M Series B at an $850M valuation. Kate and George discuss Workday lawsuit, age discrimination, data brokers, Findem, privacy rights, AI regulation, Brookings Institute, Meta layoffs, agentic AI, job market trends, new graduate unemployment, corporate jargon, Juicebox funding, recruiting technology, HR Tech, Work Tech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices