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An actor in an infamous Peloton advertisement.Peloton Peloton is firing over 2,800 employees — about 20% of its corporate staff. The severance package for those fired employees includes a one-year Peloton membership. CEO John Foley is also stepping down after a challenging quarter and slowing demand for the product. Peloton is firing over 2,800 employees — 20% of its corporate workforce — because of an ongoing downturn in the company’s business. As part of the severance plan for the over… Source link

Content warning: This story contains instances of alleged sexual misconduct. Former Washington Commanders employees detailed multiple new accusations of misconduct within the organization Thursday. Multiple former employees spoke about new allegations of misconduct during an episode of HBO’s “Real Sports” podcast. The podcast episode was released the same day Congress held a roundtable with former members of the team to discuss misconduct within the organization. Allegations discussed on the… Source link

Microsoft (MSFT) shook the tech and gaming industries on Tuesday when it announced its planned purchase of Activision Blizzard (ATVI) for $68.7 billion. The deal, slated to close in 2023, would instantly turn Microsoft into the owner of one of the biggest franchises in the world, “Call of Duty,” and make it a key mobile gaming player. But according to Jefferies analyst Brent Thill, the deal is also a huge win for Activision Blizzard and its employees, who have had to contend with an… Source link

Yahoo Japan is telling its 8,000 employees they can work anywhere in the country — and even be flown into work when the job requires it — bucking the trend of companies looking to return workers to offices in the third year of the coronavirus pandemic. The program takes effect April 1 and allows employees to commute by plane, which wasn’t previously an option, the company said in a statement Wednesday. While Yahoo is best… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Yahoo Japan is telling its 8,000 employees they can work anywhere in the country — and even be flown into work when the job requires it — bucking the trend of companies looking to return workers to offices in the third year of the coronavirus pandemic. Most Read from Bloomberg The program takes effect April 1 and allows employees to commute by plane, which wasn’t previously an option, the company said in a statement Wednesday. While Yahoo is best known for its internet… Source link

Full-time Google employees have access to at-home COVID-19 tests for themselves and their families, but that’s not the case for thousands of company contractors and temporary workers, according to a Google engineer. A Google spokesperson said in an email the company has free, at-home and in-person testing options available to employees as well as temps and vendors. But Ashok Chandwaney, a software engineer at Google and member of the Alphabet Workers Union, said in a statement… Source link

Topline Some Google employees found that their entire first paycheck of the year had been sent to their retirement accounts due to a technical error, according to Bloomberg – what one employee dubbed “paypocalypse 2022” – in the latest high-profile payroll mistake. The Google logo seen next to Grand Canal Dock railway station in Dublin on February 2, 2021. Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images Key Facts In a notice on its internal HR site,… Source link

Google employees who haven’t been vaccinated could be put on forced leave and then let go from the company if they fail to follow its COVID-19 rules, according to an internal memo obtained by CNBC. The policy will reportedly affect employees that would have fallen under the jurisdiction of President Biden’s vaccine mandate, which is currently facing challenges in the Senate and court system. According to the memo, Google gave its employees until December 3rd to upload proof of… Source link

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., gestures while speaking during a discussion on artificial intelligence at the Bruegel European economic think tank in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020. Pichai urged the U.S. and European Union to coordinate regulatory approaches on artificial intelligence, calling their alignment critical. Geert Vanden Wijngaert | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google has told its employees that they will lose pay — and will eventually be fired… Source link

Google parent company Alphabet announced its fifth quarter in a row of record profits ($18.9 billion) and second straight quarter of record revenue ($65.1 billion) in October, but a company executive told employees that Google wouldn’t automatically adjust their salaries to account for inflation. According to CNBC, Google’s VP of compensation Frank Wagner told employees at a company all-hands meeting on December 7th that Google doesn’t “have any plans to do any type of… Source link