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'Right history of free speech' | Ben & Jerry's board weighs in on pro-Palestine protests
With much of the news cycle currently occupied by developments in the ongoing conflict between Israel...
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‘It’s a s*** show here’ | Dell to color-code employees based on office attendance through badge swipes & VPN monitoring
Dell has notified its hybrid employees it will track their in-office attendance using electronic badge...
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Pichai probe | Google employees grill CEO on cost-cutting, layoffs, & "decline in morale" in all-hands meeting
Google's CEO and CFO faced a barrage of questions from employees during a company meeting last week,...
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‘Fake work’ & ‘BS’ jobs | Leading VC investor claims half of Google does "no real work"
“Anyone who works in a 10,000+ person or larger white-collar job company knows that a bunch of the...
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'Rigorous' interrogation | TikTok employees face grilling by US border officers over potential links to CCP
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers have reportedly intensified their interrogation of ByteDance...
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‘Greedy corporations’ | Uber & Lyft accused of dodging $266mn in benefit contributions through employee misclassification
A Massachusetts State Auditor released a report on Tuesday, April 30, accusing companies like Uber and...
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Three's a crowd | Paramount to replace its CEO with three co-leaders. Is this a wise move?
We live in a time of transition within executive leadership. In recent days, we've heard about Paramount's...
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25% pay raise | Biden hails 'power of collective bargaining' as last-minute UAW & Daimler Truck deal averts strike
United Auto Workers (UAW) and Daimler Truck struck a tentative deal at the eleventh hour on Friday, including...
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Spotifallout | Spotify CEO admits laying off 1,500 employees disrupted workforce "more than we anticipated"
When Spotify announced its largest-ever round of layoffs in December, CEO Daniel Ek hailed a new age...
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‘Craft excellence’ | Shopify offers employees pay raises for upskilling as alternative to unwanted “corporate ladder” promotions
The program, called '~Mastery,' was introduced by Shopify in February, and is an attempt to to transition...
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Plastic not-so-fantastic | Environmental groups call 'shame' on Unilever as firm drops ESG & diversity pledges
Unilever, the consumer goods company behind brands ranging from Dove beauty products to Ben & Jerry's...
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Retention rethink | FTC set to vote on controversial noncompete clause ban with NCAs costing workers $3bn per year
Noncompete agreements are clauses included in contracts between a worker and employer that prohibit the...
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‘The Happiest Place on Earth’? | Disneyland 'characters' file to unionize seeking better pay, safety, and scheduling
Over two-thirds of Disneyland's 1,700 performers have signed a petition, allowing the group of 'Cast...
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NPR fracas | Senior editor suspended amidst controversy over essay criticizing network's editorial stance
The fallout from a scathing essay penned by a senior business editor at NPR has led to his suspension...
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Boeing | Plane maker whistleblowing service sees 500% 'explosion' in use
In the wake of recent safety concerns and whistleblower allegations, Boeing's internal service for employees...
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Future of work | Will the 4-day week be the next big thing in the US?
A recent study suggests that the four-day workweek model could revolutionize productivity and happiness...
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‘Nothing I hate more’ | Tesla lays off over 10% of its global workforce due to “duplication of roles”
In the memo, Musk attributes the need for layoffs to the “duplication of roles and job functions in...
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‘Alarming turning point’ | Proportion of women in the C-suite drops for the first time since 2005
The 0.4% decline in representation is the first year the representation has fallen during the study period...
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‘Reduce excess staffing’ | United Airlines asks pilots to take voluntary unpaid leave after Boeing delivery delays
Pilots may take unpaid leave time off for the entirety of May, on specific dates throughout the month,...
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Nintendo staff switch | Contractors cut but full-time roles created in Nintendo restructuring
“These changes will involve some contractor assignments ending, as well as the creation of a significant...
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