News alert: White-collar layoffs spread
McKinsey plans deep cuts

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The white-collar layoffs have come to McKinsey

McKinsey’s plan for deep cuts lands with particular symbolic weight because of the firm’s cultural role in white-collar America. When McKinsey — an emblem of elite professions — lays off workers, it often means the larger white-collar labor cycle has turned negative.
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