by Christine Moukazis | Jul 25, 2022 | Latest News
On Friday, Google fired Blake Lemoine, a software engineer who went public with his concerns that a conversational technology the company was developing had achieved sentience. Lemoine went outside the company to consult with experts on the tech’s potential...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 25, 2022 | Latest News, Uncategorized
After Big Tech grew in unprecedented and unchecked fashion for a decade, building ostentatious palaces to house growing workforces while plying them luxuriant freebies to keep them from defecting to rivals, is the wild ride over? Tech’s largest companies, as well as...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 25, 2022 | Latest News
Nobody wants to work anymore. It’s the rallying cry of business owners, recruiters, and cranky people who aren’t getting the coffee fast enough at Starbucks. But it’s not at all new. Gen-X may complain that Gen-Z doesn’t want to work (and if...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 25, 2022 | Latest News
With U.S. inflation racing ahead worker wages, a growing number of Americans are taking on second jobs to make ends meet. Many people have already reined in spending where they can, while others have tapped their pandemic savings to cover the rising cost of food, gas,...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 21, 2022 | Latest News
With recession fears mounting—and inflation, the war in Ukraine and the lingering pandemic taking a toll—many tech companies are rethinking their staffing needs, with some of them instituting hiring freezes, rescinding offers and even starting layoffs. Microsoft...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 21, 2022 | Latest News
If there is any upside for investors from the slowing U.S. economy, it’s that the Federal Reserve may have no other choice but to put the brakes on its aggressive pace of rate hikes later this year. “There are two reasons that they would slow the...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 21, 2022 | Latest News
More than two years have passed since I became The Atlantic’s happiness correspondent. “How to Build a Life” launched on April 9, 2020, as an experiment: Could we reframe the misery and loneliness of the coronavirus pandemic’s early days as an opportunity to think...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 20, 2022 | Latest News
How would you feel if your co-workers knew exactly how much you earned? For some, the idea is uncomfortable and stressful. For others, like younger people and staffers at companies that already practice pay transparency, it might feel like a natural step toward a more...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 20, 2022 | Latest News
An Amazon employee died at one of the company’s New Jersey fulfillment centers last week during Prime Day, a massive annual sales event that incentivizes people to order in abundance from the online retail giant. The incident prompted a federal investigation led...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 20, 2022 | Latest News
Burnout is the defining mental-health issue of our era. Nurses and doctors are burning out; so are teachers and office workers and elite athletes and, honestly, probably you and me. Openly discussing burnout with your boss (as the Harvard Business Review...
