by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 9, 2022 | Business, Latest News
McDonald’s expects its Russian shutdown will cost the fast-food giant roughly $50 million a month until it reopens its restaurants there. The Chicago-based company announced Tuesday it would temporarily shutter its Russian locations as Russian President Vladimir...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 9, 2022 | Business, Latest News
Job openings outnumbered available workers by nearly 5 million in January, the latest sign of a historically tight employment picture, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. Total vacancies actually dipped a bit, falling to 11.26 million following a substantial...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 9, 2022 | Business, Covid-19, Latest News
For years, Columbia Business School held the dubious distinction of having one of the worst campuses among the world’s top business schools. Not any more. In January, the 106-year-old institution opened a gleaming 492,000 square foot facility that may finally put the...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 8, 2022 | Business, Latest News
As daily life gets more expensive, workers are having a harder time making ends meet. While wage growth is high by historical standards, it isn’t keeping up with the increased cost of living, which is growing at the fastest annual pace in about four decades. “Wages...
by Bhatt Unnati | Mar 7, 2022 | Business, Career Advice, Covid-19
This week was the return-to-office tipping point for Big Tech. Within the span of three days, Google, Apple and Twitter all announced new return-to-work plans, which will likely send a ripple effect across the industry as companies reevaluate how and where they want...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 24, 2022 | Business, Latest News
Weekly jobless claims came in slightly less than expected last week and economic growth to end 2021 was slightly better than originally reported, according to government data released Thursday. Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 232,000 for the week...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 24, 2022 | Business, Latest News
Employers have had their backs up against a wall for months as turnover woes continue to roil the workforce. Most businesses have been forced to throw money at the problem in the form of higher wages and better benefits. In fact, in the wake of the so-called Great...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 23, 2022 | Business, Latest News
Things are getting worse at Better. More executives have resigned from Better.com nearly three months after the online mortgage lender laid off 900 employees via Zoom and as the company prepares for more layoffs, according to multiple sources familiar with the...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 23, 2022 | Business, Latest News
Tech giant Amazon (AMZN) – Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report is hiring for the metaverse without necessarily calling attention to it. Amazon’s gaming engine Lumberyard, which has struggled to make inroads into the gaming developer space, is hiring its first...
by Bhatt Unnati | Feb 22, 2022 | Business, Career Advice, Latest News
Buffer prides itself on being ahead of the curve. The 84-person social media company has long embraced remote work (it got rid of its office in 2015), salary transparency (it publishes everyone’s pay online) and other workplace flexibility options since it was...