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☆ 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

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☆ Florida-based company ordered to pay $73,000 after it fired a remote employee who refused to keep his webcam on all day
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Britney Nguyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Dutch court ruled that a Florida-based company owes a remote employee $73,000 for wrongful termination. The employee was fired for refusing to turn his webcam on for an all-day virtual classroom, according to court documents. In its decision, the court ruled that making an employee keep their webcam on was an intrusion of privacy rights. "This is an invasion of my privacy and makes me feel really uncomfortable," he told the company, according to the NL Times' translation of the Dutch court documents. In its ruling last week, the Dutch court sided with the employee, saying the firing was "not legally valid."

☆ 30 million US workers think their workplace is toxic. Here are the 3 main factors causing toxic work cultures, according to research.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-09 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Bad leadership, toxic social norms, and unclear job roles are driving toxic work cultures, per the research. According to his research, three main factors can create these toxic cultures within organizations — bad leadership, toxic social norms, and poorly designed job roles. Workplace social norms are often established and maintained by leaders or managers. "Social norms can persist even if the leaders who originally started them are long gone," he said. Poorly designed jobsWhen an employee's job role is badly designed it can lead to excessive workloads.

She likened the climate contributing to the couple's decision to leave Texas to "death by a thousand paper cuts." The business risks to recruiting is especially high for oil companies, already unpopular with graduates of engineering programs, said Jonas Kron, chief advocacy officer at Trillium Asset Management. Texas Governor Greg Abbott has acknowledged the state is losing workers, but does not regret the departures. Oil companies contribute to politicians who advocate for free trade, tax and energy policies through political action committees (PACs). Dawn Seiffert, 52, and her husband, an oil company employee, returned to Texas in 2012 and planned to stay.

☆ A lawsuit is accusing Goldman Sachs of a 'culture of fear,' saying it mishandled claims of rape, sexual assault, and harassment of female workers in the 2000s
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Former Goldman Sachs workers filed a lawsuit over sexual-misconduct allegations from 2000 to 2011. They say the bank mishandled dozens of claims including rape and harassment at work. A Goldman Sachs representative said the complaints did not "reflect reality." "The plaintiffs' presentation of the complaints does not reflect reality at Goldman Sachs," a Goldman Sachs representative told Insider in a statement. The court papers allege that "at least seven" women employed by Goldman Sachs "reported criminal sexual assault, attempted rape, or rape" by male colleagues.

☆ White woman who called 911 on Black bird-watcher in Central Park loses her lawsuit against her former employer
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Amy Cooper later told NBC New York that she had overreacted and was sorry for the incident. The following day, Franklin Templeton tweeted out that it had terminated Amy Cooper’s employment. Lawyers for Amy Cooper did not immediately respond to an overnight request for comment from NBC News. Franklin Templeton also did not immediately respond to an overnight request for comment. Manhattan prosecutors charged Amy Cooper in July 2020 with filing a false police report, which is a misdemeanor, but the charge was dropped months later after she completed therapy.

☆ Late-night emails, ruined weekends, and crazy workloads: Toxic managers are creating a burnout crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Ed Zitron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Burnout almost always grows out of a poor work-life balance, but understanding that balance — much less recalibrating it — is difficult to do. No amount of free time can fix a work-life balance ruined by a poorly managed company or department. Readjusting work-life balance and ending burnout requires companies and managers to allow employees to mentally disconnect from their work. Beyond vacations, creating a positive work-life balance requires companies to create a culture that prioritizes people recharging. It also means that management must take the responsibility of maintaining a healthy work-life balance away from their employees and put it on themselves.

REUTERS/Chip EastCompanies Franklin Resources Inc FollowNEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuters) - The white woman who falsely told police she was threatened by a Black bird-watcher in New York City's Central Park has lost a lawsuit accusing her former employer Franklin Templeton of illegally firing her and portraying her as racist. Franklin Templeton, part of San Mateo, California-based Franklin Resources Inc (BEN.N), said it "responded appropriately" to the incident and was pleased with the dismissal. Franklin Templeton fired Amy Cooper the next day, and she was branded on social media as "Central Park Karen," incorporating a pejorative for an entitled white woman. Cooper argued that the defendants' statements implied that Franklin Templeton had uncovered details about her alleged racism not evident from the video, but the judge disagreed. The case is Cooper v Franklin Templeton et al, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No.

☆ Bret Baier wanted to rescind Fox News' decision to call Arizona for Biden in 2020 and wrote in an email, 'The Trump campaign was really pissed,' book says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Nicole Gaudiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Fox News anchor Bret Baier "was ready to give into" pressure from Trump after the network said he lost Arizona, new book says. "'The sooner we pull it...and we put it back in his column the better we are,'" he wrote, according to the book. "'The Trump campaign was really pissed,' he wrote in an email to Jay Wallace, the president and executive editor at Fox," according to the book set for publication on Tuesday. "'It's hurting us,'" he wrote, according to the book. The spokesperson noted that Arnon Mishkin, the head of the Decision Desk who was in charge at the time of the Arizona call, is returning for the November elections as Decision Desk head.

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: FedEx, Adobe, Boeing and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

FedEx received its first five of an order of 500 electric Light Commercial Vehicles (eLCVs) from BrightDrop. Snowflake - Shares of the cloud computing company dropped more than 6% as growth stocks led Friday's sell-off. The decline came even as Needham initiated coverage of Snowflake with a buy rating, as the Wall Street firm sees potential new uses for its platform. Adobe – Adobe's stock built on Thursday's declines, sinking just over 3% after a slew of downgrades from Wall Street analysts. Bank of America downgraded the technology stock to neutral as it awaits further clarity on Adobe's Figma acquisition.

☆ Uber investigating 'cybersecurity incident' after report of breach
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mike BlakeSept 16 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) said it was investigating a cybersecurity incident after a report of a network breach that forced the company to shut several internal communications and engineering systems. Uber began investigating the cybersecurity incident on Thursday. Uber employees were instructed to not use Salesforce Inc -owned office messaging app Slack, according to the NYT report. "I announce I am a hacker and Uber has suffered a data breach," the message read, and went on to list several internal databases that were allegedly compromised, the report added. The worker was persuaded to hand over a password that allowed the hacker to gain access to Uber's systems, the report said.

☆ The first-time founder's ultimate guide to hiring top talent, from a Greylock partner, a former Googler, a Stanford lecturer, and a consultant to Spotify and JPMorgan
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-19 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

We asked a series of entrepreneurship experts — including founders, investors, and business professors — to outline some best hiring practices. Read more: The first-time founder's ultimate guide to pitching a VCNow, your goal in hiring the company's first few employees is to get the product or service to market. Patty McCord, former chief talent officer at Netflix, previously told Business Insider that managers should regularly evaluate whether their current team is equipped to tackle the next big challenge. Break down your organization into different levels: the senior management team, director-level managers, key employees, and employees in non-critical functions. As Sophie Kahn, cofounder of the sustainable jewelry company AUrate, told Business Insider, you can also consider your employees' personal preferences.

When it comes to managing your money and planning to reach long-term financial goals, understanding the language is key. This glossary of terms focused on money management, saving, investing, retirement planning, loans, and other areas of personal finance can help you decipher the jargon you're likely to encounter along the way. Conforming mortgage: A mortgage that meets the requirements to be purchased by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. JJumbo loan: A mortgage that exceeds the borrowing limit for regular mortgages set by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. USDA mortgage: A mortgage offered by a private bank or lender that's guaranteed by the Department of Agriculture.

Compared to actively managed funds, target-date funds also have lower management costs, better known as expense ratios. Cons of target-date fundsOn the flip side, target-date funds come with some cons as well, one being that they are modeled assuming a one-size-fits-all approach. Vanguard Learn More Minimum deposit and balance Minimum deposit and balance requirements may vary depending on the investment vehicle selected. Betterment Learn More Minimum deposit and balance Minimum deposit and balance requirements may vary depending on the investment vehicle selected. Wealthfront Learn More On Wealthfront's secure site Minimum deposit and balance Minimum deposit and balance requirements may vary depending on the investment vehicle selected.

☆ As the former Microsoft VP of HR I can assure you that HR is not your friend. Here's where you should go instead if you're having workplace issues.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-11 | by ( Chris Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I'm the former vice president of human resources at Microsoft and I can tell you it shouldn't be HR. HR is not your friendDo not see your team's HR representative as a friend. But from my experience as an HR exec, I can assure you that the company did not have over 1,000 people in HR to be your friend. For work-related issues, once you've reported any company policy violations to HR, I strongly recommend you go outside your organization. Chris Williams is a leadership advisor, podcaster, TikTok creator, author, and former VP of HR at Microsoft.

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