by Christine Moukazis | Jul 31, 2023 | Latest News
Recently, over on the Ask Reddit subreddit, u/Business_Reporter420 asked Reddit users to share the fastest they’d ever seen a coworker get fired. The comments were filled with people sharing THE most ridiculous things they’ve witnessed new hires do in the...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 31, 2023 | Latest News
In a recent interview on “Face the Nation”, Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, shared his views on the current state of the U.S. economy and the potential impact of inflation on the labor market. Despite the economy’s resilience and a...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 31, 2023 | Latest News
Lazarus Limo usually starts his day at 10 a.m. ET, driving passengers and delivering food for Uber around Chapel Hill, North Carolina. “I tend to set a minimum target of how much I should get by the end of the day. As soon as I get my target, that’s it; I’m done for...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 24, 2023 | Latest News
Twitter owner Elon Musk officially changed the company’s famous bird logo to an “X” on Monday as part of a sweeping rebrand he announced on the social media site over the weekend. Musk, who acquired the platform for $44 billion late last year, wrote in a post Sunday...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 24, 2023 | Latest News
Remote work became possible long before the pandemic. Many employers resisted it on a hunch that employees working from home might spend too much of their workday watching Oprah and shopping on eBay. Then came COVID-19, which launched a vast, forced experiment in...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 24, 2023 | Latest News
Some Amazon employees will be forced to relocate to fulfill a company policy requiring three days per week of in-office work, according to sources speaking with Bloomberg. Those affected will include workers hired for remote positions and those who moved during peak...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 24, 2023 | Latest News
For many workers, Covid-19 altered our attitudes towards our jobs and how we do them. The conditions of the past three years catalysed a full re-evaluation of careers and values, and subsequently dislodged some staid traditions that have bogged down workplace...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 24, 2023 | Latest News
A new Wall Street Journal report has revealed a new “dead zone” period when little work happens and employees focus on other life matters. In a recent, one-month data sample of Microsoft Teams software usage, the company chronicled work pattern shifts and...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 21, 2023 | Latest News
Warmer weather usually spells a summer slump in the office — longer vacations, shorter workdays, lowered productivity or less team morale. But as companies and employees battle the rut, experts say stagnant work levels in the summer can lead to larger effects into the...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 21, 2023 | Latest News
Google employees are some of the highest earners in the tech industry, with a median total compensation in 2022 of $279,802. While many of its job postings disclose the base salaries employees can make, they can earn even more when factoring in equities and bonuses....