Tag Archives: Office

Google employees frustrated after office Covid outbreaks

Google employees frustrated after office Covid outbreaks

Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Google employees are receiving regular notifications from management of Covid-19 infections, causing some to question the company’s return-to-office mandates. The employees, who spoke with CNBC on the condition of anonymity, said since they have been asked to return to offices, infections notifications pop up in their email inboxes regularly. Employees are reacting with frustration and memes. The company began requiring most employees to return to physical… Source link

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China box office ‘close to turning point,’ emphasizes ‘the movies are back’

China box office ‘close to turning point,’ emphasizes ‘the movies are back’

On the heels of IMAX’s (IMAX) strong second quarter earnings report, CEO Richard Gelfond is more than confident that the movies are back in business. “It’s not just that the movies are back — they’re back for different age groups,” Gelfond told Yahoo Finance Live in a new interview, referencing the wide variety of available content. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jurassic World: Dominion” helped lift overall box office performance in the second… Source link

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8 hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak at Google’s NYC office building

8 hospitalized after carbon monoxide leak at Google’s NYC office building

Eight people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak at a Manhattan office building that includes Google offices, officials said. FDNY responded to reports of elevated carbon monoxide readings on the upper floors of the commercial building at 85 10th Ave. in Chelsea around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Eight patients were transported to area hospitals in unknown conditions. At least five patients showed symptoms for carbon monoxide poisoning, sources said. Eight people… Source link

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White House cyber office taps Google exec

White House cyber office taps Google exec

The White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director has named Google executive Camille Stewart Gloster as a deputy national cyber director focused on workforce programs and supply chain security issues, according to an administration official familiar with the hire. The big picture: Stewart Gloster’s hire comes as the one-year-old National Cyber Director’s office continues to fill out its roughly 50-person staff. In May, CNN reported that the office had hired a former Microsoft… Source link

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LendLease, Google Create System That Will Know When You’re in the Office

LendLease, Google Create System That Will Know When You’re in the Office

If you need a high-tech system to determine how efficiently office space is being used—a system that can scan an employee’s desktop calendar as well as cameras in the elevators and sensors elsewhere in a building that track people’s movements—Lendlease Digital and Google Cloud have partnered to create such an offering.  Lendlease Digital, a unit of Sydney, Australia-based global real estate company Lendlease, is leveraging Google Cloud to create Podium Property Insights (PPI), a… Source link

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Most Gen Zers ‘would not work five days a week in an office’

Most Gen Zers ‘would not work five days a week in an office’

Gen Z workers entering the labor market are pushing to transform the idea of what a typical office job looks like. According to the Center for Generational Kinetic’s (CGK) Annual State of Gen Z study, starting salary is the most important job factor for Gen Z workers — defined as those who fall between the ages of 16 and 26 — followed by schedule flexibility. “We found that 44% of Gen Z said they had to work five days a week if they really wanted to get promoted,” Jason Dorsey, a Gen… Source link

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Chevron to relocate head office within California, sell existing HQ

Chevron to relocate head office within California, sell existing HQ

(Reuters) -Chevron Corp is planning to relocate its global headquarters to a new leased space in California and sell its existing head office in the state, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Friday. “The current real estate market provides the opportunity to right-size our office space to meet the requirements of our headquarters-based employee population,” the company said in an email. Chevron is expected to shift its headquarters to the new site during the third quarter of 2023. The U.S… Source link

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Has Google’s SEO Office Hours Lost Its Spark?

Has Google’s SEO Office Hours Lost Its Spark?

Google’s John Mueller answered a question about what strategy to use to make specific pages show as sitelinks in Google’s search results. Mueller provided an answer that noticeably matched what’s in the official Google Search Central documentation for sitelinks, although he added a little more nuance than what’s in the official documentation. Nevertheless, Google’s new tightly controlled SEO Office Hours format is starting to show some limitations. How to Make Pages Appear as a… Source link

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Google outlines infrastructure investment in Brazil, announces new office

Google outlines infrastructure investment in Brazil, announces new office

SAO PAULO, June 14 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google Cloud announced on Tuesday it has invested 1.6 billion reais ($312.65 million) in technical infrastructure since 2017 in Brazil, as well as the opening of a new office and engineering center in the country. Google Cloud investments have been aimed at “helping the company’s customers diversify their service portfolios, extend their digital capabilities, and drive new business,” the company said at the Google for Brazil event in Sao… Source link

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