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Tech Workers Ask: “Are We the Baddies?”
An increasing number of tech workers, at a wide range of companies, are deeply worried at how their employers have exacerbated inequality, extremism, and polarization across the planet. “There is that feeling of ‘oh no, […]
Zoom in a Post-Pandemic World
The pandemic was great for Zoom. What happens when there’s a vaccine? Zoom started trading on the stock market in April 2019. At the time, it was known for being a rarity: a newly public […]
Is Remote Working Here to Stay?
Given the forced nature of remote work during the pandemic, questions remain about whether it will last as a work arrangement. While surveys generally show that executives plan to allow employees to continue working from […]
How a Minimum Salary of $70,000 Enabled Gravity to Endure
To understand the corporate culture that enabled Gravity Payments to survive the pandemic, one has to go back five-and-a-half years. Back in 2015, Price was a successful CEO who earned a seven-figure sum. One day, […]
Workcations: 2020’s latest Remote Working Trend
Just because you’re working from home, doesn’t mean you have to stay home. Going on workcation is the latest remote working trend, so if you’re feeling inspired to start planning your own trip for next […]
The Research that Forced Timnit Gebru out of Google
The company’s star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google’s business. Many details of the exact sequence of events that led up to Gebru’s departure are not yet […]
How Working from Home will Change its Design
One hundred and fifty years ago, if you didn’t live on top of the store then you likely worked in your home. Writer and architect Eleanor Jolliffe discussed this recently in an essay, “The Power […]
AI Can Run Your Work Meetings Now
A new wave of startups is trying to optimize meetings, from automated scheduling tools to facial recognition that measures who’s paying attention. Recently, a new wave of startups has emerged to optimize meetings with, what […]