66% of CEO's are freezing hiring...

12 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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This content was created by Eric Siu. This content was uploaded by Eric Siu. This is a YouTube video titled "66% of CEO's are freezing hiring..." (created 2026-01-12). It features a single speaker delivering a short, promotional/advice clip about hiring strategy and AI: the speaker contrasts widespread hiring freezes at firms like Wells Fargo, Shopify, and Chime with their decision to hire aggressively because AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, agentic workflows, Claude Code) can boost an individual’s productivity 10–100x. The message recommends recruiting AI-fluent people who can compound business growth and ends with a call-to-action to follow. No named participants are listed in the transcript.

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66% of CEOs are freezing hiring. I'm doing the exact opposite. Wells Fargo cut 65,000 employees. Shopify and Chime are freezing hiring, and IBM's attrition is at a 30-year low. Everyone is waiting to see what AI is going to do, but here's what they're missing. AI can now do 10 to 100 times what one normal person can do. When you leverage Claude, when you leverage ChatGPT, when you leverage these agentic workflows, when you're leveraging Claude Code, you're able to do the work of small armies with just one person. So that's why we're hiring more aggressively in Q1, not because AI doesn't work, but because it works too well for the best people. So as long as you look for AI-fluent people, you're going to find people that compound your business a lot faster in 2026. If you want more AI and business tips like this, just hit follow.