Chip Cutter

Reporter @WSJ covering workplace and management issues. Email: [email protected]

[Chip Cutter @ChipCutter]

How do you disguise your jealousy at a colleague who got hired at pre-IPO Anthropic? What should you say to a friend who got laid off, again? And is there any hope for your often overwhelmed, chaotic manager?

Our guide to navigating this weird moment:

https://t.co/JHZb6SUtcB

[Jessica Toonkel @jtoonkel]

Long-tenured workers like Costco cashier Tony Barzar are reliable, experienced and able to speed shoppers through a checkout line. The retailer is willing to pay to keep them around. @SarahNassauer https://t.co/RBwTrxBVlo via @WSJ

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I wrote about a new template for "right sizing" the workforce spreading through C-suites from Block to Snap and Amazon.

Instead of laying off in incremental waves, employers are seizing on financial upsides of severing large swaths of staffers at once: https://t.co/gZwihgqGVx

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[Amol Sharma @asharma]

Join our team and write about the people and forces shaping markets. Huge bets on AI. Macro trades affecting nations. Succession dramas. Individual investors making exotic wagers. Requires first-class reporting and the writing to do it justice. https://t.co/qt8uh4eGAk

[Amrith Ramkumar @AmrithRamkumar]

Trump's call for the Intel CEO to resign adds to his pattern of weighing in on individual company decisions in unprecedented ways, fueling fear that he will target other executives he doesn't like. W/ @ChipCutter:
https://t.co/LqnADIGCJz

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

WSJ: "From Amazon to Bank of America and at companies big and small everywhere in between, there’s a growing belief that having too many employees is itself an impediment. The message from many bosses: Anyone still on the payroll could be working harder."

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GSA's letter calls on consulting firms to identify waste and ways to reduce spending, and to explain their work in clear language.

A “15 year old should be able to understand what service you provide and why it is important—no consultative jargon or gobbledygook,” it notes.

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New: The Trump administration is escalating its efforts to rein in consultants.

The GSA plans to ask major consulting firms to create a scorecard within weeks to justify their government work, according to a draft of a letter reviewed by the WSJ:

https://t.co/mLPl1DKYl2

[Lauren Thomas @laurenthomas]

Privately, CEOs are expressing fury at the Trump administration. In public, many are staying quiet. The dissonance was on full display in Washington this week. w/ @ChipCutter

https://t.co/1oMlkG4yPk

[Erich Schwartzel @erichschwartzel]

Meta, McDonalds, Amazon: CEOs everywhere are seizing the opportunity w/ the incoming dealmaker-in-chief, killing policies that Trump hates & they've wanted to target.

Says Trump: ‘EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!’

My latest piece, w/ @ChipCutter https://t.co/Mu5OFXiS9f

[Ray A. Smith @rayalexsmith]

Young workers requested a therapist. This company brought one to headquarters. @ChipCutter reports. https://t.co/zxZrIiPJkO via @WSJ

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@DannyGroner Thanks, as always!

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@mwieder @alyrose @WSJ Thanks again for chatting with me! So helpful to hear how you're thinking about biz travel these days.

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@andybats7 @MHackman I second Northstar Cafe. Love that place!

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@DannyGroner Thanks very much, Danny!

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@JKropf Hi there. We define the ESG acronym in the second sentence of the story:

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@thier_jane Jane, that's so nice!

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@ThisMorningShow @WSJ @GordonDeal Always a treat to chat with Gordon. Thanks for including me!

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@vjfuhrmans @WSJ Aww, Vanessa!!! This means so much. Forever grateful for our friendship, and all you've done for me. ❤️

And Ivy! Truly the best dog ever. Looking at this photo fills me with such joy.

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“It was like, monologue!”

A number of AI tools are acting as a virtual Miss Manners in meetings, reminding people to share the mic and to modulate their speaking pace to sound less monotone.

Great story from @tepingchen:
https://t.co/ui4JXWKd9G