Blizzard intends to buy ‘Spellbreak’ studio Proletariat to speed up ‘WoW’ development Kris Holt @krisholt It’s a busy spell for Blizzard, with Diablo Immortal, Overwatch 2 and mobile game Warcraft Arclight Rumble all arriving this year. The studio has another major release lined up in the form of World of Warcraft expansion Dragonflight, which … Continue reading Workers at Blizzard support studio Proletariat aim to unionize
By Chris Stokel-Walker December 20, 2022 The fight for unionization continues for Apple employees across the pond. Workers at Apple’s White City London store unionized on December 12, asking the Cupertino-based tech giant to voluntarily recognize their union. Apple has until December 22 to respond to the request for union recognition, according to the … Continue reading Inside the London Apple Store workers’ unionization efforts
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 Wilfred Chan December 14, 2022 Gig companies across the globe employ a similar playbook: Use gobs of venture capital to undercut legacy firms, skirt labor law to keep costs low, then use their resulting market dominance to pass new, more favorable laws. That’s how companies such as Uber and Lyft helped pass Proposition … Continue reading Gig workers are racking up legal victories across the world, a new report shows
By Brian Millar December 01, 2022 Senior leaders must implement new strategies to deal with a rapidly changing world, but their workforce don’t always buy in. You can talk all you like at Davos about diversity, or at COP27 about sustainability, or at shareholder meetings about innovation, but it’s just talk if you can’t … Continue reading How to motivate all kinds workers, explained in 3 charts
Twitter warns employees that layoffs are happening Friday The cuts come only a week after Elon Musk took over the company. K. Holt @krisholt Carlos Barria / reuters Twitter will reportedly begin laying off workers on Friday, only a week after Elon Musk officially took control of the website. Around half of the company’s … Continue reading Twitter reportedly cuts 4,400 contract workers following mass layoffs
By Shalene Gupta November 09, 2022 Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, famously ripped into remote work earlier this year, claiming it adds to procrastination. Owl Labs, which creates 360 video conferencing, surveyed 2,300 employees on the state of remote work to find out what’s really up. Despite Dimon’s office-centric stance, the survey found … Continue reading Tracking remote workers doesn’t make them more productive. Here’s what it does instead
Apple Store employees in the US are quietly trying to unionize Workers claim the pay isn’t keeping up with the cost of living. J. Fingas @jonfingas REUTERS/Brendan McDermid It’s not just Amazon and Google workers hoping to organize. Sources speaking to The Washington Post claim workers at six or more US Apple Store locations … Continue reading Apple Store workers in Oklahoma City vote to unionize
By Pavithra Mohan October 14, 2022 In 2020, disabled people were among the hardest hit by pandemic-related job losses. The employment rate for workers with disabilities fell to 17.9%, eventually yielding a record high unemployment rate of 17.7% in late 2020—a major blow for a community that has long faced workplace discrimination and other … Continue reading The employment rate for disabled workers is higher than it has been in years
By Shalene Gupta October 13, 2022 Inflation rose by 9% this June as salaries increased by only 5%. Meanwhile, the housing market is down and employees everywhere are taking stock of their wallets and budgets. Joblist, an AI-powered job search platform, conducted a study of 19,000 job seekers across the United States to get … Continue reading ‘Quiet quitting’ isn’t the problem. Exhausted workers are just too afraid to leave their jobs
