By Jessica Bursztynsky December 14, 2022 The California gig work bill Proposition 22 is back in the spotlight this week after a state appeals court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether it should uphold a lower court’s ruling that deemed the voter-approved law unconstitutional. It’s the latest in a lengthy saga that has cost gig … Continue reading Why gig companies are still arguing whether workers are employees
By Puneet Sandhu December 11, 2022 It is impossible to scroll through LinkedIn these days without finding at least a few posts from people sharing that they were laid off: estimates suggest that nearly 88,000 people have been let go in recent weeks—and that’s just in the U.S. While the scale of these layoffs … Continue reading This is how managers can help employees cope with trauma after layoffs
Elon Musk gives employees two days to commit to ‘hardcore’ Twitter or lose their jobs NurPhoto via Getty Images Mariella Moon @mariella_moon Twitter might lose even more employees following the mass layoffs that halved its workforce and shortly after the company fired engineers who publicly called out its new owner. According to The Washington … Continue reading Former Twitter employees file class action gender discrimination lawsuit
By Shalene Gupta December 05, 2022 Employees may need mental health days, but that doesn’t mean they want their employers to know that. Mental health app Wysa surveyed 1,000 American employees about their mental health at work post-COVID-19 shutdowns. While the majority of respondents admitted to struggling with mental health symptoms, most preferred to … Continue reading Employees are lying about mental health days, but not because they don’t need them
By Jessica Bursztynsky November 30, 2022 DoorDash is laying off about 1,250 employees in an effort to reduce rising operating expenses, CEO Tony Xu told staff early Wednesday. The move will impact roughly 7% of its workforce. DoorDash was one of the early pandemic bets, as consumers turned to food delivery in an effort … Continue reading DoorDash lays off about 1,250 employees to curb operating expenses
Twitter is reportedly done with job cuts and has started hiring again Elon Musk also announced that Blue Verified won’t be coming back until Twitter can stop impersonation. NurPhoto via Getty Images Mariella Moon|@mariella_moon Twitter won’t be firing and laying off more people, Elon Musk reportedly told the staff members … Continue reading HP will lay off up to 6,000 employees over the next few years
By Sam Becker November 22, 2022 It’s been a bleak fall season for the tech sector. Over the past couple of months, tech companies including Twitter, Meta, and Amazon (among others) have announced thousands of layoffs—and as of Tuesday, there was another to add to the list: HP. As a part of its latest … Continue reading More tech layoffs: HP just announced it will lay off up to 6,000 employees
Elon Musk has begun his takeover of Twitter Twitter could change dramatically under Musk’s leadership. K. Bell @karissabe Dado Ruvic / reuters After months of legal drama, Elon Musk has begun his takeover of Twitter, according to The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post. His first move was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, Chief … Continue reading Twitter fired employees who publicly called out Elon Musk
By Chris Stokel-Walker November 14, 2022 Not content with laying off half of Twitter’s staff and alienating workers with an ominous introductory email, Elon Musk has taken his unique brand of management to new levels. The entrepreneur and new owner of Twitter has started calling out issues—publicly, on the platform he now controls—with the … Continue reading Twitter employees say Elon Musk is tanking morale by calling staff out publicly
By Chris Stokel-Walker November 10, 2022 leadership now Elon Musk has made quite a first impression on his new employees. During his first few weeks as CEO of Twitter, he laid off some 3,700 workers. Since acquiring the company on October 27, Musk hadn’t formally spoken to the majority of staff who remain … Continue reading The email Elon Musk just sent to Twitter employees is a masterclass in how not to communicate
