These are the top 5 companies to work for in India, says LinkedIn

These are the top 5 companies to work for in India, says LinkedIn

These are the 2024 top companies in India, according to LinkedIn. Deepak Sethi | E+ | Getty Images LinkedIn has released its eighth annual list of top companies to work for in India, and companies that prioritized its employees’ experience and growth dominated this year’s ranking. From mass layoffs to the adoption of generative AI, … Read more

Tesla execs Drew Baglino and Rohan Patel depart amid layoffs

Tesla execs Drew Baglino and Rohan Patel depart amid layoffs

Rows of new Tesla cars are seen in a holding area near a customer collection point in London, England, on April 15, 2024. Leon Neal | Getty Images Tesla executives Drew Baglino and Rohan Patel announced Monday they are leaving the electric vehicle maker and clean energy company. CEO Elon Musk thanked both departing execs … Read more

How climate change is beginning to be added to employee pay and perks

How climate change is beginning to be added to employee pay and perks

As more employees seek ‘green’ perks and more companies return to pre-pandemic office work, commuting is a likely place to focus efforts to embed climate change within workplace benefits culture. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images More workers in today’s labor market want to take action on climate change in some way … Read more

How the U.S. government is regulating AI

How the U.S. government is regulating AI

The U.S. government is considering laws to help society adapt to the introduction of artificial intelligence. Early users of the technology are already seeing labor productivity gains. For example, Klarna, a buy now, pay later financial services provider, estimates that its AI assistant tool will increase its profit outcome by $40 million by the end … Read more

Singapore tech salaries for data scientists, cybersecurity jumped in 2023

Singapore tech salaries for data scientists, cybersecurity jumped in 2023

Young Group Of Professionals Developing Business Strategy and Providing The Business Plan Pekic | E+ | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Tech salaries in Singapore mostly fell in 2023 amid a tech downturn, but certain roles — including for data science and cybersecurity — saw wages jump, according to a new report. The jobs that saw … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: What rate cut?

CNBC Daily Open: What rate cut?

Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference at the bank’s William McChesney Martin building on March 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on … Read more

The billionaires join Bernie Sanders weighing in on four-day workweek

The billionaires join Bernie Sanders weighing in on four-day workweek

Anastasiia Yanishevska | Istock | Getty Images While relatively few companies have shifted to a four-day workweek, the advent of artificial intelligence apps like ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini could hasten the shift. A recent survey by Tech.co of 1,000 U.S.-based business leaders found that the companies that had extensive experience using AI were more than twice … Read more

The strong U.S. job market is in a ‘sweet spot,’ economists say

The strong U.S. job market is in a ‘sweet spot,’ economists say

Now Hiring sign in a supermarket window in Queens, New York.  Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The U.S. job market continues to chug ahead without signs of overheating — a good sign for workers and the U.S. economy, according to economists. While the market has cooled from its breakneck pace of the “great … Read more

Here’s where the jobs are for March 2024 — in one chart

Here’s where the jobs are for March 2024 — in one chart

The U.S. labor market surprised economists with its strength once again, adding more than 300,000 jobs in March, with a few key sectors continuing to fuel its growth. Health care and social assistance were the top sector for job gains — a common theme in recent years — adding 81,300 jobs. Government and leisure and … Read more

Job growth zoomed in March as payrolls jumped by 303,000 and unemployment dropped to 3.8%

Job growth zoomed in March as payrolls jumped by 303,000 and unemployment dropped to 3.8%

Job creation in March easily topped expectations in a sign of continued acceleration for what has been a bustling and resilient labor market. Nonfarm payrolls increased 303,000 for the month, well above the Dow Jones estimate for an increase of 200,000 and higher than the downwardly revised 270,000 gain in February, the Labor Department’s Bureau … Read more