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In 2025–2026, the words companies use to fire people quietly changed. Not laid off. Eliminated. Realigned. Workforce-shaped. The drift is not HR housekeeping — it is the corporate world performing AI-era restructuring as routine maintenance.
This essay is part of the The Labor Economy desk at Clarity Unlocked. Full text is available via The Brief — one email when an essay publishes.