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'Whopperologist wanted' | Burger King branding boosted by staff's funeral tribute & quirky recruitment drive
Burger King employees in North Branch, Minnesota, paid tribute to a regular customer, achieving widespread...
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No poor performance | Federal oversight agency challenges Trump administration's mass firings
A federal watchdog has ruled that some of the Trump administration's mass firings of probationary federal...
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'More hustle' | JPMorgan executive urges more engagement during RTO push
A senior executive at JPMorgan Chase has called for greater urgency from employees, just days after CEO...
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'Reduce complexity' | Starbucks to cut 1,100 corporate jobs in major restructuring
Starbucks is eliminating 1,100 corporate positions and closing several hundred vacant job postings as...
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'Wrongful death' | Tesla cited for safety violations after worker's electrocution
Tesla has been cited for workplace safety violations following an investigation into the electrocution...
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Under pressure | Ford cuts bonuses for middle managers as part of cost-saving drive
Ford is scaling back stock bonuses for middle managers, with about half of eligible employees set to...
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Federal layoffs | Thousands more redundancies as Trump cuts continue
The Trump administration's federal job cuts continue to unfold, with thousands more employees confirmed...
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Standing firm | Apple urges shareholders to reject anti-DEI proposal, while gender pay lawsuit goes ahead
Apple has urged its shareholders to vote against a proposal seeking to eliminate its diversity, equity,...
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'Difficult but necessary' | Southwest Airlines to cut 1,750 jobs in first-ever round of layoffs
Southwest Airlines is set to lay off approximately 1,750 employees (around 15% of its workforce) in corporate...
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‘Intimidated or fired’ | Google AI contract staff silenced on pay, federal complaint alleges
The complaint accuses Alphabet vendor Hitachi of illegally prohibiting contractors working on Google's...
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'No commitment anymore' | No loyalty, low capability: Inside the Sicilian Mafia's growing recruitment crisis
Leaders within Sicily's Cosa Nostra are apparently having a recruitment crisis, bemoaning their ability...
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'It's a lie' | Federal workers dispute 'performance' claims in DOGE layoffs
Federal employees fired as part of sweeping cuts by the Trump administration are disputing claims in...
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Come back! | Nuclear agency scrambles to recall fired workers amid cost-cutting chaos
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is urgently trying to recall probationary employees...
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'That F***ing petition'! | JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon defends RTO mandate amid office capacity woes
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, dismissed worker unrest and doubled down on the company's full return-to-office...
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‘Not underperformers’ | Meta faces employee backlash over large-scale 'Performance-Based' layoffs
Meta employees are voicing frustration over the company's latest round of “performance based” layoffs...
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Pressing delete | Musk threatens to eliminate entire Government agencies as part of efficiency drive
Elon Musk has called for significant cuts to federal agencies and even for the elimination of entire...
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'Legal and valuable' | 75,000 federal workers take up Trump 'fork in the road' offer, as judge greenlights buyout scheme
About 75,000 federal employees have accepted the Government's buyout offer, which closed to new applicants...
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Schedule F returns | Trump moves to hasten exits of Federal employees who oppose policy directives
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has submitted draft regulations designed to streamline the process...
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'Great leap backward' | JPMorgan Chase workers continue push back against RTO Mandate
JPMorgan Chase employees are urging CEO Jamie Dimon to reconsider the bank's decision to end its hybrid...
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'Critical to our business' | Delta stands firm on DEI amid Government pushback
While the federal government continues to dismantle Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs,...
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