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Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the company’s Cyber Rodeo event in Austin, Texas.SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP Elon Musk tweeted that the “total headcount would increase” at Tesla and salaried staff would stay “fairly flat.” Musk’s comments came after the Tesla CEO sent an email to staff saying he would cut 10% of salaried jobs. Tesla employed nearly 100,000 staff at the end of 2021. After sending an email about job cuts for salaried staff, Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemed to retract his statements in a tweet reply… Source link

Placeholder while article actions load The rising Hindu nationalist movement that has spread from India through the diaspora has arrived inside Google, according to employees. In April, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, the founder and executive director of Equality Labs — a nonprofit that advocates for Dalits, or members of the lowest-ranked caste — was scheduled to give a talk to Google News employees for Dalit History Month. But Google employees began spreading disinformation, calling her… Source link

Salesforce co-founder and co-CEO Marc Benioff.NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images Salesforce employees signed an open letter urging company leadership to drop the NRA as a customer. It’s “unconscionable” that the NRA can use their software for marketing and fundraising, the employees said. Marc Benioff, the co-CEO of Salesforce, has previously voiced support for gun control. More than 4,000 Salesforce employees have urged their company’s leadership to drop the National Rifle Association (NRA) as… Source link

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Employees at the bank say suspicion and fear are swirling over the firm’s data-collection efforts.KENA BETANCUR/Getty Images JPMorgan has developed a powerful data-collection tool to monitor its employees’ activities. Employees at America’s largest bank fear what the data collection could mean for their jobs. One staffer described a workplace where terms like “Big Brother” and “1984” have become commonplace. At JPMorgan Chase, employees say watchful eyes are… Source link

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong.Patrick T. Fallon / Getty Images Coinbase is experimenting with having employees rate each other, The Information reported Monday. Staff are reportedly asked to evaluate one another after meetings and other interactions based on how well they model 10 core values. Employees can give their colleagues a thumbs up, thumbs down, or neutral review, the report says. Coinbase is reportedly asking employees to rate each other after interactions as part of an app-based pilot… Source link

Patrick Pleul/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Netflix’s company culture guidelines say staff should be able to work on content they find harmful. In response to a tweet about the guidelines, Elon Musk said it was a “good move” by Netflix. Musk last month said of Netflix: “The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable.” Elon Musk praised Netflix for its new company culture guidelines that say it might not be the best place for employees who cannot work on content they disagree with or find… Source link

Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky.Kimberly White/Getty Images Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky recently announced the company will let employees work remotely forever without losing pay. In an interview for Time’s The Leadership Brief, he said “the office as we know it, is over.” He also explained why he thinks the three-day in-office hybrid model is flawed. For Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, working at the office is now a relic of the past. In an interview for Time’s The Leadership Brief published Sunday,… Source link

Over the past two years, Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, has faced increased pushback from employees, most recently at an employee meeting in March. Employees there complained that the company is falling behind on issues like compensation and how the company reviews performance. Before that, Google eliminated its iconic town-hall meetings in response to a rise in employee activism. Pichai himself faced criticism over his leadership style, with some employees complaining that he takes too long to… Source link

Airbnb employees can choose to work from anywhere forever.Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images Airbnb announced last week that staff can choose to work where they are the “most productive.” Staff will not suffer a pay cut if they work anywhere within their home country, the company added. The company said its careers page was viewed more than 800,000 times after the announcement. A deluge of jobseekers hit Airbnb’s careers page after the company announced last Thursday that employees could live and… Source link

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Google hires Lizzo to perform for return-to-office “celebration” among thousands of employees Emma Wong @_emwong_ For years, Google lured people to its sprawling Silicon Valley campus with the promise of amazing perks, like gourmet meals from top chefs and massages. Now, there’s Lizzo. Earlier this month, as Google officially started bringing employees back to the office following more than two years of pandemic-induced remote work, the company used the large… Source link