Apple’s largest iPhone factory, in the city of Zhengzhou, has been beset with production problems caused first by a Covid lockdown and then a shortage of workers. Now, that plant […]
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Back to news homeResignations Roil Twitter as Elon Musk Tries Persuading Some Workers to Stay
Hours before a Thursday deadline that Elon Musk had given Twitter employees to decide whether to stay or leave their jobs, the social media company appeared to be in disarray.Mr. […]
SpaceX Employees Say They Were Fired for Speaking Up About Elon Musk
Managers also appeared supportive. Mr. Edwards, the vice president, said in a meeting after the letter came out that two of its three proposals were “great ideas,” according to minutes […]
Meet Your New Corporate Office Mate: A ‘Brainless’ Robot
As part of its research, Naver has also published studies in the field of human-robot interaction. After a series of experiments, for example, Naver concluded that the optimal spot for […]
FTX’s In-House Performance Coach Is Just as Surprised as You Are
Over the past week, Dr. Lerner has had a front-row seat to the implosion of Mr. Bankman-Fried’s empire. First, the dramatic collapse of FTX, which followed what was the equivalent […]
Amazon Is Said to Plan to Lay Off Approximately 10,000 Employees
The company has told Wall Street that it has tightened its belt in the past and can do so again. Last week, Amazon executives met with institutional investors, according to […]
Musk Paints Bleak Picture, Ends Remote Work, in Email to Twitter Employees
SAN FRANCISCO — Two weeks after closing a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, Elon Musk sent emails to the employees of the social media company late on Wednesday, his […]
Tech’s Talent Wars Have Come Back to Bite It
When Stripe, a payments start-up valued at $74 billion, laid off more than 1,000 employees this month, its co-founders blamed themselves. “We overhired for the world we’re in,” they wrote. […]
Meta Lays Off More Than 11,000 Employees
“This will add up to a meaningful cultural shift in how we operate,” he said. The company will focus on a smaller number of “high priority” areas, he said, including […]
CUNY Graduates With Tech Degrees Struggle to Land Tech Jobs
The technology industry has been a leading engine of growth for good-paying jobs in New York City over the past decade. That trend continued through the pandemic, but a new […]