Tag Archives: Employees

Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees’ landlord

Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees’ landlord   Kris Holt @krisholt Elon Musk is reportedly attempting to build a company town where Tesla, Boring and SpaceX workers might live. The mooted town, which is around 35 miles away from Austin, Texas, would likely be called Snailbrook, The Wall Street Journal reports. The publication unearthed … Continue reading Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees’ landlord

Basis Technologies Lays Off Employees As It Restructures

Basis Technologies Lays Off Employees As It Restructures by Laurie Sullivan  @lauriesullivan, February 21, 2023 Add Basis Technologies, which provides cloud-based workflow automation and business intelligence, to the list of ad-tech companies that are laying off employees. The company about two weeks ago quietly laid off some 4% of its workforce, about 40 team members … Continue reading Basis Technologies Lays Off Employees As It Restructures

Reddit was hacked in a phishing attack targeting its employees

Reddit hacker snagged email addresses and old passwords Rob LeFebvre @roblef Earlier this month, a hacker accessed a few of Reddit‘s systems, grabbing some current email addresses and a database backup from 2007 that contained account passwords. The company assured its users that the attacker did not gain write access to any systems, and was … Continue reading Reddit was hacked in a phishing attack targeting its employees

Quiet or I’m quitting: Here’s why your employees are getting so fed up with workplace noise

  By Jennifer Alsever January 26, 2023 Walk into a Bishops Salon in Denver, Tampa, or San Francisco, and you’ll experience a cacophony of sound: vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, thumping music, running water, clanging of spoons and bowls, and conversation—lots of conversations among the 35 to 45 clients who sit for appointments each day. In … Continue reading Quiet or I’m quitting: Here’s why your employees are getting so fed up with workplace noise

Google is laying off 12,000 employees as another brutal week comes to an end for tech

  By Michael Grothaus January 20, 2023 Google and WeWork are the latest companies to announce layoffs in what has been a brutal few months for tech workers. On Friday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the search giant was cutting approximately 12,000 jobs. The cuts span the globe and myriad departments at Google’s parent … Continue reading Google is laying off 12,000 employees as another brutal week comes to an end for tech

NLRB says Tesla violated the law by telling employees not to talk about pay

Tesla hit with unfair labor complaint from US watchdog Steve Dent @stevetdent The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against Tesla after investigating workers’ complaints over unfair labor practices. Workers said Tesla “coerces and intimidates” them via a confidentiality agreement that illegally prevents them from discussing labor conditions and unionization. Workers … Continue reading NLRB says Tesla violated the law by telling employees not to talk about pay

Why gig companies are still arguing whether workers are employees

By Jessica Bursztynsky December 14, 2022 The California gig work bill Proposition 22 is back in the spotlight this week after a state appeals court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether it should uphold a lower court’s ruling that deemed the voter-approved law unconstitutional.  It’s the latest in a lengthy saga that has cost gig … Continue reading Why gig companies are still arguing whether workers are employees

This is how managers can help employees cope with trauma after layoffs

  By Puneet Sandhu December 11, 2022 It is impossible to scroll through LinkedIn these days without finding at least a few posts from people sharing that they were laid off: estimates suggest that nearly 88,000 people have been let go in recent weeks—and that’s just in the U.S. While the scale of these layoffs … Continue reading This is how managers can help employees cope with trauma after layoffs

Former Twitter employees file class action gender discrimination lawsuit

Elon Musk gives employees two days to commit to ‘hardcore’ Twitter or lose their jobs   NurPhoto via Getty Images Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Twitter might lose even more employees following the mass layoffs that halved its workforce and shortly after the company fired engineers who publicly called out its new owner. According to The Washington … Continue reading Former Twitter employees file class action gender discrimination lawsuit