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☆ 'I don't want to work with these clowns.' Inside the culture war that Elon Musk has unleashed at Twitter.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

With a project, you could see who initiated the work, who was the assignee, who was in the chain of command. They wanted to make Twitter a place to exchange ideas and observations that were funny, factual and engaging. Whenever I'm on Twitter, I always find something that makes me laugh, or learn something. It feels like that's what's happening. What's even more frightening is that I don't see any viable alternatives to Twitter right now.

☆ How NYC's pay transparency law could help millions across the U.S. earn more money
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

A new pay transparency law is now in effect in New York City, and it's set to help millions of workers across the U.S. earn more money. It could also make sense for companies to publicize pay ranges on all jobs if they plan to allow any work to be done remotely. The law's start date was delayed from the spring after fierce opposition from New York City business groups. Starting January 2023, states including California, Rhode Island and Washington will require companies to list salary ranges in job ads. jobs.citi.comThe problem with basing salary ranges for a current listing on what people previously made is that it could be outdated.

☆ Initiative 82: Washington, DC could get rid of system that pays tipped workers less
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Question 2 would raise the minimum wage for tipped employees to $15.20 by 2027. Ballot measure detailsInitiative 82 would raise the minimum wage from $5.05 for tipped workers incrementally over the next 6 years until it is equal to the regular minimum wage in Washington, DC. This means that if minimum wage stayed the same in DC, wages for tipped workers would reach $15.20 by 2027. Supporters argue that the measure would get rid of the tip credit system that allows employers to pay restaurant workers and bartenders below minimum wage. In 2018, 55% of voters in DC passed Initiative 77, which got rid of the tip credit system and sought to raise the minimum wage for tipped workers.

☆ Kanye West paid a settlement to a former employee who claimed the rapper praised Hitler, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Kanye West settled with a former employee who accused him of antisemitic remarks, NBC said, citing documents. Those people claimed that West has a history of praising Hitler. In the settlement, West denied the employee's claims, NBC said. Representatives for West could not immediately be reached by Insider for comment; his representatives didn't respond to NBC News. Another employee, who remained anonymous, claimed to NBC News that West said Hitler "had some good qualities" and "wasn't all bad," the report said.

☆ 'The more transparency, the better': How NYC job seekers say visible pay ranges will help them
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

CNBC Make It wants to hear from workers in New York City who will be impacted by the city's new salary transparency law. Once salary numbers are out, job seekers say public ranges will help them focus on applying to jobs that actually pay what they want — saving them time and anguish of finding out during interviews that the pay is too low. Job seekers say employer fears of losing applicants are overblownMany businesses that oppose the new law say that if they're required to list their pay ranges, competitors can outbid them and scoop up talent, especially in today's tight market. Job seekers say those concerns are overblown. Businesses should be more concerned about how not being transparent could put them on the outs with job seekers, she says.

☆ Salary ranges are coming to NYC job ads on Nov. 1—here's what to know
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Experts say legislation that promotes salary transparency from the employer's side is key to closing racial and gender wage gaps. What the law requiresThe law specifically states that beginning Nov. 1, "employers advertising jobs in New York City must include a good faith salary range for every job, promotion, and transfer opportunity advertised." It covers job ads calling for full- or part-time employees, interns, domestic workers, independent contractors or any other category of worker protected by the New York City Human Rights Law. What to expect on Nov. 1Some major companies began including their pay ranges on job ads prior to the Nov. 1 deadline. If a company isn't complying with the law, job seekers and workers can file complaints or leave an anonymous tip with the city's Commission on Human Rights, which may initiate an investigation.

☆ Employees took advantage of the Great Resignation. Now employers are about to take revenge.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Jake Rosenfeld | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

The 2008 financial crisis spared no one — income gains halted for nearly everybody as the economy plunged into the worst recession in almost a century. A tight labor market is good for workersThe main culprit behind these gains in worker power has been the tight labor market. A tight labor market also means companies have to offer higher wages to attract new employees or get people to switch jobs. And the iconic coffee maker isn't the only big-name corporation to raise pay in the face of rising worker unrest. So without a contract to lock in economic gains, workers may have won a series of battles, but they risk losing the long-term war.

☆ This weekly routine builds stronger relationships at work, says GoodRx CEO: 'It makes up for lost time during the pandemic'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Annika Kim Constantino | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

It's a mutually beneficial way for Hirsch and his employees to build closer relationships with each other and uncover "some incredible new ideas" for the billion-dollar company, Hirsch tells CNBC Make It. I now have all these friends out there that actually want to work here, work together and get our job done," he adds. His only conversational rule on those walks: It "can never start with work," he says. The "work" portion only comes when Marsh decides to "softball ideas" with Hirsch for what her research team can do next. The walks allow him and his employees to get closer without undermining their workplace respect for each other, he adds.

☆ IBM salaries revealed: Engineers can earn nearly $200K. See how much analysts, managers, and others at the tech giant make.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

IBM is among the oldest and largest computer companies in the world and has more than 350,000 employees. These offers must be equal to what US employees earn making them a great guide to employee salaries at the company. When Insider analyzed IBM salary data in 2021, the highest offer was to an engineering program director, earning $335,000. A technical team lead, for instance, earned $57,500 in Monroe, LA, and as much as $114,500 in Parsippany, NJ. Insider has also compiled a database of salaries across other big tech companies like Google, Apple, Tesla, Amazon, and more.

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☆ US workers are stressed, anxious, and disengaged. Here are 3 simple strategies managers can use to help them.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Managers can use a number of research-backed interventions to foster employee happiness. Note to managers: Happiness drives business results. A study published in early 2022 found that employees with high measures of self-reported happiness upon starting their jobs performed better than those with lower measures of happiness. Cultivate happinessWhen it comes to boosting an employee's emotional well-being, there is only so much a boss can do. Lester and his co-researchers have recommended managers lead team exercises geared toward improving employee well-being.

☆ LoveShackFancy built a pretty, skinny, rich-girl dreamworld. The fantasy was impossible to live up to.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +34 min

Suddenly, in the midst of discussing what Cohen should wear to the next LoveShackFancy store opening, there was the sound of glass clanging. (Another person confirmed hearing this exchange, though the person close to the company said multiple Zoom attendees did not recall it.) The person close to the company said, "It is not uncommon for trips to have dual purposes — they always generate content." Another time, during a visit to the Palm Beach store, Cohen freaked out after seeing staffers in sweatshirts and sneakers. "As with most contemporary fashion brands, we currently do not operate in the plus-size business," the person close to LoveShackFancy said.

☆ Goldman, banker agree settlement terms over London dismissal lawsuit
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Kirstin Ridley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs and a banker are drawing a line under a London lawsuit over the former employee's dismissal last year with no financial value attached to whistleblowing claims, both parties have confirmed. A lawyer for Thomas Doyle, the bank's former EMEA head of synthetic swap sales, on Saturday confirmed that settlement terms had been reached over ordinary unfair dismissal claims. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThe bank countered that Doyle had made no real protected disclosures and was trying to circumvent a statutory cap of roughly 90,000 pounds for unfair dismissal by also bringing an uncapped whistleblowing claim. A spokesman for Goldman has said the parties had reached an agreement in principle. ($1 = 0.8848 pounds)Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kirstin Ridley; Editing by Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ A Facebook contractor describes what it's like working on the company's customer service front lines
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In a conversation with Insider, a Meta customer service agent working for third-party firm described what it's like to work with customers, from torrents of abuse to insomnia from the stress. Each day, she fields around 20 cases a day from organizations, businesses, celebrities, and creators who depend on Facebook and Instagram for their livelihoods. More than 200 Gopuff customer service workers were let go last week. On a podcast, Glenn Howerton said he was locked out of his Tesla when his key fob broke, and that he had a difficult time reaching customer service, saying that Tesla "lost a customer." Acquired a decade ago for $22 billion, WhatsApp has yet to become a big business for Facebook.

☆ Consultants peddling job advice have created a 'workplace industrial complex' that's making them rich — and your job more miserable
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Ed Zitron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

It can be head-spinning to keep up with the sudden trends taking hold in the workplace: Workers are "quiet quitting." Old problems, new namesThe perfect example of the workplace-industrial complex in action is the recent freakout over "quiet quitting." And that's how companies end up hiring consultants who charge $10,000 to $15,000 a day to "help with quiet quitting." But in reality, the workplace-industrial complex exists as a self-propelling public-relations engine for the worst impulses of the management set. Simple answers, difficult solutionsWhat's both confusing and annoying about the state of the workplace-industrial complex is that it's helpful to no one.

☆ How the warehouse boom devoured America's workforce
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

It all happened so fast, we never got a chance to ask the most fundamental question: Is the sudden and dramatic shift to warehouse work a good thing? Has the explosion in warehouse jobs, taken as a whole, left us better off than before? As my colleague Katherine Long outlines in her story about musculoskeletal disorders, warehouse work is dangerous. "Warehouse workers," he says, "are the assembly-line workers of contemporary capitalism." That experience has given him hope that warehouse jobs, like their assembly-line predecessors, could wind up being a source of both personal pride and economic advancement.

☆ Palantir salaries revealed: Some engineers at the controversial analytics software company earn nearly $300,000. Here's what managers, analysts and other employees make.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Caroline Haskins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Palantir is known for its controversial contracts providing analytics software to the US government and private companies. The company doesn't disclose salary data, but US companies must share offers made on H-1B visa applications. However, US companies have to disclose offers on work-visa applications. Notably, these figures only represent base salaries, but Palantir also offers some employees additional stock grants. The logo of the data analysis company Palantir can be seen at the company's headquarters in 2018.

☆ 3 ways managers can help their team avoid burnout: 'Your people will really give you a runway'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

While many factors can contribute to this phenomenon, such as overwork or tension between co-workers, managers can play a part in helping to make their reports' work lives a little bit less stressful. Here's how work experts recommend managers help their reports avoid burnout. Your team needs to hear 'that you're a human being'"It starts with psychological safety," says Gavin. "Your team members need to feel like you are willing to prioritize them," says Gavin. Without that level of openness, you won't be able to help them solve whatever problems could lead to their burnout.

☆ Check out the pitch deck that payroll startup Comprehensive used to raise a $6 million seed round from investors like Inspired Capital
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Comprehensive is a new HR startup that wants to simplify employee compensation and raises. The startup just launched from stealth and raised a $6 million seed round led by Inspired Capital. Employers can also easily toggle to view employee compensation data by gender and race, along with the dates of each last employee's raise to increase transparency around pay equity. Comprehensive has already secured high profile clients like fintech startups Mercury and Titan, which attracted the attention of the venture team at Inspired Capital. Here's an exclusive look at the 10-slide pitch deck Comprehensive used to raise $6 million from Inspired Capital, Floodgate, SV Angel, and several angel investors:

☆ Is the Uber, Lyft and gig economy battle over workers nearing its end game?
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Tim Mullaney | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

With federal regulators set to tighten Trump-era labor standards that let Uber and Lyft, as well as food-delivery services like Doordash, treat gig workers as independent contractors with few protections under labor law, shares dropped sharply last week. But while a shift, the Department of Labor proposal doesn't immediately transform gig workers into employees entitled to overtime pay, unemployment insurance and other benefits. "It seems like the start of a Game of Thrones battle between the Department of Labor and the gig economy,' Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said. Uber believes the Department of Labor is focused less on ridesharing and more on industries such as construction that also use gig workers, pointing out that the proposed rule doesn't single out rideshare drivers. Uber drivers also supply their own cars and gasoline, though the company in March added a per-trip fuel surcharge that goes directly to drivers.

☆ A Trump employee told the FBI that the former president ordered staff to move boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | Ken Dilanian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

One of Donald Trump's employees told FBI agents the former president ordered boxes of documents at Mar-a-Lago to be moved before federal agents searched the property, according to a source familiar with the matter. The source also told NBC News that the FBI obtained security video showing people moving boxes out of a storage room at Trump's Florida estate. When reached by NBC News, the FBI and Justice Department declined to comment. But the witness’ account suggests that the boxes were moved to Trump’s private residence at Mar-a-Lago after the subpoena was issued. She said that Trump officials added a lock to the facility and that FBI agents broke the lock when they searched the property.

☆ Equifax said it fired employees for working as many as 3 jobs at once in an internal operation known as 'Project Home Alone'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Equifax recently fired 24 of its own employees for holding two jobs. Equifax scrutinized the work histories and activity records of more than 1,000 of its own employees and contractors, an Equifax employee told Insider. In another instance, Walker noted that an employee told their Equifax interviewer they were "at home." Walker also told Insider by email that Equifax terminated an employee for holding three jobs at once. Walker wrote that the employee's full-time position conflicted with their work at Equifax.

☆ How Equifax used employment records it collects from 2.5 million companies to fire dozens of its own employees for working second jobs
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Kate Taylor | Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The crackdown was the result of an investigation that unfolded in recent months conducted by Equifax employees, including HR and cybersecurity, according to a document seen by Insider. The product has employment records, including weekly pay, of 105 million US workers, according to the company's last annual report. At one point, 25 employees were interviewed on the investigation's findings, and 24 were terminated, resulting in savings of $3.2 million, according to a document. In one author's case, this included all salaried positions since graduating college in 2013, as well as a job working in the college library as a student. "With predictions of more than 36 million employees working remotely by the year 2025, the need to monitor an employee's employment status will continue to grow," the company says in marketing material.

☆ A Trump aide is talking to the FBI about the Mar-a-Lago docs, reports say, appearing to confirm suspicions of an informant
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The rumor of an informant in Trump's orbit was fueled by new reports Wednesday. WaPo and CNN said a Trump employee was talking to the FBI over the Mar-a-Lago documents. On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that a Trump employee had testified to the FBI of having been ordered by Trump to move boxes of documents to the former president's own residence in the complex. Those people, The Post said, described the witness as a Trump employee who is a key informant who had given multiple interviews to investigators. Some commentators, including aides, Trump's niece Mary Trump and former White House chief of staff under Trump Mick Mulvaney, have suggested that it could even be a member of Trump's own family.

☆ I left Amazon to work for a climate-tech startup. I now wake up every day smiling — here's how I made the switch.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-11 | by ( Holly Secon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Rotem Yossef spent seven years at Amazon before moving to ClimateAI, a tech startup. It's all hands on deck, all day, every day. Working for a startup offers more vertical career-growth potential: It's a pure meritocracy, free of politics and rigid hierarchical structures. Working in climate tech means that when I go to work, I continue to pursue the same values. Read, read, read — and understand the dynamics and implications of working for a startup and for a startup in the space you're aiming at.

☆ Corporate gifting is the perfect way to show value and gratitude. Here are some tips to make it more meaningful.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Sponsor Post | Created Omaha Steaks With Insider Studios | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Consider gifting an experience, or something interactive, as a memorable way to recognize someone, no matter where they are. ** By gifting Omaha Steaks, you can give a quality and stress-free mealtime solution that brings people together for any occasion. Go to Omaha Steaks for your custom consultation to meet your company and employee's needs any time of the year. This post was created by Omaha Steaks with Insider Studios. *Survey was conducted online by The Harris Poll from September 30 to October 2, 2022, among 1,143 employed US adults ages 18 and older.

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