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Microsoft Urges Employees to Embrace In-House AI — Performance Reviews May Reflect Usage
Sunday, June 29, 2025 - 3:17pm | 440Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is now encouraging managers to evaluate employees based on their use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools. What Happened: Julia Liuson, who heads the division of Microsoft responsible for developer tools like GitHub Copilot, has directed managers...
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Former Employee Sues Musk's SpaceX, Claiming He Was Fired Over Bathroom Breaks
Saturday, May 10, 2025 - 1:15pm | 351Elon Musk-owned SpaceX faces a lawsuit from a former employee, who alleges discriminatory treatment and wrongful termination due to his chronic bowel disease. What Happened: Douglas Altshuler, 58, has accused SpaceX of monitoring and disciplining him for frequent restroom use, a necessity due...
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Meta Secretly Keeps 'Block' Lists of Ex-Employee, Former Google HR Chief Calls It 'Unheard Of'
Saturday, March 8, 2025 - 4:00pm | 519Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) is said to be maintaining a clandestine ‘do not rehire’ list of its former employees, who are barred from rejoining the company, irrespective of a vice president’s endorsement. What Happened: A recent report has revealed that a former engineer at ...
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19-Year-Old Walmart Employee Found Dead In Walk-In Oven In Canada
Thursday, October 24, 2024 - 8:07am | 451A 19-year-old Walmart Inc. (NYSE:WMT) employee was found dead in the store’s walk-in oven located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. What Happened: The young woman was discovered in the bakery department’s oven at the Walmart located at 6990 Mumford Rd. Police were notified at 9:30 p.m....
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Chinese Tech Workers Made To Work 'Like Gears Grinding Until They Break:' Report
Monday, June 24, 2024 - 8:41am | 680In a recent report, Chinese tech workers revealed their plight of working overtime amid slow growth of companies and rampant layoffs. What Happened: In a video conference, JD.com (NASDAQ:JD) founder Richard Liu reportedly warned his employees against prioritizing work-life balance, stating that the...
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Here's How Mark Cuban Made 91% Of His Employees Millionaires
Saturday, June 8, 2024 - 5:01pm | 551Mark Cuban, the billionaire entrepreneur and minority owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks, has consistently rewarded his employees with substantial bonuses upon selling his businesses. What Happened: In a social media post on X last week, Cuban revealed that he has always allocated a portion...
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Twitter Exec Says He Quit After He Was Ordered To Install Illegal Locks In Company's 'Hotel' Rooms
Sunday, May 21, 2023 - 8:50am | 572A senior Twitter executive quit the company after he refused to install illegal locks in the bedrooms at the headquarters. According to a lawsuit filed by six former Twitter employees in the District Court of Delaware against Elon Musk and his company on May 16,...
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Telecom Company Ericsson To Lay Off 8,500 Workers As Part Of Cost-Cutting Plan
Saturday, February 25, 2023 - 3:07pm | 370Swedish telecom equipment maker Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ADR (NASDAQ: ERIC) will lay off 8,500 employees globally as part of a cost-cutting measure. Reuters reports that layoffs are predicted to affect North America and would be the largest to hit the telecom...
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Amazon To Face Protests, Strikes In 40 Countries During Black Friday Sales
Thursday, November 24, 2022 - 3:19pm | 416Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) employees across 40 countries plan protests and walkouts during Black Friday sales. What Happened: According to a campaign called "Make Amazon Pay," workers in the U.S., U.K., India, Japan, Australia, South Africa ...
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Google Cracks Down On Happy Hour, Limits Business Trips, Encourages Virtual Options: Report
Sunday, September 11, 2022 - 1:46pm | 365According to a leaked email by The Information, Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google is cracking down on employees' non-essential travel, team bonding, happy hours, and other social gatherings. Last week, the company emailed its senior managers asking them to limit employee...
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Celsius Lays Off 150 Employees As Crypto Mayhem Continues To Haunt The Firm
Sunday, July 3, 2022 - 10:40am | 285Cryptocurrency lender Celsius has laid off 150 employees, including some working in Israel and the U.S., reports Calcalist. The workforce reduction comes as the company is exploring options like pursuing strategic transactions and restructuring its liabilities. Recently, Sam...
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Apple Store Workers At Grand Central Terminal In NYC Take Steps To Unionize
Sunday, April 17, 2022 - 11:53am | 424Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) workers at the retail store in New York City's Grand Central Terminal have taken steps toward forming a union. The organizers of the union, who go by Fruit Stand Workers United, announced on their website that they voted to affiliate themselves with the Workers...
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COVID Booster Dose No Longer Required For Employees Of This Tech Giant In US Offices
Sunday, April 3, 2022 - 2:10pm | 334Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) recently announced that the company no longer requires employees to have COVID-19 booster shots to enter its offices in the U.S. "We updated our requirements in early March to align with CDC guidance, and now COVID-19 boosters are no longer required...
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Why Some Apple Workers Are Threatening To Quit Over A Policy That Takes Effect On April 11
Saturday, April 2, 2022 - 2:11pm | 501Last month, Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook wrote an email to his employees asking them to return to their offices beginning April 11. In the initial phase of the plan, employees will come back to the office one day a week, and from the third week, employees will come in twice...
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Amazon Moves Employees Due to Violence in Downtown Seattle; Engineer Hit In The Head With A Bat
Sunday, March 13, 2022 - 12:02pm | 312Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) has announced that it is relocating its office staff in downtown Seattle due to continuous violent crime in the vicinity. The city is witnessing a huge spike in crime over the last month. On March 2, 15-year-old Michael del Bianco was shot and killed at the...