What Abhijit Bhaduri has said about Layoffs and organizational trust
3 quotes · 1 episode · Oct 20, 2026
Abhijit Bhaduri, Talent management executive, author and keynote speaker; former general manager of global learning and development at Microsoft, has been quoted on Layoffs and organizational trust 3 times in 1 episode of We Fixed It, You're Welcome, most recently on October 20, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Bhaduri argued that trust is lost quickly but rebuilt slowly, making repeated restructures costly.
“So it takes you one act to lose trust, but many, many acts to build trust”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 7:02
Bhaduri argued that people cannot learn new skills until they feel secure.
“until people feel secure enough to learn something, you will not be able to address this problem”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 21:20
Bhaduri said experienced employees now feel valued only as costs rather than for their experience.
“every experienced employee today feels that i it's not about my experience i'm just a very expensive line on the budget balance sheet”
We Fixed It, You're Welcome: MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?! (Oct 20, 2026) · Listen from 26:45
Episodes
MIDDLE MANAGERS ARE BACK?!We Fixed It, You're Welcome · Oct 20, 2026 · 57 min
Aaron Wolpoff and Melissa Eaton talk with talent expert Abhijit Bhaduri about companies rehiring middle managers after AI-driven flattening, and the damage to trust.
Others on Layoffs and organizational trust
- Aaron Wolpoff · 1 quote
Abhijit Bhaduri on other topics
- Artificial intelligence · 1 quote
- Change management · 1 quote
- Organizational culture · 1 quote
- Employee engagement · 1 quote
- Efficiency versus effectiveness · 1 quote