Work
- Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Controlwww.wired.com Tech Job Interviews Are Out of Control
Tech companies are famous for coddling their workers but after mass layoffs the industry's culture has shifted. Engineers say that getting hired can require days of work on unpaid assignments.
What is your experience?
- Where Have All the Laid-off Engineers Gone? | Adevaadevait.com Where Have All the Laid-off Engineers Gone? | Adeva
Unraveling the massive layoffs in the tech industry in 2022/2023: the factors behind them, their impact on engineers, and the evolving job landscape.
- How Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messageswww.cnbc.com How Walmart, Delta, Chevron and Starbucks are using AI to monitor employee messages
Aware uses AI to analyze companies' employee messages across Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other communications services.
- CEOs Are Using Return To Office Mandates To Mask Poor Managementwww.forbes.com CEOs Are Using Return To Office Mandates To Mask Poor Management
Why are companies that promote remote services so opposed to enabling remote work, and more importantly, feel the need to threaten their employees?
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11380787
> CEOs Are Using Return To Office Mandates To Mask Poor Management::Why are companies that promote remote services so opposed to enabling remote work, and more importantly, feel the need to threaten their employees?
- U.S. payrolls increased by 216,000 in December, much better than expectedwww.cnbc.com U.S. payrolls increased by 216,000 in December, much better than expected
Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 170,000 in December, according to a Dow Jones consensus estimate.
- Panera founder says employees aren't motivated by the idea of making money for shareholders: 'Nobody cares'www.businessinsider.com Panera founder says employees aren't motivated by the idea of making money for shareholders: 'Nobody cares'
Panera's founder says "therapists belong in the C-Suite" and can help CEOs understand workers' motivations.
😅 🤪 🤪 🤪 😱
- The workplace is transforming because workers want good jobs, not just jobswww.businessinsider.com The workplace is transforming because workers want good jobs, not just jobs
The workers of America rediscovered the idea of a good job during the pandemic.
Hopefully it is working
- Marc Benioff just can't make up his mind on RTOwww.businessinsider.com Marc Benioff just can't make up his mind on RTO
The Salesforce CEO recently said the hybrid work balance is not "one-size-fits-all," despite mandating his own workers back to the office three days a week.
- Bandcamp Editorial Director: “Fuuuuuck Bandcamp United”www.404media.co Bandcamp Editorial Director: “Fuuuuuck Bandcamp United”
"Bandcamp United is privileged tech workers cosplaying as Amazon warehouse workers," he said.
- The Future of How We Work Together at Roblox - Roblox Blogblog.roblox.com The Future of How We Work Together at Roblox - Roblox Blog
Today I shared an update with our employees about the future of how we work together at Roblox. *** Dear Roblox Employees, Today we will be asking a number of our remote employees to begin working from our headquarters in San Mateo by next summer and transitioning away from remote work at Roblox. We...
Back to roots
- A Gen Z tech worker went viral for saying her corporate job feels like a 'full-time acting gig,' and now wants to inspire others to be themselves at workwww.insider.com A Gen Z tech worker went viral for saying her corporate job feels like a 'full-time acting gig,' and now wants to inspire others to be themselves at work
"Why do we show up every day pretending our genuine passion in this lifetime is the growth of the business?" she asked.
- Bosses mean it this time: Return to the office or get a new job!
What are we gonna do?
- Leaked Microsoft memo tells managers not to use budget cuts as an explainer for lack of pay rises: ‘Reinforce that every year offers unique opportunity for impact’finance.yahoo.com Leaked Microsoft memo tells managers not to use budget cuts as an explainer for lack of pay rises: ‘Reinforce that every year offers unique opportunity for impact’
Managers are being ordered to dodge employees' questions about how the latest budget cuts will impact their pay.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4109487
> Leaked Microsoft memo tells managers not to use budget cuts as an explainer for lack of pay rises: ‘Reinforce that every year offers unique opportunity for impact’::Managers are being ordered to dodge employees' questions about how the latest budget cuts will impact their pay.
- Restaurants near Target's Minneapolis HQ demand it bring workers back to the office | Boing Boingboingboing.net Restaurants near Target's Minneapolis HQ demand it bring workers back to the office
Target is among the Fortune 100 firms still happy with its Covid-era remote working arrangements, but its Minneapolis HQ drove so much traffic to local businesses that they are demanding…
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- The Rise of Engineering-Driven Development (EDD)www.june.so The Rise of Engineering-Driven Development (EDD)
Before the specs, the Jira tickets, the sprints, and the briefs, there are agile tech companies. These are the startups built by people hacking away at problems their customers talk about online. Engineers aren’t in a corner with noise canceling headphones, they're listening in on customer calls wit...
What do you think?
- Companies can drop degree requirements, but they don't know how to hire without themqz.com Companies can drop degree requirements, but they don't know how to hire without them
If businesses really want to be inclusive, they'll need to change more than a diploma requirement
- The wrong end of the telescopedecrapifywork.substack.com The wrong end of the telescope
Looking For Clues “Remote Work Is Dead: Zoom Tells Employees to Return to the Office” is pretty typical of the headlines for the (mis)reporting of Zoom’s ‘Return to Office’ announcement. Frankly, I don’t care. I am SOOOOOOOO bored of this ‘conversation’, which is mostly a load of empty posturing pai...
decrapifywork
- The working-from-home debate gets oldwww.computerworld.com The working-from-home debate gets old
If your people are happy and productive doing their job from home, let them!
- 80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’www.cnbc.com 80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans: ‘A lot of executives have egg on their faces’
As some business leaders accept hybrid work as a permanent reality, others are backtracking on earlier pledges to let employees work from home.
- Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too muchwww.theguardian.com Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too much
Notice sent to employees who were not in office at least three times a week, after other tech firms’ efforts to get workers back on site
cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/2420117
> Some staff members were alerted on Wednesday they were “not currently meeting our expectation of joining your colleagues in the office at least three days a week”, according to emails shared with the Financial Times. The emails were also discussed on the anonymous corporate message board platform Blind.
- Google’s $99 a night company hotel advertises “no commute” as a perkwww.theverge.com Google’s $99 a night company hotel advertises “no commute” as a perk
They do know that working at home also has no commute, right?
- Remote Work to Wipe Out $800 Billion From Office Values, McKinsey Sayswww.bloomberg.com Remote Work to Wipe Out $800 Billion From Office Values, McKinsey Says
Remote work risks wiping $800 billion from the value of office buildings in major cities, highlighting the potential losses that landlords are facing from post-pandemic changes in employment trends.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1994199
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- In the war over remote work, companies are turning full-time jobs into low-paying gigswww.businessinsider.com In the war over remote work, companies are turning full-time jobs into low-paying gigs
As more employees work remotely, employers are seizing the opportunity to accelerate what one expert calls "the Uberization of the workforce."
- Į Vilnių įžengė startuolis „Comundo“: siūlys keturių dienų darbo savaitęwww.delfi.lt Į Vilnių įžengė startuolis „Comundo“: siūlys keturių dienų darbo savaitę
Vilniaus technologinių startuolių ekosistemoje – naujas žaidėjas: danų „Comundo“, neseniai čia įsteigęs biurą ir planuojantis auginti komandą. „Comundo“ pradiniame etape užsitikrino 2,26 mln. Eur finansavimą, rašoma pranešime žiniasklaidai.
- Tech unemployment rate dips slightly in May as hiring reboundswww.ciodive.com Tech unemployment rate dips slightly in May as hiring rebounds
Mixed signals persisted in May, with the overall economy adding 45,000 technology jobs and the tech sector shedding 4,725, according to CompTIA.
- 10 Australian companies have embraced the 4-day week. Here's what they say about ittheconversation.com 10 Australian companies have embraced the 4-day week. Here’s what they say about it
New research from Swinburne University suggests the four-day work week really can be win-win for workers and bosses.
- The top 10 buzziest companies Gen Z wants to work for—none of them are in Big Tech, says new reportwww.cnbc.com The top 10 buzziest companies Gen Z wants to work for—none of them are in Big Tech, says new report
Search interest for major tech brands is down 15% compared to the class of 2022, while applications are up for jobs in retail, finance and manufacturing.
- These are the most in-demand tech roles in 2023www.zdnet.com These are the most in-demand tech roles in 2023
The estimated average salary of tech workers is $100,615, or double the median salary across all occupations.
Saving for the comparison with the next year
- The Real Reason Amazon Just Called Everyone Back to the Office — you won’t believe how scary it is.medium.com The Real Reason Amazon Just Called Everyone Back to the Office — you won’t believe how scary it is.
With its recent demand that employees come back to the office (BTO), Amazon just tipped its hand and showed how bad the brewing real…
Some angle
- Ranking workers can hurt morale and productivity. Tech companies are doing it anyway
>“Stack ranking is a byproduct of digital transformation,” he says. “But it’s not necessarily useful nor accurate.”
