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Xbox Is Not For Sale. Some Of The Jobs Are Still Leaving.

PoliticsOctober 21, 2026 at 9:19 AM EDTBy Simon Hill

The brand gets a reassurance. Workers get a calendar.

Democrawonk — An executive presents a performance chart whose pink arrow leads from Strategy to an exit where three employees walk out.

The Performance Review Stops At The Arrow

BusinessOctober 20, 2026 at 3:23 PM EDTBy Sabrina Bryan

Company problems, individual exits.

Democrawonk — A bank executive stamps 2 DAYS on four weekly calendar rows as a toy commuter train passes coin slots; an older calendar shows two marked days.

NatWest Changes The Unit. Workers Change Their Lives.

BusinessOctober 20, 2026 at 1:43 PM EDTBy Simon Hill

Two days per month becomes two per week. The bank has edited a phrase; workers have a longer assignment.

Democrawonk — Cartoon of a bank executive erasing two office chairs with a giant pink eraser while stacks of paperwork remain beside one worker.

NAB Erases The Duplication. The Work Is Less Cooperative.

PoliticsOctober 20, 2026 at 10:58 AM EDTBy Sabrina Bryan

A bank can remove 2,500 jobs from its organization chart. Whether the tasks disappear is a separate matter.

Democrawonk — Three workers clean, charge and maintain a car with an empty front seat under a DRIVERLESS sign.

Driverless. Not Workerless.

PoliticsOctober 20, 2026 at 9:42 AM EDTBy Jesse Hubbard

The driver’s seat is empty. The work has gathered around the rest of the car.