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☆ Amidst the layoffs at Amazon, the company's ultra-secretive research lab is at risk of being shut. It's a sign things are changing 'dramatically' at the company.
  + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +14 min
Early last month, members of Amazon's secretive in-house research lab, Grand Challenge, were called into an unexpected video meeting. Weibel announced 3 of the 5 projects Grand Challenge was working on would shut down, effective immediately. When other team employees wanted to collaborate with the team, they needed additional approvals from its leadership. Amazon Glow was among the Grand Challenge projects to be discontinued at the end of this year. Getting support promoting Grand Challenge projects was a challenge too.
☆ More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Diane Bartz | Thomson Reuters | Focused On U.S. Antitrust As Well As Corporate Regulation | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
REUTERS/Lindsey WassonWASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - When a Washington state beauty salon charged Simran Bal $1,900 for training after she quit, she was shocked. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterNearly 10% of American workers surveyed in 2020 were covered by a training repayment agreement, said the Cornell Survey Research Institute. The practice, which critics call Training Repayment Agreement Provisions, or TRAPs, is drawing scrutiny from U.S. regulators and lawmakers. While waiting to complete the training, Bal worked at the front desk, which paid less. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said in comments that training repayment demands were "particularly egregious" in commercial trucking.
☆ Democrats strip Manchin's permitting reform bill from must-pass government funding measure after both Republicans and progressives pledged to vote against it
  + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Manchin's permitting reform plan was struck from a must-pass government funding bill on Tuesday. Progressives opposed it for environmental reasons, while Republicans want an even stronger bill. It's a major defeat for the West Virginia Democrat, who might otherwise have a hard time passing it. The bill would've green-lit a pipeline in Manchin's home state of West Virginia. The removal of Manchin's permitting reform legislation represents an unusual defeat for the usually-pivotal conservative Democrat.
☆ Boeing to pay $200 million to settle civil charges it misled investors about 737 MAX
  + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Grounded Boeing 737 MAX aircraft are seen parked at Grant County International Airport in Moses Lake, Washington, U.S. November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Lindsey WassonSept 22 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N) will pay $200 Million to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it misled investors about the 737 MAX that was grounded for 20 months after two fatal crashes killed 346 people. The SEC also said former Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg had agreed to pay $1 million. The Boeing Company and its former CEO, Dennis Muilenburg, failed in this most basic obligation," SEC Chair Gary Gensler said. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by David Shepardson, Editing by Franklin PaulOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Aviation regulator met Boeing about 737 MAX's return to China
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
An aerial view of a Boeing 737 MAX 10 airplane parked at King County International Airport-Boeing Field in Seattle, Washington, U.S, June 1, 2022. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterCAAC said it would release a revised report when the questions raised at the meeting were resolved. A Boeing spokesperson on Tuesday declined to comment about the meeting with CAAC, saying the company continued to work with customers and regulators including in China to safely return the 737 MAX to service worldwide. The planemaker said in July that it had about 290 undelivered 737 MAX airplanes and about half were designated for Chinese customers. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Sophie Yu in Beijing, Jamie Freed in Singapore; Editing by Andrew Heavens, Kirsten DonovanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
☆ Amazon CEO Andy Jassy is trying to fix a crumbling engineering culture with a secret unit that tackles 'foundational pain points' raised by the company's frustrated developers
  + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Amazon created a new team called "Amazon Software Builder Experience," leaked documents show. Amazon software engineers are so frustrated by bureaucratic inefficiencies that the company has created a secret new team to address their concerns. Earlier this year, Amazon formed the "Amazon Software Builder Experience" group with the ambitious goal of turning the internet giant into "Earth's best employer for software builders," according to internal documents obtained by Insider. "The Amazon Software Builder Experience (ASBX) organization was created to singularly focus on improving the experience of software builders across Amazon," one of the documents states. One of the slides presented during the speech, obtained by Insider, shows mounting frustrations among Amazon engineers.
☆ After 28 years, 'Day 2' finally arrives at Amazon
  + stars: | 2022-08-24 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Amazon is known for "Day 1" culture, maintaining a nimble mindset found on a startup's first day. This is a big challenge facing Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, who replaced founder Jeff Bezos last year. On May 26, Amazon retail CEO Dave Clark held a fireside chat with employees at an internal event called Fishbowl. But 28 years on, Day 2 has finally arrived, according to more than a dozen current and former Amazon employees who cited problems including a stodgy engineering culture, extra management layers, and rising red tape. "Historically Amazon was one of the best places for builders, but now when people want to build, they leave Amazon," this person said.
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