🤖 Indeed & Glassdoor Axe 1,300 Jobs as AI “Takes Over” HR Tech
Just days ago, Recruit Holdings (parent company of Indeed and Glassdoor) announced the elimination of 1,300 roles — roughly 6% of its HR‑technology workforce — as it doubles down on AI integration across recruitment and candidate-matching tools.
🔍 What’s Going On?
- These cuts hit research & development, growth, and people & sustainability teams, not just frontline support staff.
- The shift is part of a calculated strategy to embed AI deeper into hiring processes — from résumé screening to employer branding .
- This follows earlier waves: 2,200 layoffs in 2023 and 1,000 in 2024 — suggesting a relentless AI-driven transformation of HR tech.
💔 Why This Matters to Real People
- Human gatekeepers being replaced
Roles that once required human empathy, judgment, and fairness are being phased out for algorithms. - Careers erased midstream
Employees in growth and sustainability — often the architects of company values — are being cut as companies pivot to automated decisions. - The token AI-first model
This isn’t incremental efficiency, it’s a wholesale shift in who—or what—controls your career.
🛡️ HFA’s Human-First Stand
- Document the stories
We need to hear from those whose roles were eliminated by AI — from content teams to candidate advocates. - Pressure for transparency
Demand companies disclose when AI systems are in play — particularly if they replace people in hiring, growth planning, or people management. - Push for safeguards
Mandate human oversight in algorithmic hiring. Require retraining opportunities and ethical impact assessments before job cuts.
✊ How You Can Support the Movement
- Were you affected?
Share your experience. Help us show the unseen side of AI transformation. - Work in hiring or HR?
Join HFA’s mission to humanize the process. Let’s co-create AI models rooted in fairness. - Concerned professional or ally?
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