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☆ Microsoft's cloud boss faces tough questions about pay and low morale, leaked messages show
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Employees blasted Microsoft's decision to pause raises and low morale ahead of a cloud meeting. Cloud boss Scott Guthrie told employees at the previous meeting no changes would come to raises. Microsoft cloud boss Scott Guthrie is facing tough questions about the company's decision to pause raises and cut bonuses and stock awards ahead of an employee meeting for the Cloud + AI organization. Many of the questions ahead of Guthrie's latest meeting, initially scheduled for June 8 and then canceled, were directed at Microsoft's senior leadership team, internally abbreviated as LT or SLT. Are you a Microsoft employee or do you have insight to share?

Persons: Scott Guthrie, Guthrie, Satya Nadella, Will LT, Kathleen Hogan, Charlie Bell, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Microsoft, Microsoft's

☆ 10 Things in Tech: Low morale at Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Morale appears to be low at Microsoft. According to internal messages, those changes were another blow to morale, after Microsoft announced it was laying off 10,000 staff in January. In other news:The AGI House is the Bay Area's hottest AI hacker house, hosting dinners, hackathons, and fireside chats on a weekly basis. Founders and VCs are clamoring to get into a $68 million AI hacker house. AGI House, an 18,000 square foot Hillsborough mansion, serves as a hacker house and community hub for the Bay's exploding AI scene.

Persons: Hallam Bullock, Satya Nadella, Kathleen Hogan, Stephanie Palazzolo, ElevenLabs, Andreessen Horowitz, Wharton, Eddie Wu, Daniel Zhang, Wu, Meta, Ashley Flowers, Jordan Pettitt, Shona Ghosh Organizations: CBS, US Coast Guard, Microsoft, Workers, Tmall, Getty Locations: London

☆ More Microsoft employees say they would leave if they got another offer, according to an internal poll. It's a sign of falling morale.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Less than half of the Microsoft employees who answered an internal poll said they'd stay if they got another offer, an internal message suggests. The poll results come after Microsoft paused raises and cut bonus and stock awards. Less than half of Microsoft employees who answered an internal survey called Daily Signals said they would stay at the company if they received a comparable offer, an internal message viewed by Insider suggests. The latest poll came after Microsoft announced it would not give out raises this year and would reduce bonus and stock awards. The change has been another blow to morale for some employees, according to internal messages viewed by Insider.

Persons: they'd, Microsoft's, Satya Nadella, Kathleen Hogan, Hogan, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Microsoft, Daily Signals

☆ Leaked Microsoft messages show employees blasting pay cuts and low morale to executives
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some Microsoft employees have criticized the company's decision to halt raises and cut bonus and stock awards, according to internal messages viewed by Insider that were directed at executives. A later email from Microsoft's chief people officer, Kathleen Hogan, which was viewed by Insider, instructed managers to give fewer employees "exceptional rewards." While the comments may not reflect the feelings of all employees at Microsoft, they provide a window into employee sentiment over these changes. On the all-hands call, Bell said: "Merit increases and employee pay are supply and demand-driven, and for years we have enjoyed bigger paychecks than our peers in other sectors." Are you a Microsoft employee or do you have insight to share?

Persons: Satya Nadella, Kathleen Hogan, Hogan, Nadella, Charlie Bell, We've, LT, Bell, Ashley Stewart Organizations: Microsoft, Employees

☆ An obituary for the Metaverse, the latest fad to join the tech graveyard
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

On the agenda today:An obituary for the metaverse, the latest fad to join the tech graveyard. BlackRock is wrestling with who could succeed Larry Fink. Also read:Who will succeed Larry Fink? BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New York TimeWall Street has long been fascinated by succession stories. CEO Larry Fink, now 70-years old, has the rare distinction of leading a Wall Street behemoth he helped found.

☆ Leaked Microsoft email instructs managers to give fewer 'exceptional rewards' as it halts raises and cuts the budget for stock awards and bonuses
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( Ashley Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Microsoft plans to halt raises and cut its bonus and stock awards budget, according to an internal email. A separate internal email instructs managers to give fewer employees "exceptional rewards." Microsoft sent managers an email about the company's plan to halt raises and cut its bonus and stock awards budget instructing them to give fewer employees exceptional rewards. Microsoft's spokesperson declined to comment on the email to managers but confirmed the news about halting raises and cutting the bonus and stock award budget. Thank you for navigating a more conservative rewards budget coupled with recent workforce reductions and a challenging and dynamic environment this year.

☆ Going to war? Good news! The United States is 13 years behind in ammunition production.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Since production capacity changed after the Cold War, the US can no longer keep up with wartime demands. In fulfilling those promises, The New York Times reported the US has sent Ukraine so many stockpiled Stinger missiles that it would take 13 years of production at recent capacity levels to replace them. US officials in January proposed a production increase up to 90,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition each month to keep up with demand. The United States has rarely seen production shortages in ammunition and missiles to the degree the country currently faces. While improvements to production facilities have been budgeted for going forward, the US is currently pushing suppliers to capacity to meet current wartime demands in Ukraine and keep pace with China's production.

☆ The Best Part of Group Tours? Meeting New People. It’s Also the Worst Part.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-24 | by ( Kathleen Hughes | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Tourists gaze down at the ruins of Masada, an ancient mountaintop fortress in Israel, during the author’s tour of the Middle East. We were a group of 10 strangers on a two-week tour of the Middle East last year, and our social dynamic was, it’s fair to say, a bit rocky from the start. While the tour was fascinating, focusing on the ancient history of Christianity, Judaism and Islam, one guest interrupted frequently, criticizing the guides and the itinerary. “Why did you bring us here?” she asked on the streets of downtown Amman.

☆ Biden wants $886 billion defense budget with eyes on Ukraine and future wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Mike Stone | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

The total amount of the 2024 budget proposal is $28 billion more than last year's $858 billion. Congress has passed an annual defense budget for more than 60 years. Biden's budget request also speeds the Department of Defense's pace for buying the stealthy F-35 fighter jet to 83. The 2023 budget request asked for 61 F-35 jets made by Lockheed Martin and Congress increased that number to 77. The budget would benefit the biggest U.S. defense contractors including Lockheed, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Corp (NOC.N) and General Dynamics Corp (GD.N).

☆ Mike Lindell says he wants to work with the RNC to run an election crimes unit — after getting only 4 votes for RNC chair
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mike Lindell wants to work with the RNC to set up an "election crimes unit." "Later in the week, we're setting up the election crime unit, Steve. "Well, when you work with me, it's election crime, not a weak word like election integrity. It's called the election crime," Lindell said. It's unclear what Lindell's proposed election crime unit would do.

☆ Opinion: Abigail Disney: 125 billionaires control our climate future
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Abigail Disney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Editor’s Note: Abigail E. Disney is an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker and activist. According to new Oxfam research, the company investments of just 125 billionaires emit 393 million metric tons of CO2 each year, equivalent to the emissions of France. Let that sink in: 125 individuals, no better, no worse and certainly no more important than any other 125 individuals, are responsible for hundreds of millions of metric tons of carbon emissions. Those same 125 billionaires also sit on the boards of various charities and foundations. We have the power to create a society that prioritizes care of communities over the pocketbooks of fossil fuel companies.

☆ Biden at 80: A ‘respecter of fate’ considers a second White House bid
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

US President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One upon his arrival at the airport of Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm El-Sheikh, to attend the COP27 climate conference, on November 11, 2022. It's soon time for Joe Biden, 80 on Sunday, to decide whether he has one more mountain to climb — the one to a second term as president. Getty: President Joe Biden gives remarks on student debt relief at Delaware State University on October 21, 2022 in Dover, Delaware. "While President Biden may chronologically be 80 years old, biologically he probably isn't," he said. U.S. President Joe Biden smiles during a rally with Democratic nominee for Maryland Governor Wes Moore, U.S.

☆ Microsoft will update harassment policy after report shows pitfalls in handling of complaints
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Microsoft on Tuesday said it would update sexual harassment and gender discrimination policies after a third-party report showed shortcomings in how the company deals with complaints. The report comes a year after Microsoft shareholders approved a proposal requesting that the board publish a review of workplace sexual harassment policies. Microsoft published a 50-page transparency report from ArentFox on Tuesday. "On July 7, 2019, Person A, a Microsoft employee, reported to Kathleen Hogan that Bill Gates had subjected her to inappropriate communications and conduct," the transparency report said. "In doing so, Person A made references to sexual harassment and the me too movement."

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☆ In closed-door meeting, Elon Musk tells 100 top ad execs that he will improve brand safety on Twitter and that he will personally oversee its new video product
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Lara O'Reilly | Lindsay Rittenhouse | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk spoke on Thursday with more than 100 advertisers and ad agency executives in a virtual meeting to reassure them that Twitter will remain safe to advertise on, following his takeover. The Washington Post reported earlier this week that Musk's Twitter is working on a paid-for video feature, in which creators could charge viewers for access. One advertising executive who met with Musk earlier this week said Musk "said all the right things" on the topic of brand safety. Musk had also said that Twitter could be using its data in a more efficient way to improve results for advertisers. General Mills, Mondelez, Pfizer, and Audi all paused ads on Twitter, according to The Wall Street Journal.

☆ The ridiculous rise of the chief purpose officer — corporate America's half-baked attempt to fix the employee burnout crisis
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Tracy Moore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Every company on Great Place to Work's ranked list of best employers has a chief purpose officer or purpose among the company's missions and goals. Its chief purpose officer, Kwasi Mitchell, who stepped into the role in 2020, told me that establishing purpose was a powerful talent-retention tool. The same is true for chief purpose officers. And a chief purpose officer can be used as a crutch, a way for a business to say, "Of course, we care," when employees raise issues with the culture. Instead of fixing the burnout problem, these executives can allow management to turn a blind eye and assume all is well, letting workplace rot set in even deeper.

☆ Un bărbat a trăit trei luni în aeroportul din Chicago de teama Covid-19
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Un bărbat a trăit trei luni în aeroportul din Chicago de teama Covid-19Un bărbat a fost descoperit că a trăit într-o zonă securizată din aeroportul internaţional din Chicago timp de trei luni, iar el a spus poliţiei că i-a fost prea frică de Covid-19 să se întoarcă acasă, în Los Angeles, relatează The Guardian. Aditya Singh, în vârstă de 36 de ani, a fost arestat în weekend şi acuzat că a pătruns într-o zonă restricţionată a unui aeroport şi furt, a scris Chicago Tribune. După aproximativ trei luni, sâmbătă după-amiază, Singh a fost abordat de doi angajaţi ai United Airlines care i-au cerut documente de identificare. Hagerty a spus că Singh a găsit legitimaţia în aeroport şi că „se temea din cauza Covid-19 să plece acasă”. A fost precizat că incidentul va fi anchetat în continuare, nefiind clar cum a fost posibil ca timp de trei luni bărbatul - „care nu reprezintă un risc pentru securitate” - să nu fie remarcat în aeroport.

Persons: Aditya Singh, Singh, Kathleen Hagerty, Hagerty, poliţia, dimineaţă Organizations: Chicago Tribune, United Airlines, Orange, Aviation Locations: Chicago, Los Angeles

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