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☆ More OpenAI chaos puts Sam Altman on the back foot
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementIt's a rare admission from Altman, who has worked hard to cultivate an image of being relatively calm amid OpenAI's ongoing chaos. Safety team implosionOpenAI has been in full damage control mode following the exit of key employees working on AI safety. He said the safety team was left "struggling for compute, and it was getting harder and harder to get this crucial research done." Silenced employeesThe implosion of the safety team is a blow for Altman, who has been keen to show he's safety-conscious when it comes to developing super-intelligent AI. The usually reserved Altman even appeared to shade Google, which demoed new AI products the following day.

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☆ A tax compliance startup raised millions. Then it abruptly shut down, and the founder cut off contact.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Ben Bergman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Even the human-resources firm retained to help employees with offboarding, Tandem, quit soon after the layoffs because it never got paid. Shannon Flynn Bevers, Tandem's president and founder, said that she tried to help employees but that Johnson stopped responding. "When startups go out of business, they will pay employees their final paycheck. Johnson told employees to take a weeklong furlough and blamed the issue on a technical snafu. She also told employees they could file a claim with their state labor department or hire an employment lawyer.

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☆ A strong exit interview could help transform a company's culture and bottom line. Here are the 5 best and worst questions to ask.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Mariette Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Exit interviews are a valuable tool for companies that want to make their workplaces better. Exit interviews are an effective tool for companies looking to make their workplaces better. "Exit interviews are seen as uncomfortable, time-consuming, and just plain inconvenient," Peter James, an executive leadership coach, told Business Insider. "Exit questions need not be complex but should ideally address what we know, what we think we know, and what we should know," James said. "By the time an employee has made it to the exit interview, they've already submitted their resignation letter or email.

Persons: —, Peter James, Chris Bellezza, James, Burgette White, White, Burgette, Desmond Attmore, Brian Wright, it's, I've, Devika Brij, Brij, Attmore, they've, They've Organizations: Service, Adecco, Employees, Staff Locations: America

☆ Posting a TikTok video of yourself getting laid off is good, actually
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Katie Notopoulos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A video of a woman filming herself getting laid off from Cloudflare went viral on Tiktok. Over the last year, we've seen similar TikToks of people filming themselves getting laid off. AdvertisementA trend on TikTok that's been simmering for a while but really went mainstream this week has been people (mostly young women) filming themselves getting laid off from their corporate tech jobs. Last week, one in particular made headlines as the young woman getting laid off from CloudFlare pushed back at the HR rep leading the call. It won't necessarily stop you from getting laid off if the ax falls on your department, but demystifying the process is good for workers.

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☆ I made up to $6,300 a month working 3 hours a day as a virtual assistant. Here's how I found and connected with new clients through Instagram.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I focused on a client nicheI started working as a virtual assistant in January 2021. I connected with clients organically on InstagramI put all my time and effort into making my Instagram profile engaging. I'd find clients I wanted to work with and comment on their posts and respond to their Instagram stories. I'd have about five or six clients on the go at a time, and I'd work for each one every day. With each client, I'd explain on the call that I had a minimum length of four months for each contract.

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☆ Zelt, a HR startup founded by a former VC investor, just raised $3.5 million in seed funding with this 12-slide pitch deck
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Callum Burroughs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

London-based HR tech startup Zelt has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. The startup enables companies to manage HR, IT, and financial tasks on one platform. We got an exclusive look at the 12-slide pitch deck it used to raise the fresh funds. A startup that enables companies to manage HR, IT, and financial tasks on one platform has raised $3.5 million in fresh funds. "The current market is steps behind and people operations have become more difficult over the past five years as even small startups are global from day one."

Persons: Mumsnet, it's, Christopher Priebe, Priebe, Charlie Songhurst, Mandeep Singh, Felix Leuschner, Daniel Hegarty Organizations: Global Founders Capital, Zelt, 1, Village Locations: London

☆ Monitoring Financial Institution Compliance
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +41 min

Compliance MonitorshipsA compliance monitor (also called an independent examiner or independent compliance consultant) is an impartial party appointed by the government to detect the root causes of the institution’s compliance failures. The purpose of a compliance monitor is not to address a particular compliance failure or punish the institution. Responded to compliance issues, in a timely manner and in a way that demonstrates that the institution takes compliance issues seriously. Compliance Department EmployeesThe monitor must evaluate the adequacy of compliance department employees, including the number of compliance employees, their experience, and their expertise. Assess the Compliance SystemsThe monitor typically engages compliance technology experts, who have specific knowledge of coding and compliance technology software, to test and evaluate the institution’s compliance systems.

☆ Laid-off Googlers say they're frustrated about being treated as external candidates for internal roles even though they're still being paid
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Google told laid-off workers that they could apply for other roles at the company. Most staff are being paid until March 31 but their access to internal systems has been cut off. But laid-off workers told Insider that they are having to apply for roles as external candidates. Laid-off staff are not eligible for roles only posted for internal candidates, "so we have a much more limited pool of potential roles," she said. "We're basically being treated like outsiders who never worked at Google," Paul Baker, a laid-off video production manager, told Insider via email.

☆ Too many companies botch mass layoffs
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

When it comes to mass layoffs, there seems to be no end to the worst, most bungled ways in which some employees first learn they are being let go. “People have to feel they’re being treated with respect,” said Sarah Rodehorst, CEO of Onwards HR, an offboarding technology platform for human resources, legal and finance teams. (Google declined to comment, pointing instead to a blog post from the CEO on the day of the layoffs.) Employees should receive a communication from the CEO or from division leadership that informs them layoffs will occur and offers them the business reasons for the decision. By “small,” Lee means no more than 5 to 10 people, including a leader or manager they know who delivers the news.

☆ Twitter employees who technically resigned on Thursday say they can still use internal systems, amid speculation the staff responsible for cutting access are also quitting
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Staff who didn't sign up for Elon Musk's "hardcore" Twitter say they still have access to systems. This led to speculation that the the staff responsible for cutting access had also left Twitter. Some Twitter staff told The Verge they were speculating this was because the employees who handled access to internal company systems had also resigned. Out of about 4,000 remaining Twitter employees, less than 2,000 chose to stay on and work with Musk as the owner, Insider's Kali Hays reported. Thursday's resignations triggered a wave of salute emojis and farewell messages on Twitter's Slack, a former worker told Insider.

☆ Read the blunt Twitter email telling employees that their jobs are axed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read the blunt email that notified one Twitter employee they had been laid off. Shortly after the report, Twitter sent a memo to its employees confirming the plans for layoffs and announcing its offices were temporarily closed. It was the first communication from the company that Twitter employees had received since Elon Musk took over last week. Read one of the notes sent to an employee, which Insider obtained, below: It's titled "Your Role at Twitter." Are you a Twitter employee?

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