Executives are more concerned about employee productivity than about getting them back to the office, according to new research from Atlassian. In September, the Australian software company asked 100 Fortune 500 and 100 Fortune 1000 executives what their biggest organizational challenge is, and nearly half (43%) said low productivity. Only a third of executives with … Read more
A worker delivers Amazon packages in San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon is laying off some employees in its Buy with Prime unit, the company confirmed, as it continues to look for ways to trim costs. The cuts affect fewer than 5% of staff in the Buy with … Read more
A networking and hiring event for professionals of color in Minneapolis, MN. Michael Siluk | Getty Images The labor market continued to show surprising resiliency in the early days of 2024, with initial jobless claims posting an unexpected drop last week. Initial filings for unemployment insurance totaled 187,000 for the week ended Jan. 13, the … Read more
Amir Yaron, governor of the Bank of Israel, speaks during an interest rates news conference in Jerusalem, Israel, on Monday, Nov. 27, 2023. Kobi Wolf | Bloomberg | Getty Images The immediate ban on nearly all Palestinian workers to enter Israel following the Hamas-led terror attack of Oct. 7 has dealt a shock to the … Read more
Anyone can ask ChatGPT to answer a question or perform a task. But the popular chatbot is particularly useful for workers in three specific industries, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. “Coding is probably the single area from a productivity gain we’re most excited about today. It’s massively deployed and at scaled usage, at this … Read more
Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, at the New York Stock Exchange, Nov. 17, 2022. Source: NYSE DETROIT — Monday marks 10 years of Mary Barra’s tenure as CEO of General Motors, ushering in a crucial year for the Detroit automaker and for her legacy. Over the past decade, Barra has been a dynamic executive, … Read more
The most sought-after remote job companies are hiring for isn’t in tech, as you might expect. Accountant is the hottest work-from-home job on the market right now. Accountants claimed the top spot in FlexJobs’ annual ranking of the top remote jobs in the U.S., thanks to increasing demand for these skilled professionals across several industries, … Read more
An Android character is displayed at Google headquarters on December 19, 2023 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images After a year defined by mass layoffs among Silicon Valley giants, technology workers are trading the prospect of high-growth equity and household-name employment for something more stable. According to 2023 data from tech interviewing … Read more
It’s not hard to see why people find the concept of FIRE — short for financial independence, retire early — alluring. Adherents to the movement aim to stash away as large a portion of their income as possible in investment accounts. The more aggressively they save, the sooner they can reach their so-called FIRE number, … Read more
In the years-long debate over remote work, upper-level executives have often been the loudest — and staunchest — advocates for returning to the office. But many bosses want to work from home as much as, if not more than, their employees do, according to a new survey of 3,000 American workers and managers from software … Read more
