AI Already Impacting Labor Market, Starting With Young Tech Workers
From today’s CNBC News: Changes to the American labor market brought on by the arrival of generative AI are already showing up in employment data, according to a Goldman Sachs…
So Long to Tech’s Dream Job
From today’s New York Times: When Rachel Grey started working at Google as a software engineer in 2007, it was a good time to be a Noogler, or what the…
After Organizing Union Drive, Grindr Employees Given 2 Weeks To Report In Office or Lose Jobs
From today’s Yahoo News: Management at the popular LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr is asking workers to return to the office or lose their jobs, prompting outrage from employees who say…
‘Crunch’ Time, Low Pay Fueling Union Drive for Video Game Workers
From today’s LA Times: For months, Andrés Vásquez’s days working on the first-person shooter game “Doom” blended into one another. A quality assurance tester for id Software in Texas, he…
Video Game Workers Get a Union Foothold at Microsoft
From today’s New York Times: Organized labor claimed one of its biggest victories at a U.S. tech company on Tuesday, gaining a foothold among about 300 employees at a video…
Will Remote Work Make It Easier To Outsource White-Collar Jobs?
From today’s Washington Post: When offshoring methodically disemboweled the Rust Belt, white-collar Americans thrived, free to enjoy the spoils of globalization safe in the knowledge that their jobs could not…
The Office Monsters Who Are Trying to Claw Their Way Back to 2019
From today’s New York Times: As long as work has existed, employers have tried to size up their employees’ commitment to their jobs. Are you on the fast track? The…
The Original Hybrid Workers Can Teach Remote Employees How to Do It Right
From today’s The Wire: ON JULY 17, 1963, Jack Nilles sat for hours in the corridors of the Pentagon, drinking cup after cup of sludgy coffee as he waited for…
Right to Disconnect and Less Task Monitoring Key to Better Remote Work
From today’s Computer Weekly: Enterprises and governments should place clear limits on invasive workplace surveillance and support workers’ “right to disconnect” to reduce the negative physical and mental health impacts…
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“An NDA Was Designed to Keep Me Quiet” – How Pinterest Undermines Equity in the Workplace
From today’s New York Times: Last March, I sat in a lawyer’s conference room and watched as my corporate account at Pinterest was suddenly shut off. For almost two years,…