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‘Sickening’ | 1,000 employees will be fired & left unpaid as Redbox closes down
Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment, the owner of Redbox, reportedly missed payroll last month amid...
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Positivity pit | Starbucks, Pacific Union, Meta: The ten giant US companies where employee confidence is lowest
At some employers, like Nvidia, optimism is sky-high. The same can't be said for companies including...
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‘Abusive behaviors’ | San Diego Wave FC hits back at ex-employee's toxic workplace allegations
Brittany Alvarado, the former videographer for the soccer club, claimed working under the club president...
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Internal mobility | Walmart says 75% of its store, club & supply chain leaders started out as hourly associates
According to a spokesperson, Walmart operates a culture of internal mobility. “It is Walmart DNA to...
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Ethics violation | D.C. agency chief fined after filming "sexually explicit" video with colleague on work phone
Udeozo Ogbue, the former chief, was fined $10,000 by Washington D.C.'s Board of Ethics and Government...
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‘A unique experience’ | Adidas gives employees "the business trip of a lifetime" in competition voted on by its entire workforce
27 colleagues were flown to Adidas' global HQ in Germany for its 75-year birthday party.
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‘A little dystopian’ | Google tests facial recognition technology for employees at its Washington campus
Google has introduced security cameras that collect facial data to prevent unauthorized access to its...
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540 layoffs | Hundreds to lose jobs at UPS shutters Baltimore warehouse
"We are working to place as many employees as possible in other positions," a statement from UPS says...
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“New slaves” | Kanye lawsuit alleges employees were subject to racism, unpaid labor, & unsolicited porn sent by wife Bianca
The suit alleges employees were not paid for their labor, “mocked with racist jabs," forced to work...
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“A concerning picture” | Working with AI makes employees lonely & less healthy, study finds
Multiple studies showed those who worked with AI reported “greater feelings of loneliness,” with...
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Underperformance | Walgreens will offer "vast majority" of employees jobs elsewhere amid significant store closures
"We don't see this as an employee reduction, we see this as a footprint reduction,” said Tim Wentworth,...
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PwC survey | Great Resignation greater than ever in 2024 amid GenAI rollout & rising workloads
28% of those surveyed by PwC said they were “very or extremely likely” to move from their current...
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“Key to our success” | Netflix announces rare revision of iconic culture playbook
“We believe that our culture is key to our success and so we want to ensure that anyone applying for...
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‘LinkedIn drivel’ | US CEO slammed for viral post about his firing his first employee alongside smiling selfie
Many on social media did not agree with his decision to share the experience on LinkedIn, criticizing...
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“Unfair labor practices” | NLRB: Amazon "unlawfully" terminated employee who organized anti-RTO protests
Amazon “unlawfully disciplined and terminated” a worker who organized walkouts protesting the company's...
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Major settlement | $15M payout from Snap for employees who battled sexual harassment
Snapchat Inc. has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit initiated by California's civil rights...
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Financially damaging | Employees sue Disney claiming they were made to relocate across the US for a subsequently cancelled project
The Walt Disney Company has been sued by two workers who say the company made them relocate from California...
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'Increased pressure' | Amazon fined over questionable 'productivity quota' communication
Amazon.com has been fined $5.9 million by a California labour regulator for failing to properly inform...
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Foo-lish | Amazon employees rage after company leadership hosts private Foo Fighters concert
One worker posted a link to the blog post detailing the party onto an internal Slack board, captioning...
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'Colleague experience officer' | Amex ditches the 'HR' term and builds a new function. Will it work?
In a time when many companies are adding flashy titles to their C-suites, American Express's recent...
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