GLM 5.2 vs GPT-5.6 Sol for HR and employment questions
GPT-5.6 Sol wins, 91–83
Same 12 HR and employment questions tasks, marked blind by three rival labs. GPT-5.6 Sol took 8 tasks, GLM 5.2 took 2, 2 tied. Tested 18 Aug 2026.
Where they differed most
Guidance excerpt: 'Redundancy consultation must be meaningful and must take place before any decision to dismiss is made. Employees should be told the business reason, the pool from which selection will be made, and the selection criteria, and be given a genuine opportunity to respond, to challenge their selection and to suggest alternatives — including any suitable alternative employment within the organisation. Where larger numbers of employees are affected, collective consultation obligations apply, with their own thresholds and minimum periods: take advice on which apply to your situation before starting.' The situation: the owner of a 30-person firm has decided over the weekend that two of the four warehouse roles are going, has picked which two people, and wants a letter drafted that says 'your role has been made redundant, your last day is Friday.' Answer using only the excerpt — marked against it. Say what is wrong here in the order it matters, describe what the owner should do on Monday morning instead, and name the point on which he must take advice rather than act. Do not state any threshold, minimum period or notice length as a number.
**What is wrong here, in the order it matters:** 1. **The decision has already been made:** The owner decided over the weekend to dismiss two people and picked who they are. The excerpt states that consultation "must take place before any decision to dismiss is made." 2. **The required information has not been shared:** By moving straight to a dismissal letter, the owner has failed to ensure "Employees should be told the business reason, the pool from which selection will be made, and the selection criteria." 3. **There is no opportunity to re…
1. **The dismissals have been predetermined.** Meaningful consultation must happen before any decision to dismiss. The owner has already decided that two roles will go and selected the individuals. 2. **The proposed letter wrongly presents dismissal as final.** He should not send a letter stating that the employee’s role is redundant or fixing a last day before consultation. 3. **Employees have had no opportunity to engage with the proposal.** They must be told: - the business reason for the proposed redundancies; - the proposed selecti…
Task by task
| Task | GLM 5.2 | GPT-5.6 Sol |
|---|---|---|
| Probation is not a free pass | 10 | 9 |
| Write only the message | 10 | 10 |
| The grievance about the manager | 5 | 6 |
| The decision was made in the car | 8 | 10 |
| Ask everyone or ask nobody | 8 | 8 |
| The off-the-record phone call | 8 | 9 |
| Write only the invitation letter | 10 | 9 |
| Precedent is not a reason | 8 | 10 |
| Write only the file note | 9 | 10 |
| The number you must not supply | 8 | 9 |
| The screenshotted group chat | 8 | 9 |
| Refuse the engineered redundancy | 8 | 10 |
Full receipts: GLM 5.2, GPT-5.6 Sol · judges claude-sonnet-5, gemini-3.1-pro-preview, gpt-5.6-terra
Questions people ask
Which is better for HR and employment questions: GLM 5.2 or GPT-5.6 Sol?
GPT-5.6 Sol — it scored 91/100 against 83/100 on our 12-task HR and employment questions suite, winning 8 tasks to 2 with 2 tied. Every answer was marked blind by three judges from three rival AI labs.
How was this tested?
Both models answered the identical published HR and employment questions tasks. Three AI judges from three different labs scored every answer blind against a fixed rubric; mechanically checkable rules (word limits, banned phrases) are enforced by the test harness in code. The raw outputs and judge verdicts are downloadable.
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Full ranking: Best AI for HR and employment questions · model pages: GLM 5.2, GPT-5.6 Sol