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Trump has said he would stay in the race if he is indicted. Trump, meanwhile, is making a forward-looking pitch to voters, NBC News’ Allan Smith and Jonathan Allen report. And the Washington Post reports Friday that prosecutors investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have obtained a report commissioned by Trump’s campaign that undercut his falsehoods about the election. Santos mulls re-election: New York GOP Rep. George Santos told the Associated Press he is a “maybe” on running for re-election. Sparks fly in the Windy city: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., endorsed Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson in Chicago’s mayoral race on Thursday.

☆ Ex-Amazon managers say they were pressured to cut successful workers to meet attrition goals — and faced retribution when they resisted
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

Former Amazon managers say they were pressured to cut successful workers to meet attrition goals. In anticipation of Amazon's performance-review period, he told Insider, he'd kept careful notes on what his employees were doing well and where they could improve. These people said leadership would place employees in Focus even if the managers of those employees said that the workers had met or exceeded expectations. A few weeks later, he said, his manager told him he was on Pivot and had the option to leave the company with severance, which he did. Amazon managers are required to submit their performance ratings for employees in an online tool, then discuss their rationale with managers above them, he said.

☆ I was a manager at Amazon. My boss encouraged me to quit after I defended a high-performing employee who was about to get the lowest performance rating.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

He said he defended an employee who senior leaders placed in this category despite performing well. Senior leaders would bump people to the lowest performance bucket so they could meet certain quotasDuring the annual-review process, managers would fill out information sheets for each employee. But the senior leaders had apparently been given "unregretted attrition," or URA, numbers — how many employees Amazon wants to lose in a given year. And they would quickly try to force things into a stack ranking of who was high-performing, who was middle-performing, and if we could put people into the "least-effective" bucket. Senior leaders would start going down a list of people who were the next rung up on the performance measurement.

☆ We're seeking nominations for HR leaders in 2023 who are redefining work, jobs, and careers
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Insider is seeking nominations for its annual list of HR innovators. We're looking to feature leaders committed to supporting employers and employees in a tough economy. Criteria and methodologyThis is the fourth year that Insider is profiling HR innovators. Selections will be determined based on the nominee's role and responsibilities, and impact on their company and the industry. Complete this form by the submission deadline of March 1, 2023, at 5 p.m.

☆ I work in HR. Here's the hardest layoff I've ever done.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-04 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Angela Champ is an HR executive. At one former company, Champ said, the layoffs were scheduled in 15-minute increments over the day. The downsizing described in the essay below took place at a company where Champ was previously employed. We had simultaneous terminations going on, and each HR business partner was assigned one or two people. Another HR person would go and gather the person's belongings — their purse, their keys, their lunch bag — and bring them to the room.

☆ Maryland considers a bill incentivizing the 4-day workweek. Here's how the 5-day workweek became so popular in the first place.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Marguerite Ward | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Here's a timeline of how the US adopted the five-day, 40-hour workweek. Indeed, the pandemic accelerated public discourse over whether the 40-hour workweek still makes sense for some employees. Here's a look back at the history of the 40-hour workweek and how we got to where we are today. 1906: The eight-hour workday was instituted at two major firms in the printing industry. September 25, 1926: Ford Motor Companies adopted a five-day, 40-hour workweek.

☆ I was working toward a promotion at Amazon when my manager started emailing me about needing coaching. Now I'm worried about losing my job.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

An Amazon marketing manager was told they were a high-value contributor. I started my promotion doc [a document explaining why an Amazon employee is ready for a promotion]. One thing that's in the ethos at Amazon is you're supposed to be allowed to make mistakes. So if it's something as simple as, "Hey, let's all try this new thing in Asana," and then the next day you're told you're horrible at Asana and that you're being put on a coaching action, it just seemed un-Amazonian. 'I started getting strange communication from my manager'By the end of December, I started getting strange communication from my manager.

☆ Map shows each country's DREAM job based on Google search data — and reveals most people wish they were pilots
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The world googled "how to be a pilot" more than any other job between Oct. 2021 and Oct. 2022, data shows. In China, dietitian is the dream job for most citizens, according to the study. Other top dream jobs include writer, dancer, entrepreneur, and YouTuber. The findings were ranked and broken down by the top dream job in each country. Despite Remitly's report, some professionals have sounded off about doing away with the term "dream job," Insider's Shana Lebowitz reported.

☆ Googlers prize 'psychological safety,' but it won't save them from layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Some Google employees said the company's layoffs violated its commitment to psychological safety. Research suggests that psychological safety is critical to team success and helps drive creativity, build resiliency, and improve decision-making. "It's so important to be clear that psychological safety is not the same thing as job security," Amy Edmondson, a professor at Harvard Business School who pioneered research on psychological safety, told Insider. Google execs said psychological safety doesn't guarantee job securityAt the all-hands meeting, Google's leadership took issue with the notion that it breached its commitment to psychological safety. "Psychological safety is about interpersonal dynamics, not about economic or organizational reality," he told Insider, adding, "You can still have psychological safety without necessarily having job security."

☆ Spotify's CEO sent a memo announcing layoffs. It also contained 'a powerful example of toxic positivity.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Spotify is laying off about 6% of its employees, CEO Daniel Ek announced in a memo. This might as well have been the message Spotify CEO Daniel Ek shared in a memo announcing layoffs at the company. Of Ek's comment about doing his best work, Galinsky said, "That's just completely lost here." "In hindsight, I was too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth," Ek wrote. The standard CEO memo announcing layoffs can seem formulaic, Galinsky said.

☆ Alphabet CEO's memo announcing layoffs does exactly what it should: address the remaining workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-20 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

HR experts say it's critical for leaders to address remaining staffers' anxieties after layoffs. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai's memo Friday announcing layoffs at Google is a good example of that. Pichai's reassurances might mitigate some of the unrest that can follow layoffsPichai's address to remaining employees could help ameliorate survivor syndrome. Employees remaining at a company that just conducted layoffs are likely worried about the organization's stability. Employers should also be clear with remaining employees about the reasons for the layoffs.

Many major companies are requiring employees to return to the office full or part time. Here's a list, in alphabetical order, of major companies requiring employees to return to offices. AppleIn August, senior leaders told workers they had to return to the office at least three days a week. Read more: Elon Musk tells Twitter employees to return to the office or their resignations will be accepted10. Read more: Uber CEO's internal memo mandates employees return to the office in April.

☆ We asked 5 recruiters what they'd fact-check on George Santos' résumé. The answer: everything.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Recruiters said that much of Santos' résumé was suspicious, including the careless formatting. They said his supposed successes, like doubling revenue for a Goldman Sachs unit, are unrealistic. But their relative negligence allowed the Republican to run for election and win in 2022.Insider asked five recruiters what they would have fact-checked on Santos' résumé had it come across their desks. Santos' careless formatting would raise eyebrowsHannah Mason, a professional résumé writer and former recruiter, said the careless formatting on Santos' résumé surprised her. For example, Santos wrote that he received his MBA from "NYU New York University" instead of NYU Stern.

☆ 'The market is built on a bedrock of total complacency': A former top TD Ameritrade technical analyst says stocks will fall another 20% this year as investors begin to realize a Fed pivot isn't in the
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He also thinks earnings expectations are too high and will come down. This hawkish policy will eventually lead to a recession this year, Bierman said, a view that is shared by many on Wall Street. "The market has not priced in earnings misses, the market has priced in earnings beats," he said. Bierman's views in contextBierman's recession call has become a somewhat consensus view on Wall Street. RIA AdvisorsThis translates to lackluster expectations for stocks among Wall Street strategists.

☆ George Santos' deceit shows why you shouldn't lie on your resume
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Congressman George Santos has admitted making up parts of his resume and is facing calls to resign. It's not smart to misrepresent your work experience because "today you're going to get found out." Job applicants often exaggerate their work experience and skillsFudging one's resume is a common practice. "It's not okay to omit stints of employment on an application that requires all work experience for a period of time. "You're going to get into a job you can't do," she said.

☆ Marc Benioff may be right that Salesforce's young, remote employees are hurting the company's productivity. But it's not their fault.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Salesforce's CEO said the company's younger, remote workers may be less productive than their peers. It's possible that Salesforce's younger, remote employees are less productive than the rest of the staff. But it's unlikely that the problem is remote work itself, or the work ethic of remote employees, based on the growing body of research on flexible work. The problem isn't remote work — it's how remote workers are managedBut Salesforce's problem probably isn't necessarily that it permits remote work. On the other hand, Neeley wrote, leaders who micromanage their employees' time "are the kiss of death in hybrid work."

☆ 17 things to start doing in your 20s so you don't live in regret in your 40s
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

According to people on Quora and Reddit threads, how you spend your 20s affects your later years. If you follow their tips, you could have a better chance of living without regret once you hit your 40s. "The brain caps off its second and last growth spurt in your 20s as it rewires itself for adulthood," she said in her Ted Talk. Insider checked out Quora and Reddit threads and highlighted some of our favorite insights about maximizing your youth. Here are the best tips on how to spend your 20s so you don't live in regret later.

☆ HR execs open up about the biggest challenges that will define 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

HR execs from companies like IBM and UKG predict the biggest workplace issues of 2023. Their responses included making Gen Z feel heard and caring for staff in a tough economy. Several leaders said the pandemic upended workplace dynamics and it's impossible to reverse course. It doesn't look like they'll have a chance to catch their breath in 2023.Insider surveyed eight talent leaders, including consultants and HR chiefs across a range of industries, about the most pressing workplace challenges we could face this year. Here's the full list of responses we received, listed in alphabetical order by the HR leader's last name.

☆ A 33-year market vet shares why history shows stocks will likely fall more than 20% further before bottoming as a recession barrels toward the US economy
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( William Edwards | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But Lebowitz thinks there's a much greater chance that a recession occurs, forcing the Fed to back off. And then there's the inverted yield curve, which has preceded every recession since the 1960s. RIA AdvisorsIt's also not a good environment for stocks because yield curve inversions have usually meant large downward earnings revisions, which haven't happened yet. RIA AdvisorsAnother look at history, Lebowitz said, shows that a recession has to be already underway before stocks can bottom out. The yield curve, Chicago PMI, and other analyses argue it's a matter of when but if a recession occurs.

☆ Layoffs at Amazon and Salesforce point to why January is often the worst month for job cuts
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Amazon just told staff it's cutting 18,000 roles, the largest layoff in the company's history. Compass has cut staff three times in eight months, but it's best to avoid multiple rounds of layoffs. For all the layoffs that swept corporate America in the final months of 2022, this month is poised to bring even more. January is historically the worst month for layoffs, according to data from the US government. Already, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has told staff that the company would broaden its job cuts to 18,000 employees, the largest layoff in the company's history.

☆ Need motivation for 2023? Here are three ideas from scientists and coaches on how to make it your best work year yet.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Rebecca Knight | Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Use the fresh slate of a new year as an excuse to rev your motivation. We scoured Insider's trove of content for the best tips, tricks, and strategies to rev up your motivation at work in 2023. Gabriele Oettingen, a psychology professor at New York University and the University of Hamburg, calls it "WOOPing." Fishbach, the author of "Get It Done: Surprising Lessons From the Science of Motivation," told Insider. Knapp and Zeratsky helped set up the design-sprint process at Google, so they know a thing or two about time management.

☆ Quiet quit, rage quit, or find a new job? Here's how to decide.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Quiet quitting can mean doing your job without caring much about it. Rage quitting involves leaving suddenly after frustrations have built up. "Quitting" has taken on many new (and confusing, if you're over 30 like I am) connotations, including quiet quitting, rage quitting, and good old-fashioned leaving to pursue another opportunity. Below you'll find the case for quiet quitting, rage quitting, and finding a new job. Consider rage quitting if … your job is hurting your mental healthIt's considered professional to give your employer at least some notice before you leave.

☆ Workers haven't given up on getting their 'dream job' — but what they're looking for has changed
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some dislike the term "dream job." While younger generations are starting to think differently, people continue to beat themselves up over not having landed their dream job soon enough. Dreaming about workThe very term "dream job" is divisive. "I don't dream of labor," an allusion to the term "dream job," is a common refrain on TikTok. "When I think about dream job, I am mostly thinking about the money that it will pay to support my dream life," a chartered financial analyst wrote.

Insider's second-annual list of the Most Transformative CEOs features three executives who are leading innovation in their industries. These CEOs are devising new ways to serve a range of interests, including clients, employees, and investors. At FanDuel, Howe has brought more women into the industry. ROSALIND BREWER, the CEO of Walgreens Boots AllianceRosalind Brewer, the CEO of Walgreens Boots Alliance. BRIAN NICCOL, the CEO of ChipotleBrian Niccol, the CEO of Chipotle.

☆ Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol is betting that revamping the employee experience is the fast-casual chain's ticket to success
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Shana Lebowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Brian Niccol's New Year's resolution is to bump Chipotle's internal-promotion rate — the rate of how many current staffers fill open jobs — to 95%. Courtesy of ChipotleBoosting Chipotle's internal-promotion rate is part of a broader move to create career paths for all employees. Under Niccol's leadership, Chipotle has raised employees' wages and helped workers pursue a range of academic degrees, debt-free. In August, workers at a Chipotle store in Lansing, Michigan, formed the first union at the company, the Washington Post reported. But Niccol sees the employee proposition at Chipotle as simple: We're serving high-quality food and we're giving you a place to grow your career.

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