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☆ A former Meta recruiter paid about $200,000 a year says her team 'did nothing' as there 'really wasn't enough work'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former Meta talent sourcer, Maddie Machado, says "there wasn't enough work" for her team. "It was a whole team of recruiters doing nothing because of an inefficient process," she said. A former Meta employee says there "wasn't enough work" to do and her entire team was often "doing nothing" while she was at the company. "I wasn't just sitting around and not doing anything for $200,000; it was a whole team of recruiters doing nothing because of an inefficient process," she said. She added that there "really wasn't enough work" for her team.

☆ Zendaya and Sia join Labrinth on stage for surprise Coachella performance
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“Euphoria” star Zendaya surprised festival-goers on Saturday night during Labrinth’s Coachella Weekend 2 set to sing two songs they collaborated on from the hit HBO show. “I just wanted to say thank you again for such a magical beautiful night,” she said on her Instagram story, going on to thank Labrinth for the “last minute” invitation. In her signature wig and bow, Sia joined him onstage to perform “Thunderclouds,” a track off of the 2019 album “Audio,” which Sia, Labrinth and Diplo collaborated on after forming their super-group called LSD. “Dance Moms” star Maddie Ziegler also joined them onstage during the song to perform a dance number. Sia and Ziegler last performed on the Coachella stage together in 2016, and Ziegler often appears in Sia’s music videos and during the singer-songwriter’s on-stage performances.

☆ A former Meta recruiter paid about $200,000 a year says her team 'did nothing' as there 'really wasn't enough work:' report
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A former Meta talent sourcer said "there wasn't enough work" for her team, per The Independent. A former Meta employee said there "wasn't enough work" to do and that her entire team were often "doing nothing", The Independent reported. She added that there "really wasn't enough work" for her team. Machado previously told Insider that she outlined the employee benefits she received at Meta on her TikTok account, in a video that's since been deleted. Three months after the "fantastic" onboarding process, her team discovered that a limited talent pool "didn't want to work for Facebook", she claims.

☆ Should you still apply for a job offering below your pay range? What to know about negotiating salary now
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

With that said, Machado says using public salary ranges is only the jumping off point to discussing money in a job interview — here's why. Courtesy of sourceMachado says this could be a good thing if you see a job you're really excited about but see the salary range is lower than what you're aiming for based on your market value. State your excitement for the job, why you think you'd excel at it, and why your expertise commands a salary range you've already researched. During her time as a recruiter, Machado saw that hiring managers were often flexible with the compensation they could offer for the right person. Don't let salary ranges limit the pay you're looking forMachado says she'll sometimes hear from clients who've done their market research and have their salary expectations set, but get discouraged when they see published salary ranges much lower than what they want.

☆ 3 successful OnlyFans creators share how they achieved financial freedom making up to $750,000 in a year on the platform
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Lola Christina Alao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Three OnlyFans creators shared with Insider how they make money on the platform. Monica Huldt made $750,000 in a year, and Elsa Jean is in the top 1% of OnlyFans creators. Huldt, who'd pivoted from dancing to content creation, said she found "new and interesting ways" to use her OnlyFans page on Telegram and paid for coaching from successful OnlyFans content creators. Courtesy of Maddie CordobaElsa Jean is in the top 1% of OnlyFans creators in terms of earnings. Courtesy of Rebekka BlueRebekka Blue started selling her underwear on Pantydeal, an underwear marketplace.

☆ Inside the Online Market for Overseas Abortion Pills
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Allison Mccann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

A selection of abortion pill kits available online from overseas sellers. A chart of the estimated number of abortion pills provided outside the U.S. health care system from July through December 2022. For most patients, the cost of the service remains the most important factor in deciding where to get pills online. A chart showing the minimum, average and maximum cost of abortion pills from overseas providers: Aid Access, Las Libres and for-profit online sellers. A chart showing the minimum, average and maximum delivery speeds of abortion pills from overseas providers: Aid Access, Las Libres and for-profit online sellers.

☆ The best time to ask for a raise, says a recruiter who's worked for Meta, Microsoft and LinkedIn
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Even some HR experts say they wish they'd known this sooner, including Maddie Machado, a reverse recruiter in Tampa, Fla., who's previously worked for Meta, Microsoft and LinkedIn. She once alerted her boss she wanted to revisit her pay and got a 10% raise offer without having to negotiate. The best time to ask for a raise, then, is when you're prepared to make a strong case for it based on your contributions and performance. When making your ask, Machado says, "shoot a little higher than you'd be excited about, because they're going to negotiate it down." For example, if you're hoping for a $10,000 raise, you might want to ask for $15,000 knowing HR might counteroffer.

☆ NYC worker saw her job title advertised at up to $90K more than her pay—what to do if it happens to you
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

That's what happened to Kimberly Nguyen in March: The NYC worker went viral on Twitter when she saw an opening for her job title was being advertised with a pay range up to $90,000 higher than her own salary. A slim minority, 45%, of companies currently include pay ranges in job postings, according to a 2023 Payscale report. If you find your own job title online listed at a higher salary, here are some things you can do. There are some good reasons why similar job titles could have different pay ranges, says Ruth Thomas, a pay equity strategist at Payscale. You could use public salary ranges to ask for a raise.

☆ The ‘King Kong’ of Weight-Loss Drugs Is Coming
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Peter Loftus | Photographs Maddie Mcgarvey For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

People who are overweight are flocking to the drug Ozempic to slim down. Looming is an even more powerful weight-loss treatment. The drug Mounjaro helped a typical person with obesity who weighed 230 pounds lose up to 50 pounds during a test period of nearly 17 months.

☆ I'm a career consultant, and I'm now telling clients to expect to apply to 100 jobs before getting an offer
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

I'm a former tech recruiter who worked at Microsoft, Meta, and LinkedIn who has my own career consulting business. I tell my clients that in this slowing job market, it can take about 100 job applications to get an offer. Last year, I would tell clients to expect that it would take 60 to 80 applications and about two-and-a-half months to get a job offer. Based on the information we track, it takes about 100 job applications and 12 to 16 weeks to get an offer. I tell my clients the process is a lot more challenging if you're not staying focused, especially in 2023.

☆ I got fired from my $190,000 job at Meta for posting on TikTok, but there wasn't much real work for recruiters like me to do
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Maddie Macho worked as a recruiter at Meta until she was fired for posting tips for job seekers on TikTok. She said her team at Meta barely had enough work to do, and her days were filled with meetings and trainings. A rocky startWhen I started my job as a recruiter at Meta in September 2021, I was so excited. There wasn't enough work to do at MetaAfter onboarding, we were supposed to start sourcing new talent, but there wasn't enough to do. I began posting on TikTokBefore working at Meta, I wasn't active on TikTok.

☆ Tech workers are taking to TikTok to debate 'fake work'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Grace Kay | Samantha Delouya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Former tech staffers have taken to TikTok to discuss and debate "fake work." Earlier this month, Kendall Smith, known by her TikTok name @roilysm, shared a story from Insider about PayPal Mafia member Keith Rabois saying workers at Meta and Google were doing "fake work." Aube told Insider in a comment that he never saw anyone at the company "not doing any work or doing fake work." One TikTok creator, Arianna Tong, says she couldn't disagree more with the idea of fake work at Meta. "I've seen so many videos chiming in and saying they did fake work at Meta," @ariannatong said in a TikTok video.

☆ More women become truckers as the industry tries to overcome a shortage of drivers
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

She's one of many in the trucking industry leading efforts to bring more women into the fold. Associations like Women In Trucking work to increase the rate of women drivers, technicians and executives, particularly younger women or those switching careers, like Johnson. Now, with the industry facing a daunting driver shortage, initiatives to bring in women drivers from other industries have escalated. The share of women truckers has increased significantly in recent years: Women now make up almost 8% of truck drivers and sales delivery drivers, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Navigating shortagesThough many women joined the industry during the pandemic, Covid-19 lockdowns stalled training and testing for truck drivers.

☆ Women's NCAA roundup: South Florida tops Marquette in OT
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

South Florida won 67-65. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY SportsMarch 18 - Elena Tsineke's jumper with 31.2 seconds left lifted eighth-seeded South Florida to a 67-65 overtime win over ninth-seeded Marquette in the first round of the NCAA Tournament's Greenville 1 Regional on Friday in Columbia, S.C."What a way to start the NCAA Tournament," South Florida coach Jose Fernandez said. Dulcy Fankam Mendjiadeu had 22 points and 16 rebounds for the Bulls (27-6), with Tsineke adding 13 points. South Florida rallied from an 11-point deficit with 2:40 left in the third quarter to take a 59-55 lead with 31 seconds to play. Zia Cooke had 11 points and five rebounds, while Laeticia Amihere came off the bench to add 11 points for South Carolina, playing at home in Columbia.

☆ ‘School Spirits’ Review: A Haunted High-School Mystery
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Once upon a time, you couldn’t talk about sex in polite conversation, much less on television. In the too-cleverly titled “School Spirits,” Madison Nears ( Peyton List ) has a not-untypical problem: She’s dead. The circumstances are a mystery— the mystery in this eight-episode season based on a graphic novel by Nate Trinrud , Megan Trinrud and Maria Nguyen . At first, she travels the hallways of Split River High School not knowing why she’s being ignored, then realizes she can’t be seen, or heard—not by the living. Search parties continue to scour Split River for Maddie, but the rescue effort is fast becoming a recovery mission.

☆ Moderna Peers Over a Scary Profit Cliff
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( David Wainer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Photo: Maddie Malhotra for The Wall Street JournalModerna’s projection for full-year expenses includes about $4.5 billion for research and development. When it comes to profits, the new Moderna is about to look a lot like the old Moderna. That’s spooking investors. Moderna on Thursday reported financial results that showed that in the two main Covid-19 vaccination years—2021 and 2022—the company made in excess of $20 billion in profits on more than $37 billion in revenue.

☆ American Express Airport Lounges Cut Back on Free Plus Ones
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-22 | by ( Dawn Gilbertson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

PHOENIX—One of the top perks of access to airport lounges—bringing family members and partners along to eat, drink and relax for free—increasingly comes with a price tag. Maddie Davidson and her family hiked to the American Express Centurion Lounge in a neighboring concourse at Sky Harbor International Airport a few weeks ago to enjoy free breakfast and some mimosas before a flight to Orlando, Fla. She was surprised when the front desk agent at the lounge said the price for her husband and two children was $110.

☆ Inside the Last Factory Making U.S. Washboards
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Kris Maher | Photographs Maddie Mcgarvey For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The company churns out roughly 11,000 washboards a year in the basement of a former G.C. Murphy discount variety store. A popular pail-size model sells for $27.49. “The market is small, but if we can make enough to keep in business, we really want to keep the business going,” said Larry Gerstner, one of the co-owners.

☆ 'High School Musical' star Ashley Tisdale's favorite childhood memory was working: 'I thought that was normal for an 8-year-old'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ashley Tisdale sang and acted her way into being a household name with several iconic Disney roles. Tisdale said her favorite childhood memory was working, at 8 years old — and she knows it's weird. In a recent interview with Elle, Tisdale reflected on her Disney days and her early life as a child-actor. When asked about her favorite childhood memory, she said her happiest time was working as a kid. She's since realized that going on tour to work at such an early age, though she "absolutely loved" it, probably isn't the most normal favorite childhood memory.

☆ Leaked Oracle org chart shows the top execs reporting to Larry Ellison after cloud leader Don Johnson's abrupt departure
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Oracle's internal org chart shows the eight executives who report to chairman and CTO Larry Ellison. An internal Oracle organization chart shows the executives left reporting to cofounder Larry Ellison after cloud and health leader Don Johnson left the company. Johnson spent four years running Oracle's cloud business, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, before stepping back in the last year. Larry Ellison Executive chairman and chief technology officer Andy Mendelsohn Executive vice president, Oracle Database Clay Magouyrk Executive vice president, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Edward Screven Executive vice president and chief corporate architect Jeff Henley Executive vice chairman Juan Loaiza Executive vice president, Mission Critical Database Technologies Steve Miranda Executive vice president, Applications Development T.K. Anand Executive vice president, Analytics Maddie Giammona Executive assistantDo you work at Oracle or have insight to share?

☆ America’s Last Washboard Factory Isn’t Ready to Throw in the Towel
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Kris Maher | Photographs Maddie Mcgarvey For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

LOGAN, Ohio—The Columbus Washboard Co., founded before the first electric washing machines put a new spin on laundering in the early 1900s, has dodged extinction for 128 years. As America’s last washboard-maker, the company controls the market, holding a monopoly with a steely grip and so far clean of antitrust scrutiny. Four employees churn out roughly 11,000 washboards a year in the basement of a former G.C. Murphy discount variety store. A popular pail-size model sells for $27.49.

☆ We got an exclusive look at the 18-slide pitch deck Living Carbon, a startup developing 'supertrees' for CO2 removal, used to raise $21 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Tasmin Lockwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Climate startup Living Carbon has developed trees that grow faster to ultimately store more CO2. Carbon removal typically sits in two buckets: engineered – or technological – removal and nature-based removal. Living Carbon, founded in 2019, reported its engineered trees grow 50% faster and soak up 27% more carbon than traditional trees. Living Carbon is also running its own carbon removal projects and is currently partnering with landowners in Pennsylvania and Georgia, who get a percentage of the carbon credits generated from the projects. Check out the redacted 18-slide pitch deck Living Carbon used to secure the funds below.

☆ Blackstone is predicting steady growth for its real-estate business, which could be bad news for its tenants
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Now imagine if your landlord wasn't just some mom-and-pop family that owned your building, but the world's largest private-equity firm. And while it's received a fair share of scrutiny over it, the performance of one of its real-estate funds has reignited criticism. But the Blackstone executives' comments indicated the firm could also be planning to raise rent and evict tenants, which includes those in affordable housing and student housing. Click here to read more about how Blackstone's real-estate strategy is setting the stage for an ugly battle with tenants. Top executives at Davos share their thoughts on how bad things might get in 2023.

☆ Gen Z loves the flip phone
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Now, Gen-Z’s latest “vintage” obsession is the flip phone – that mid-1990s era phone that has suddenly become oh so popular with millennials. “I’m team flip phone revolution,” singer Camila Cabello tweeted Thursday, posing with a TCL flip phone, vintage. Maybe I can write the theme song guys 💪💪💪💪 pic.twitter.com/yOJgCdAgNq — camila (@Camila_Cabello) January 13, 2023“I found a little 90s, Matrix-y flip phone,” Cameron said. “At parties people will say, ‘oh my goodness, is that a flip phone?,’” Palazzolo said. And yes, new Nokia flip phones are still available – the Nokia 2760 Flip is sold at Walmart from prepaid brands such as Verizon for $19.99.

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Kristi and Steve Goncalves told Dateline that their daughter, 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves, was due to graduate college early and had lined up a job with an IT firm in Austin, Texas. Kaylee Goncalves had just moved out of the house she shared with her longtime best friend, 21-year-old Madison "Maddie" Mogen. “These girls were best friends since sixth grade, like inseparable,” Kristi Goncalves said. “Maddie had been a huge part of our life.”Steve and Kristi Goncalves during an interview with Dateline on NBC. “I hope that maybe in a struggle, she pulled it off of him,” Kristi Goncalves said.

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