Walz orders ethics clampdown targeting state employees using prediction market information Suswati Basu Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has signed an executive order barring state employees from using confidential or nonpublic government information to participate in prediction markets, saying the measure is designed to strengthen ethics rules and preserve public confidence in state government. … Continue reading Walz orders ethics clampdown targeting state employees using prediction market information
July 29, 2026 Businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees made 92% of May hires BY Ella Chakarian If you’ve only been applying for gigs at big companies, you may want to rethink where you’re sending job applications. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nearly 93% of hires for privately held companies during May … Continue reading Businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees made 92% of May hires
July 22, 2026 5 bad management behaviors that drive good employees away BY Inc. Whenever I coach managers or speak to executives, I simplify leadership down to its most practical expression: helping people succeed. Employees do their best work when they have the tools, support, clarity, development, and encouragement they need to thrive. When those needs go unmet, motivation fades … Continue reading 5 bad management behaviors that drive good employees away
July 08, 2026 What Microsoft is offering laid-off employees in severance BY Ella Chakarian After announcing layoffs that impact 2.1% of its global workforce, Microsoft is providing most U.S. employees up to 39 weeks of base pay, according to severance offers reviewed by Business Insider. The U.S. severance package includes a minimum of 60 days of … Continue reading What Microsoft is offering laid-off employees in severance
July 06, 2026 Microsoft layoffs: Read the email Xbox CEO Asha Sharma sent employees BY Ella Chakarian Last month, there were murmurs that “major job cuts” were coming for Xbox. Now, Microsoft is cutting 4,800 roles, with 1,600 impacting its Xbox division today. In an email to employees, Xbox CEO Asha Sharma called it “the … Continue reading Microsoft layoffs: Read the email Xbox CEO Asha Sharma sent employees
July 05, 2026 Stop asking employees to adopt AI BY Jenny Fernandez and Tomer Hason Organizations are facing an urgent change management challenge. Leaders are convinced that artificial intelligence will transform their business, yet the people needed to carry that transformation forward have stopped trying, or so it appears. According to McKinsey’s Superagency in the Workplace report, … Continue reading Stop asking employees to adopt AI
June 13, 2026 Your best employees may be the ones ignoring your constant Slack messages BY Samyr Laine I spent years in environments where the stakes of misplaced attention were immediate and visible: helping Jay-Z build enterprises at Roc Nation, then alongside the very talented team at Westbrook. What I watched in those rooms, and later … Continue reading Your best employees may be the ones ignoring your constant Slack messages
May 20, 2026 Here’s how Meta is justifying its layoffs to thousands of employees BY Pavithra Mohan Meta officially announced a sweeping round of layoffs today that will impact thousands of employees across the business, or about 10% of the company’s 78,000-person workforce. In a memo to employees today—obtained by Business Insider—Meta remained coy about the … Continue reading Here’s how Meta is justifying its layoffs to thousands of employees
May 08, 2026 Parents might be your best employees BY Tatiana Birgisson My hiring philosophy is quite simple: find people who raise the bar. In practice, many of those people turn out to be parents. That’s not a coincidence, but it does require a deliberate choice about what you’re actually optimizing for, because the default … Continue reading Parents might be your best employees
March 31, 2026 Oracle layoffs: Stock price rises as sudden job cuts shock employees BY Michael Grothaus Another round of layoffs has hit the tech industry, this time at SaaS giant Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL). The job cuts reportedly came out of the blue for most affected employees, with many receiving an early-morning email announcing their … Continue reading Oracle layoffs: Stock price rises as sudden job cuts shock employees
