Employees of Microsoft China called out colleagues who had formerly worked at Huawei and Alibaba to stop the “996” work schedule, saying that they were disturbing the company’s work culture.Why it matters: The conflict returns to the spotlight the controversial 996 practice, where tech...
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You can be entitled to other legal protections in the workforce, including: based on the role of the employer, the country in which you operate and the occupation.Read the full...
Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. “Your questions are vital to the spread of knowledge that allows people all over the world to rise above borders and pursue their dreams,” says...
Following similar efforts in California over how ride-hailing drivers are classified, Massachusetts is suing Uber and Lyft for treating their drivers as independent contractors. State Attorney General Maura Healey contends that the ride-hailing...
At the beginning of this year, the labour market was strong. The Straits Times reported that over the past 10 years, local employment had grown steadily to 80.8 per cent with low unemployment at 3.1 per cent according to the Ministry of Manpower. Real wages grew by 3.8 per cent over the last five...
By Olena Mazur The COVID-19 pandemic is turning out to be the crucible for many businesses and industries. At the onset of lockdowns across the globe, industries such as tourism, hospitality, and aviation were the most visibly hit, with other sectors feeling the strain. ...
NYC’s Summer Youth Employment Program is the nation’s largest youth employment program, historically connecting NYC’s neediest young adults (between the ages of 14 and 24) with a paid work experience every summer. The COVID-19 pandemic threw a wrench into it this summer and it was canceled....
David Cancel Contributor Share on Twitter David Cancel, a five-time entrepreneur and author of the book "Conversational Marketing," is CEO and founder of Drift. More posts by this contributor 3 key secrets to building extraordinary...
XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling aims to reinvent job training methods. (Bigstock Photo / Rido81)The nonprofit organization known as XPRIZE has been in charge of tech competitions focusing on far-out frontiers such as space travel and computerized avatars, but its latest contest hits closer to home: XPRIZE...
If you’re an iPhone customer you’re probably used to spending the odd dollar here or there for an app or game upgrade, but a new study has revealed that the cumulative total of these odd dollars adds up to the pretty enormous sum of $61 billion....
Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM that also has backing from SoftBank Vision Fund, automaker Honda and T. Rowe Price & Associates, is laying off nearly 8% of its more than 1,800-member workforce today as it tries to reduce costs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The layoffs will affect...
Africa-focused tech talent accelerator Andela has let go 135 employees, CEO Jeremy Johnson confirmed to TechCrunch on a call. Senior staff at the company — with offices in New York and five African countries — will also take salary cuts of 10 to 30%. The compensation and staff reductions are a...
A Boeing 777 jet is assembled at the company’s plant in Everett. (Boeing Photo)Boeing says it’s planning to reduce its workforce by 10% and cut back on production of wide-body jets in response to the coronavirus pandemic’s dramatic effect on the aviation industry. “We will be a smaller...
Mattress company Casper is shutting down its European operations and laying off 78 people as it focuses on “achieving profitability,” according to a statement by the company. The layoff impacts 21% of its corporate workforce globally. In the statement, the company said that it is winding down...
No doubt that the novel Coronavirus has played havoc in the entire world and has pushed the global economy towards recession. South Korea’s business ecosystem has also taken a massive hit with the business activity index plunging significantly in February and March 2020. However, the country has...
Nearly 60% of the over 700,000 jobs lost in the first wave of pandemic layoffs were jobs held by women, according to data from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. But women in search of a new job often have different requirements for employers, compared with their male counterparts. Beyond...
Bytedance is planning to hire a total of 40,000 new workers this year, which will put it on par with Alibaba and a lot bigger than...
David Barrett Contributor Share on Twitter David Barrett is the founder and CEO of Expensify, an expense-management platform with more than eight million users worldwide. As we find ourselves tumbling toward a global financial crisis, every...
While much of the employment news coming out these days is brutal and depressing, Citi is bucking the trend, announcing it plans to offer full-time positions to the majority of its 1,500 people who will serve as summer interns this year. The bank, which has 750 interns in the U.S., says any intern...
Relativity Space’s focus on 3D printing and cloud-based software helps it weather the COVID-19 storm
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Just like in almost every other industry, there’s been a rash of layoffs among newer space startups and companies amid the novel coronavirus crisis. But Relativity Space has managed to avoid layoffs – and is even hiring, despite the global pandemic. Relativity CEO and founder Tim Ellis cites...
Uber recognizes that its drivers are facing major work shortages, as fewer people travel via rideshare during the pandemic. The company is already offering 14 days of financial assistance to drivers diagnosed with COVID-19, and it fought for its...
Modsy, an e-commerce company that creates 3D renderings of customized rooms, has confirmed to TechCrunch that it laid off a number of staff. In addition, several of its executives, including CEO Shanna Tellerman, will take a 25% pay cut. TechCrunch first heard about the layoffs from a source. The...
The spread of COVID-19 across the world has pulled the world economy down to recession and uncertain times. The job market looks grim, with many job cuts and not many new jobs generating. In such testing times, a tech startup headquartered in South Korea – Rezi has come forward to offer its...
Executive departures at Tesla rival Nio are speeding up again, as the EV maker undergoes another round of restructuring in a bid to reach...
Irene DeNigris Contributor Share on Twitter Irene DeNigris, chief people officer of iCIMS, has a passion for cultivating a highly engaged, high-performance culture. When looking for answers, where do people first turn? For many, it’s...
Alipay is looking to attract workers looking for employment to its platform and is offering contactless job fairs that it says so far 60,000 companies have registered for. Why it matters: Alipay is competing with Meituan and WeChat to gain share in China’s lifestyle services market. The Covid-19...
America’s largest companies are not covered under a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Friday that is supposed to support American workers impacted by the spread of the novel coronavirus. The bill still has to be voted on by the Senate and approved before it can be signed into law,...
Bytedance founder Zhang Yiming is taking the helm of the company's overseas businesses, particularly in Europe and the...
Kelly Kinnard Contributor Share on Twitter Kelly Kinnard is the VP of talent at Battery Ventures, a global technology investment firm. She is based in San Francisco. I once showed up for my first day at a new job only to find that my desk...
With a new draft regulations on permanent residency, China is looking to attract foreigners to ramp up core technological development and...