workplace environment

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was fined $3,600 by U.S. worker safety officials after a near amputation incident at its Washington site, according to inspection records. This comes amid ongoing concerns about the company’s disregard for worker safety regulations. What Happened: A late 2021...

Internal polls at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) reveal a significant drop in employee morale and confidence in leadership since the beginning of the year, Business Insider reports. Employee Sentiment Plummets The company’s Daily Signals polls show that the percentage of employees...

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said employees who believe working from the office is old-fashioned could "pretend to work somewhere else" after the electric vehicle maker said remote working is no longer acceptable. What Happened: The billionaire entrepreneur,...

Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) says it is experimenting with “four recharge weeks” where the entire company would shut down so its staff members could “all enjoy downtime without work piling up.” What Happened: Coinbase Chief People Officer L.J. Brock said in a blog...

Rivian Automotive Inc has been slapped with a lawsuit by a former employee for toxic work culture, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing the lawsuit shared by the executive’s attorneys. What Happened:  Laura Schwab, who was vice president of sales and marketing at Rivian, has...

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) has reportedly settled a case filed by a union against it with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) that alleged that the Jeff Bezos-founded company wrongly fired two employees. What Happened: NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado said Wednesday that it had...

Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) has dished out cars and $100,000 in cash bonuses to employees at its warehouses and at Whole Foods who got vaccinated. What Happened: The e-commerce behemoth has given away cars worth as much as $40,000 to four warehouse workers and one Whole Foods team member, as per...

An Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) employee who complained against the tech giant to the U.S. National Labor Relations Board last month said she was fired for violating company policies including disclosing confidential product-related information. What Happened: Ashley Gjovik, whose job title at the Tim...

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) employees can reportedly no longer use a channel dedicated to pay equity on Slack, a work-oriented messaging software owned by Salesforce.com, Inc (NYSE: CRM).  What Happened: Apple cited internal “Slack Terms of Use” on the removal of the channel even...

Employees of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) have launched a website to collate stories from fellow workers who may have experienced harassment or discrimination. What Happened: The website — AppleToo, first noted on the Verge — was launched by the workers who want to organize and...

Workplace management firm Asana Inc. filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Monday to go public through a direct listing at the New York Stock Exchange. What Happened:The startup, founded by Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) co-founder Dustin Moscovitz, more than doubled its...

TINYpulse just released its 2016 Tech Industry Report, a survey of more than 14,000 tech employees about job satisfaction. This year’s survey revealed some potentially disturbing trends in the technology workplace environment. When asked how likely they were to stay at their current job for...