Audit offices with more partners and managers per employee had fewer misstatements
University at Buffalo researchers found that audit offices with a higher share of partners and managers had fewer misstatements across more than 41,000 audits. The association bears on how offices staff teams and on the PCAOB's proposed disclosure of partner and manager involvement.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence60
Leaving a job now pays 3 points more than staying, down from 11 in 2022
Bank of America Institute data show job-switchers' pay growth fell from nearly 18% in 2022 to 8% in early 2026, against 5% for stayers. Employers saved mostly on hiring offers, and a September update shows that premium climbing again.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives30
- Confidence55
A pay-analytics CEO rehired one of the five employees she cut in an AI restructuring
Amazon is recruiting laid-off staff again and Deel says its boomerang hires have doubled. In the national data, returners went from 3.1% to 3.4% of US new hires over two years. The measured reversal is 0.3 percentage points.
Reality
- Evidence52
- Adoption31
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives57
- Confidence48
Oversight costs are sending AI-justified layoffs into reverse
A Harvard Business Review study finds early AI-driven cuts often missed their expected returns and exposed knowledge gaps, while a University of Pittsburgh analysis puts the average market reaction to those announcements close to zero.
Reality
- Evidence32
- Adoption24
- Hype gap+34
- Incentives55
- Confidence37
Hasbro's notification letters describe one compromised employee account in general terms, while the Massachusetts breach report is where the Social Security numbers, card numbers and driver's license data appear.
Reality
- Evidence68
- Adoption46
- Hype gap−9
- Incentives57
- Confidence61