Business
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Uber Puts Diversity Head on Leave After Worker Backlash Over ‘Don’t Call Me Karen’ Events
Uber has put Bo Young Lee, its head of diversity, equity, and inclusion, also referred to as DEI, on leave in recent days after employees expressed outrage over a series of events she moderated titled, “Don’t Call Me Karen,” according to report from the New York Times.
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Leaked Document Shows How Amazon Ended Up Over-Listing Thousands of Jobs
After Amazon announced another round of layoffs affecting 9,000 employees earlier this week, a leaked document from inside the company revealed that listing too many job openings and subsequently over-hiring in some departments may have been a part of the problem.
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YouTube Music’s Contractors Are Actually Employees, According to a Federal Labour Official
Google parent Alphabet should officially be considered the “joint employer” of a crew of scrappy YouTube Music contract workers, according to a new ruling from a National Labour Relation Board official. That means the Austin, Texas-based group of around 60 workers currently vying to organise with the Alphabet Worker Union (AWU) may soon be able…
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That Stings: Microsoft Hosts Sting Concert Before Laying Off 10,000 Employees
Layoffs are plaguing the tech industry left and right, but that doesn’t mean the big-wigs have to suffer too. Ahead of laying off several thousand employees, Microsoft hosted an exclusive Sting concert at Davos for executives.