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Laid-off Google engineer says he was in ‘a state of shock’ after being locked out of work emails at 3 a.m.

Laid-off Google engineer says he was in ‘a state of shock’ after being locked out of work emails at 3 a.m.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced mass layoffs on Friday.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images A Google engineer said he was shocked to find out he was laid off at 3 a.m. on Friday. Chris McDonald told Insider he was locked out of work accounts 20 minutes after reading the notice. He hoped Google’s layoffs were a “wake-up call” to other tech workers who were still in their jobs. A Google engineer who was recently laid off said he was locked out of the company’s online system 20 minutes after finding out… Source link

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Citi CEO details how the bank handles productivity amid hybrid work

Citi CEO details how the bank handles productivity amid hybrid work

DAVOS, Switzerland — Citi employees working remotely better be cranking on those spreadsheets, because CEO Jane Fraser is assessing the productivity data she is being provided. “You can see how productive someone is or isn’t, and if they’re not being productive, we bring them back to the office, or back to the site, and we give them the coaching they need until they bring the productivity back up again,” Fraser reportedly said at a Bloomberg event this week at the World Economic Forum…. Source link

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Gervonta Davis, Ryan Garcia fight looks like a reality though it’s boxing and there’s always work to do

Gervonta Davis, Ryan Garcia fight looks like a reality though it’s boxing and there’s always work to do

Barring any unexpected late snags, Ryan Garcia (above with trainer Joe Goossen), will fight Gervonta Davis on April 15 in Las Vegas. (Photo by Tom Hogan/Golden Boy Promotions via Getty Images) On Nov. 17, both Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia took to social media to announce that they’d agreed to fight each other in what all in the sport agree will be a mega-fight at super lightweight if it goes forward. Davis went so far on Twitter to say the fight was “signed sealed delivered…done.” But… Source link

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Google, Bain & Company make Glassdoor Best Places to Work since 2009

Google, Bain & Company make Glassdoor Best Places to Work since 2009

For the last 15 years, Glassdoor has recognized the best places to work in the U.S. and four other countries with its annual Employees’ Choice Awards. And since the awards began in 2009, only two companies have made the cut every year: Bain & Company and Google. This year, Bain & Company ranked third on the Best Places to Work list, behind Gainsight and Box. The management consulting firm also ranked 3rd in 2022 after snagging the no. 1 spot in 2021. Google ranked eighth on this year’s list,… Source link

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Best US company to work for revealed, and it’s not Apple or Google | See list

Best US company to work for revealed, and it’s not Apple or Google | See list

Glassdoor, an American website on which current and former employees anonymously review companies, has published its annual ‘100 Best Places to Work’ list, for 2023. The list, for which ratings were determined based on reviews from the annual eligibility period, was topped by neither Apple nor Google, but by Gainsight, a San Francisco-based software firm established in 2009. “The list features winning employers across a range of industries, including technology, pharmaceuticals,… Source link

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Google Meet Adds a Bunch of Silly Filters for Work Folks

Google Meet Adds a Bunch of Silly Filters for Work Folks

Filters in video calls are always a fun time when kids get ahold of a phone or computer and act like the children they are. When it’s your coworker, I’m not sure the same level of joy can be found because you know the guy that’s about to put one on. He’s not funny. He thinks he is, but he is most often…not. You are already calling into a meeting you’d rather not and Jeff wants to become a dolphin. I bring this up because Google Meet is getting all the filters as a way to… Source link

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