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A guide to managing internal talent when facing an economic recession.

In fact, as we discovered in our Anywhere Work 2023 Employee Experience Survey Report results, 79% of HR executives feel that this “anywhere work” shift has created disconnects on a number of fronts, making internal communications more challenging than it was before. The struggle is rooted in the fact that most organizations are ill-equipped to manage a hybrid workforce.

By now, everyone’s fully aware that automation is a worker’s best ally. It’s the definitive way to make processes more efficient and less prone to errors, with the addition of allowing people to focus on the tasks where human input does make a difference. Luckily, it can be applied to several business departments, and here we’ll focus on HR workflow automation. According to a report from Workato, HR automation has risen by 235% in just a year.

With tech giants such as Amazon and Meta slashing thousands of employees, Google employees say there’s growing anxiety internally that layoffs may come shortly. On the other hand, many small and large organisations have predicted a future recession. Maybe they’re correct, as the dark clouds don't seem very far. The year has been tough for the tech sector in both the U.S. and India. According to the data compiled by layoffs.fyi.