AI was meant to reduce work. Instead, employees are spending more time managing the machines. This week’s Paper Cut covers botsitting, broken graduate on-ramps, ghost jobs and regulated trust, white-collar hiring pressure, and The Cut List of layoffs shaped by AI spending and restructuring.

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Sources & Links

The Botsitting Economy

* https://www.hrdive.com/news/workers-spend-more-time-managing-ai/822610/?utm_source=ebn&utm_medium=news-feed&utm_content=story&utm_campaign=all

* https://hbr.org/2026/06/why-employees-arent-transparent-about-their-ai-usage

* https://www.businessinsider.com/satya-nadella-microsoft-how-to-manage-ai-agents-human-employees-2026-6

* https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-cuts-jobs-agentforce-2026-6

* https://fortune.com/2026/06/11/agility-robotics-c-h-robinson-ceo-task-augmentation-not-mass-layoffs/

* https://www.hcamag.com/us/news/general/the-great-flattening-is-costing-more-than-organisations-bargained-for/577002?utm_source=ebn&utm_medium=news-feed&utm_content=story&utm_campaign=all

* https://www.ibanet.org/IBA-global-employment-report-highlights-AI-skills-shortages-and-employee-wellbeing-as-defining-workplace-challenges

The On-Ramp Is Now an Apprenticeship Problem

* https://www.npr.org/2026/06/01/nx-s1-5843076/remote-work-college-graduates-unemployment-ai