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Google ‘rater’ contract workers rally at Mountain View headquarters to demand higher pay

Google ‘rater’ contract workers rally at Mountain View headquarters to demand higher pay

MOUNTAIN VIEW — Dozens of Google workers from across the country rallied at Google headquarters Wednesday to demand higher wages and benefits from Google’s parent company Alphabet. With the backing of the Alphabet Workers Union, a group of Google contract workers known as “raters” made their voices heard on Google’s main campus calling for fair pay and benefits. “I support the largest revenue stream that Google has, and I don’t have healthcare from my employer, and I don’t have the… Source link

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai may take a pay cut, executive bonuses to be cut

Google CEO Sundar Pichai may take a pay cut, executive bonuses to be cut

Google recently announced the largest-ever layoffs in the company’s 25-year history. The company is cutting 12,000 jobs, or roughly 6% of its full-time workforce. Days after the announcement, Google executives including CEO Sundar Pichai defended the job cuts during a companywide town hall. Pichai said that he consulted with the founders and controlling shareholders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, as well as the board of directors about the layoffs. During the address Pichai indicated there… Source link

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U.S. officially hits debt limit, begins ‘extraordinary measures’ to pay bills

U.S. officially hits debt limit, begins ‘extraordinary measures’ to pay bills

The U.S. government hit its borrowing limit Thursday, causing the Treasury to activate “extraordinary measures” to keep paying the government’s bills. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter Thursday morning to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, noting that a “debt issuance suspension period” will begin on Thursday, Jan. 19 and last through Monday, June 5. As part of that, the government will not funnel new investments into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, as well as suspend… Source link

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U.S. officially hits debt limit, begins ‘extraordinary measures’ to pay bills

U.S. officially hits debt limit, begins ‘extraordinary measures’ to pay bills

The U.S. government hit its borrowing limit Thursday, causing the Treasury to activate “extraordinary measures” to keep paying the government’s bills. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent a letter Thursday morning to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, noting that a “debt issuance suspension period” will begin on Thursday, Jan. 19 and last through Monday, June 5. As part of that, the government will not funnel new investments into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, as well as suspend… Source link

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Pay transparency laws usher in baffling pay ranges in job postings

Pay transparency laws usher in baffling pay ranges in job postings

The biggest shortcoming so far of new state salary transparency laws is preposterously wide pay ranges, often covering more than a six-figure span. For instance, the base pay range for a database engineer at Apple in Cupertino, Calif, is listed between $130,000 and $242,000. At Tesla, a business analyst position in Palo Alto, Calif., offers $68,000 to $234,000 — a range of $166,000. Even more mind-blowing, the range for a software engineer at Netflix in Los Gatos, Calif., is typically… Source link

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