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Work's climate lead adds a second week of layoffs to its case

Work holds the credible board's top spot for a second day, and the sweep supplied fresh evidence to match it: Qualtrics began global layoffs three months after its $6.75 billion Press Ganey Forsta acquisition, and the year's AI-linked layoff count held above 205,000 workers.

Both layers, and the most solidly confirmed move on the board today.

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