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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 09: Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a panel at the CEO Summit of the Americas hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on June 09, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. The CEO Summit entered its second day of events with a formal signing for the “International Coalition to Connect Marine Protected Areas” and a speech from U.S. President Joe Biden. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet will… Source link

Google has told employees that it’ll be “slowing down the pace of hiring for the rest of the year,” according to an internal memo Tuesday by CEO Sundar Pichai obtained by The Verge. Pichai says the company will have to “be more entrepreneurial” and work with “greater urgency, sharper focus, and more hunger than we’ve shown on sunnier days.” You can read the full memo below. According to the memo, the company isn’t freezing hiring entirely; it’ll still hire for… Source link

Throughout the Washington Commanders’ workplace harassment scandal, team owner Dan Snyder has played the part of the out-of-office billionaire, shocked to discover the team he has owned since 1999 allegedly had such horrible issues, when he wasn’t questioning the veracity of said issues. Specifically, he claimed to be “unaware” of the allegations until they were reported by The Washington Post and lamented being “too hands-off as an owner” in a statement released soon after the scandal… Source link

BlackRock (BLK), the world’s largest asset manager, is set to expand its health care plan to cover travel expenses for U.S. employees seeking abortion services, per an internal memo obtained exclusively by Yahoo Finance. The company joins a growing docket of firms on Wall Street making similar commitments following Friday’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. “Through company-sponsored health insurance, we have long provided reproductive health care services, including coverage… Source link

Hi everyone, This morning the US Supreme Court issued a ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization that rolls back Roe v. Wade. This is a profound change for the country that deeply effects so many of us, especially women. Everyone will respond in their own way, whether that’s wanting space and time to process, speaking up, volunteering outside of work, not wanting to discuss it at all , or something else entirely. Please be mindful of what your co-worker many be feeling… Source link

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, Google’s chief people officer Fiona Cicconi sent a staff-wide email to employees on Friday informing them of Google’s response to the ruling. Among other things, the email states that Googlers that they can “apply for relocation without justification,” and that people in charge of the relocation process “will be aware of the situation” in assessing their requests. The Supreme Court’s ruling does… Source link

Tesla CEO Elon Musk.Maja Hitij/Getty Images Two former Tesla employees have filed a lawsuit against Tesla, claiming its mass layoffs violated federal law. In early June, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla needed to cut 10% of its staff, per Reuters. The two former employees are looking to claim 60 days’ worth of pay and benefits. In a lawsuit filed Sunday, two former Tesla employees claim the electric carmaker violated federal law by laying off hundreds of employees on short notice. On June 2, Tesla CEO… Source link

Elon Musk attends the 2022 Costume Institute Benefit celebrating In America: An Anthology of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City.Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images Elon Musk has taken a strong stance on office work, requiring it from his Tesla employees. Musk might soon own Twitter and had a town hall with employees Thursday. Pushing back on the company’s current hybrid structure, he said people should be in the office. Elon Musk prefers employees in… Source link

Jesse Powell is the founder and CEO of crypto exchange Kraken.Kraken Kraken’s CEO is offering four months’ pay for employees who don’t agree with his values to leave. The program is dubbed “Jet Ski,” and employees have until June 20 to take part, the New York Times reported. “We want it to feel like you are hopping on a jet ski and heading happily to your next adventure!” read a memo about the project. Kraken, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, will pay employees four months’… Source link

Bloomberg.com reports that the case is Ellis v. Google LLC, Google having to pay out $118 million settlement to over 15,000 female employees for gender discrimination. The settlement was reached immediately upon conclusion of the case and involves women across 236 job titles. Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP, with Altshuler Berzon LLP, announced the deal on Friday. Third party experts and labor economists will examine Google’s hiring process, and the company’s pay equity… Source link