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Sonos employees knew app was botched, execs launched it anyway
Sonos has proven that being beholden to shareholders is the perfect way to tank a company Sep 24, 20244:26 PM EDT 0 comments A new report from Bloomberg details the inner workings of Sonos leading up to the launch of its new app. It details how a decade of tech debt, an internal shakeup and the pressure
Intel to lay off more than 15,000 employees, cut billions in costs
The company plans to cut R&D and marketing spending Aug 2, 20244:27 PM EDT 2 comments Intel announced major changes including a 15 percent reduction in staff as part of an effort to save $10 billion in costs for 2025. Other changes include reducing research and development (R&D) and marketing spend by billions through 2026
Former Employees of Top AI Firms Sign an Open Letter Warning about the Risks of AI
13 people including former employees of top AI firms such as OpenAI and DeepMind have signed an open letter, warning about the risk of AI. They also called out the companies for not being transparent enough and said that they should cultivate a culture that encourages employees to voice out their concerns about AI without
Instacart lays off 250 employees, or 7% of its workforce, to ‘reshape’ company
Grocery-delivery giant Instacart announced today that it’s laying off around 250 employees, or roughly 7% of its global workforce, as part of a restructuring. Instacart CEO Fidji Simo said in a letter to investors that the layoffs will allow the company to streamline how it operates. The company announced the layoffs alongside the release of
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Microsoft employees will keep free access to Xbox Game Pass Ultimate after complaints
Microsoft was planning to remove a free Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit for most of its 238,000 employees in January, but the company is now reversing that decision following employee complaints. The Verge reported yesterday that Microsoft employees had expressed objections about the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate benefit being removed in 2024, with Xbox chief
The Skills Your Employees Need to Work Effectively with AI
Focus on interpersonal skills and domain expertise. November 03, 2023 Jorg Greuel/Getty Images Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print Leaders understand that the future will involve humans working with AI and feel immense pressure to “do something” to implement AI solutions. But how do they actually integrate AI with their workforce
A “70/20/10” learning model can help future-proof your workforce. October 06, 2023 Steve Chenn/Getty Images Tweet Post Share Annotate Save Get PDF Buy Copies Print The future of work will not be determined by technology, but by creating the right mix of education, exposure, and experience needed to develop skills and put them to work
Ex-Twitter employees pull Musk back to money table over missing severance
Lawyers for thousands of ex-Twitter employees who sued for unpaid severance have somehow managed to bring Elon Musk and company back to the negotiating table. A memo from the legal team fighting Musk's X on behalf of former tweeps sent to tell them of the good news was leaked to the press yesterday, telling the
What women employees say about Goldman Sachs’ culture
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Elon Musk told Twitter employees to sleep in the office, and now San Francisco is investigating if he broke the law
The San Francisco Department of Building Inspection (DBI) announced on Friday (May 19) it had opened an investigation into allegations by former Twitter employees that CEO Elon Musk broke the law by turning company office space into bedrooms, according to the Associated Press.Paulina Porizkova on being an Estee Lauder modelThe complaint—filed by six erstwhile Twitter