Valeriya Ryabchikova, a junior software developer with Yandex’s e-commerce platform Yandex.Market, has won the 44thInternational Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) in Moscow as part of a team of three representing Nizhny Novgorod University. The silver medal was taken by a three-member team that included another Yandex employee, Aleksander Kernozhitsky, a student at Belarusian State University. At Yandex, Aleksander is working on distributed… Source link
Read More »Target to spend $75 million on hiring fewer holiday workers, offering current employees more hours
Target (TGT) has devised a novel way to partially get around the looming (and likely severe) retail worker shortage for this year’s all-important holiday shopping season. Invest even more in the retailer’s current workforce. Target said Thursday it will hire fewer workers this holiday season. But, it will provide 5 million more hours to its existing workforce at a total cost of $75 million. The company said it would have store leaders “check in” with existing workers to understand their… Source link
Read More »Employees paying to be unvaccinated is ‘very much like smoking surcharges,’ expert explains
Amid widespread vaccine rollout and the recent full FDA authorization of the Pfizer (PFE) COVID-19 vaccine, many employers are now debating whether to mandate vaccinations among their employees and whether to financially deter unvaccinated individuals. Delta Air Lines (DAL), for example, recently announced that it will begin implementing a $200 monthly surcharge for all unvaccinated employees beginning Nov. 1. “The average hospital stay for COVID-19 has cost Delta $50,000 per person,” CEO Ed… Source link
Read More »Pay cut: Google employees who work from home could lose money
NEW YORK, Aug 10 (Reuters) – Google employees based in the same office before the pandemic could see different changes in pay if they switch to working from home permanently, with long commuters hit harder, according to a company pay calculator seen by Reuters. It is an experiment taking place across Silicon Valley, which often sets trends for other large employers. Facebook (FB.O) and Twitter (TWTR.N) also cut pay for remote employees who move to less expensive areas, while smaller companies… Source link
Read More »Google and Facebook will require vaccinations for employees returning to the office
In an email to staff, Google (GOOGL) CEO Sundar Pichai said the policy would roll out in the United States in the coming weeks, and in other regions in the following months as vaccines become more widely available. It’s not clear how Google plans to enforce the policy. “Getting vaccinated is one of the most important ways to keep ourselves and our communities healthy in the months ahead,” Pichai said. Later Wednesday, Facebook (FB) Vice President of People Lori Goler said that any employees… Source link
Read More »Google And Facebook Mandate Vaccines For Employees At U.S. Offices : NPR
Google said Wednesday it would require its U.S. employees to be vaccinated before coming to work. Facebook followed suit shortly afterward with a similar announcement. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption toggle caption Marcio… Source link
Read More »Google separates with Cloud VP after employees complain about manifesto
Google Cloud headquarters sits in Sunnyvale, California. Google Cloud Google has parted ways with its VP of developer relations for Google Cloud after a contentious all-hands meeting. “I wanted to share that today is Amr Awadallah’s last day at Google,” wrote Vice President of Engineering & Product for Google Cloud Eyal Manor in an email to staff Thursday evening and viewed by CNBC. “Effective immediately, the Cloud DevRel organization will report into Ben Jackson, who will report into Pali… Source link
Read More »Google sticks with plan to bring most employees back to office | Business and Economy News
Google software engineers reported something in a recent survey that surprised higher-ups: they felt as productive working from home as they did before the pandemic. Internal research at the Alphabet Inc. unit also showed that employees want more “collaboration and social connections” at work, according to Brian Welle, a human resources vice president. Welle declined to provide exact figures but said “more than 75%” of surveyed employees answered this way. Most staff also… Source link
Read More »Google employees angered by search giant’s ‘hypocritical’ remote work policies
Senior executive Urs Hölzle told employees last week he’ll be working from New Zealand. Stephen Shankland/CNET … Source link
Read More »Why one LA business wants employees to mask ‘indefinitely’ as Delta variant rises
In Los Angeles, county health officials are now “strongly” recommending that everyone, regardless of vaccination status, wear masks indoors to prevent the spread of the . The county suggests people use them in large group settings like grocery or retail stores, theaters and other places when people’s vaccination status is unknown. Because verification is difficult, some places continue to require their frontline employees to wear masks — such as With Love Market and Cafe, where… Source link
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