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☆ The Omnicom-IPG megamerger signals a new era for the ad industry
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-10 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Related Video How tech layoffs could affect the economyIn today's newsletter, the $13 billion Omnicom-IPG megamerger reflects a new era as Big Tech and AI upend the ad industry. OmnicomIt's already been a big week for the ad industry. For ad industry insiders, the proposed takeover reflects an ad sector under threat from Big Tech and AI , writes Business Insider's Lara O'Reilly. AdvertisementPrivate equity has been circling the ad industry, too. Industry insiders have speculated for months that WPP could be taken private — or at least some parts of it could be.

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☆ Life after Google: 8 laid-off employees reflect on being let go, what they did next, and their advice for others
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-09 | by ( Jane Zhang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Google said it provided impacted employees with outplacement support and invited them to apply for open roles across the company. I miss a lot about Google, but more about the early days when it felt like a family. AdvertisementAnonymous Google employeeA senior software engineer who was laid off in January 2024 secured another job at Google a few weeks later. I had to take medical leave for depression at another fast-paced Big Tech job I'd worked; at another job, things felt like they moved at a glacial pace. Losing a job is traumatic, but it's humbling to think about how much Google transformed my life.

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☆ 10 Things in Tech: Amazon Prime's FTC lawsuit, Instagram's top execs, and the high-risk trips popular with the wealthy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But the company had been warned of potential safety issues with the sub as long ago as 2018, a lawsuit says. Amazon Prime's FTC lawsuit. The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the company of luring customers into Prime subscriptions and creating a "labyrinthine" process to cancel them. After the FTC sued Amazon over its Prime membership signup and cancellation process, Insider compiled a list of the juiciest highlights from the lawsuit. Here's a look at other high-risk voyages popular with the wealthy, from Everest trips to $750,000 expeditions to the deepest point in the ocean.

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☆ Landing a job at Google felt like winning the lottery. Then I got laid off — and it made me realize my self-worth needs to go beyond my career.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Sylvia Duran Chen was shocked to be laid off from her YouTube job at Google after almost nine years. The job perks and mission mattered to her, and she'd felt proud to have been chosen by Google. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sylvia Duren Chen, a 39-year-old former Google/ YouTube employee from San Diego, California. Although I had a successful career before Google, with stints at Nike and McKinsey & Company, landing at Google felt like winning the lottery. I talked about being laid off by Google and the raw insecurities it laid bare.

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