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☆ Bosses are using 'silent lay-offs' and 'quiet firing' to get rid of employees. It could backfire.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But the latest workplace trends — "silent layoffs" and "quiet firing" — could be the most harmful to date. Silent layoffs occur when a company provides staff with severance packages but asks them to keep quiet about the details of their exit. Amit Rawal, a management lecturer at City University of London's Bayes Business School, told BI that silent layoffs have become "increasingly popular across larger corporations." Related storiesThe goal of silent layoffs is likely to minimize the amount of negative traction the company receives. Advertisement'A PR disaster waiting to happen'Experts told BI that quietly getting rid of employees could easily backfire when employees opt to fight back and speak out.

Persons: —, PwC, Mohamed Kande, Amit Rawal, Eloise Skinner, it's, Skinner, Lucas Botzen, Suzanne Horne, Paul Hasting, Evan Nierman, Banyan, Dan Buckley, Buckley, Nierman, Horne Organizations: Service, Business, Financial Times, PwC Global Network, Europa Press, City University, London's Bayes Business, National Labor Relations, CNN, National Labor Relations Board, Dell, Workers, Amazon, BBC

☆ How AI could actually make the hiring process more human
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This has taken a major toll on the remaining hiring teams, who must now manage overwhelming workloads. For employers, acknowledging the challenges your hiring teams are grappling with, along with the innovative solutions available to them, can ultimately make the hiring process better for everyone involved. Currently, hiring teams are working under economic uncertainty, making companies more hesitant to make long-term hiring decisions. AI can make hiring more efficient and humanChris Hyams, CEO of Indeed, is optimistic about what AI can do for hiring processes by blending AI capabilities with human judgment. How Indeed employs AI responsiblyIndeed's Smart Sourcing platform is a prime example of using AI responsibly to support, not replace, human decision-making in the hiring process.

Persons: Harris, Chris Hyams, We're, " Hyams, Tony Stark, Hyams, it's Organizations: Harris, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Smart, Insider Studios

☆ Don’t make this mistake in a job interview, says ex-Nvidia recruiter: It makes people think 'you shouldn't be interviewing'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Among HR consultant Stefanie Fackrell's red flags in a job interview is a lack of preparedness. Fackrell has worked in recruiting at tech giants like Google and Nvidia and has always noticed when people come in not knowing anything about the company or the role they're interviewing for. And it makes it hard to believe they're going to be invested in the role or perhaps that they're interested in it all. It immediately made Fackrell think, "maybe you shouldn't be interviewing …" Here's what happened. Early on in the interview process, Fackrell asked, "so what makes you interested in this role?"

Persons: Stefanie Fackrell's, Fackrell, she's, …, it's Organizations: Google, Nvidia

☆ An SAP employee reported a workplace sexual assault. Now she's breaking her NDA.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Matt Drange | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

"It was harder than the initial assault," Kostial said of being stalked. The Aetna NDA only silenced her about the terms of her settlement, not the sexual assault. Kostial has discussed her situation with Vincent White, a New York city-based lawyer who specializes in workplace NDAs and advises signatories on the risks associated with breaking them. Kostial is fearful that if they wed, her wife's finances could be affected if either SAP or Aetna pursues her for breaking her NDA. AdvertisementWhenever she's seized by anxiety, Kostial reminds herself of how hard she's fought to move past the sexual assault and why she's coming forward.

Persons: —, Ashley Kostial, she'd, She'd, Kostial, abrasions, Aetna, Brad Schleier, Schleier, hadn't, NDAs, Taylor Glascock, Kira, She's, Nina Wasow, Jodi Short, Evan Starr, Morton , Illinois Taylor Glascock, galling, Vincent White, White, Zelda Perkins, Harvey Weinstein's, Julie Macfarlane, she's, Hey Ashley —, he'd Organizations: Service, SAP, Marriott, Business, Ariba, Aetna, Aetna NDA, BI, University of California College of the, San, National Labor Relations Board, University of, Plano Police Department Locations: Plano , Texas, Plano, Phoenix, spokespeople, Aetna, Berkeley , California, California, New York, New, Maryland , New Jersey, New Mexico, But Arizona, San Francisco, NDAs, Morton ,, Oakland, Texas, Arizona, Illinois

☆ It's wild how many job listings might be fake
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Companies often post bogus roles to ease employees' concerns about being overworked and signal that the organization is growing, said Resume Builder, which recently found three in 10 employers have fake job listings. The reasons for listing fake jobs included signaling that the employer was willing to hire from outside the organization. Haller said employers that dangle fake listings risk hurting themselves by undermining their reputations. AdvertisementFake listings can lead to real jobsAbout seven in 10 of the fake jobs were on a company website or LinkedIn, according to the survey. And, yet, despite all the shenanigans, many fake listings often lead to real interviews — and even employment.

Persons: —, Stacie Haller, it's, Haller, there's, you'll, That's Organizations: Service, Business

☆ Inside the busy schedule of an F1 team principal who oversees 1,000 employees
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Gregory Leporati | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Guenther Steiner likened being the team principal of Haas F1 to "being the CEO of a small company." "The good news is no two days are the same," said James Vowles, Williams Racing's team principal. Guenther Steiner, a former team principal of the Haas F1 team who's now an ambassador for the Miami Grand Prix, said the job was sort of like running a corporation. Brown said the top traits he looked for in a team principal were selflessness, a focus on performance, and a willingness to lead by example. "Andrea is a team principal that focuses on his team, putting his people first."

Persons: James Vowles, Guenther Steiner, —, Williams, Rudy Carezzevoli, Vowles, Alex Albon, Albon, Haas, Kevin Magnussen, PETER, Steiner, I'm, Zak Brown, Andrea Stella, Lando Norris, Brown, Stella, wasn't, Andrea, he's Organizations: Williams Racing, Haas, Service, Netflix, Brawn, Mercedes, Constructors, Miami Grand Prix, Getty, McLaren Locations: Bahrain, Williams

☆ What’s to become of summer Fridays in the age of hybrid work?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

With any luck, if your employer has instituted a Summer Fridays policy, you’ll get to knock off work early or even take the whole day off. Only 13% of US employees, for instance, said their organizations had Summer Fridays, in a 2023 survey commissioned by consulting and research firm Gartner. Among US employers, a survey last year from HR consulting firm Mercer found that only 19% said they offered summer working hours, up from 15% in 2021. Nevertheless, some employees may have even better options today, thanks to the transformation of work culture spurred by the pandemic. But Caitlin Duffy, senior director of Gartner’s HR practice, said she wouldn’t be surprised if Summer Fridays become less of a featured benefit from employers because flexible work has become so much more prevalent.

Persons: you’ll, It’s, Mercer, Caitlin Duffy, wouldn’t, Duffy, she’s, ”, Rich Fuerstenberg, you’ve Organizations: New, New York CNN, Gartner, Pew Research Center Locations: New York

☆ More CEOs than workers think their company culture is toxic
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In a recent Businessolver survey, 52% of CEOs said their workplace culture was toxic. AdvertisementCEOs are having a hard time, tooBusinessolver also found that many corporate chiefs are struggling with their own mental health challenges. Fifty-five percent reported having had mental health issues in the past year, a jump of 24 percentage points. Those challenges haven't necessarily translated to a change in how those with mental health concerns might be perceived inside organizations. AdvertisementBeyond that, the fix could involve looking at what workers say will help their mental health.

Persons: —, they're, Rae Shanahan, Shanahan, Gen Zers, Businessolver Organizations: Service, Business, —

☆ Almost half of Dell's full-time US workforce has rejected the company's return-to-office push
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Unless they agree to change their classification, those US Dell workers are now ineligible for promotion. The benefits of WFHFor several Dell employees, the personal and financial benefits of working remotely were too good to give up. I'm not willing to give that up if I don't have to," one employee told BI. "My meetings are now with people in different conference rooms across the country by themselves," a remote employee told BI. Errich Petersen/Getty ImagesAs the reality of Dell's new working culture has set in, several employees told BI they were looking to leave the company.

Persons: —, Dell, hasn't, Brandon Bell, anecdotally, I'm, Jeff Clark, Kevork Djansezian, Getty, Clark, I've, haven't, Michael Dell, Errich Petersen, doesn't Organizations: Service, Business, Dell, Getty, BI Locations: RoundRock , Texas, India, Malaysia

☆ Ex-Nvidia recruiter's No. 1 interview red flag: 'You can tell when people are just phoning it in'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

HR consultant Stefanie Fackrell has worked in talent acquisition for years. As far as that portion is concerned, she has one clear red flag: "People not coming prepared," she says. It makes it seem like you're "not necessarily serious about this role or this particular company," Fackrell says. Some job seekers think, 'I know everything'To begin with, sometimes there's an element of overconfidence in some job seekers. "A lot of people see a job opportunity, they see the title, they get the interview and they think, 'oh, I got this.

Persons: Stefanie Fackrell, Fackrell, they'd Organizations: Google, Nvidia, Samsung

☆ This salary phrase in job descriptions is 'useless,' says recruiter—here's how to make sense of it
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Alex Koller | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Pay transparency laws are on the rise nationwide, but so is the share of companies that use the ambiguous phrase "competitive salary" to describe what they'll pay. As of May, the phrase appeared in 3% of U.S. job postings on Indeed, up from 2.5% of postings at the same time last year, the employment website told CNBC Make It. It's a small but notable increase that reflects thousands of job posts with unclear pay ranges, according to Indeed. "But without further details in the job posting, the phrase puts the onus on the job seeker to know what a competitive pay range may look like." If you're applying to jobs without clear pay ranges, here are a few ways to discuss salary during the hiring process.

Persons: Jeff Hyman, Hyman, Jennifer Herrity, Bonnie Dilber, — that's, we've, It's, — Organizations: CNBC, Companies

☆ Meet the Professors Whose Porn Careers Cost Them Their Jobs
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-16 | by ( Hallie Lieberman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +28 min

The porn videos had titles like "Juicy Anniversary" and "Bedroom Shenanigans." In search of a man for Wilson, Gow sought advice from his therapist, who suggested joining a swingers club. In the background, Video Gow is moaning "Oh yeah" as IRL Gow says, "I've always had some ED issues." As the video ends with the big finale — the money shot, as it's known in the industry — Video Gow stands above kneeling Video Wilson, arms outstretched. The termination letter said he had failed to properly report his income from the porn videos and had violated "prohibitions for using one's public position for private benefit."

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☆ Summer Fridays are on the decline—companies may be replacing them with work-from-home days
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-14 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The share of workers who say they get Summer Fridays has dropped dramatically in recent years. Just 11% of North American workers say they have access to Summer Fridays, according to a November 2023 survey from Gartner of more than 1,100 people. Some companies have made headlines for scaling back on workplace flexibility that emerged during the pandemic. Duffy says organizations should consider how reducing workplace flexibility will impact their employees before imitating what their competitors are doing. "But we have heard HR leaders still say they're concerned about the impact of return-to-office on their ability to attract and retain talent."

Persons: Caitlin Duffy, Duffy, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase Organizations: Gartner, CNBC, Boeing, UPS, Fortune

☆ Using ChatGPT can make recruiters think you're sending them a fake resume—here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

You have to read through the job description to see what they're looking for. You have to list job titles and bullets that both reflect your experience and prove you're a good fit. With the advent of tech like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot, many people are leaning into generative AI to write their resumes entirely. If you ask for a "marketing resume," for example, it will create something based on any marketing job descriptions or marketing resumes it scrapes from the web. Recruiters and hiring managers who look at hundreds of resumes say at times "100 of them look exactly the same because they all use the same ChatGPT prompt," she says.

Persons: Phoebe Gavin, ChatGPT, James Hudson, who's, Gavin Organizations: Microsoft, Nike

☆ I retired in my 30s with a net worth of $2.5 million over a decade ago. Now, I'm going back to work at 46.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sam Dogen, a 46-year-old in San Francisco. It was easy to save money because I was working so muchI started saving only a month after starting at Goldman Sachs. A promotion and move to San Francisco got me on the property ladderIn June 2001, I was recruited to join Credit Suisse and moved to San Francisco. In 2005, I bought a house for $1,520,000 in San Francisco and rented my condo until I sold it in 2017. Having kids took up a lot of our passive income budgetOnce our son was born in 2017, we began spending more of our passive income.

Persons: —, Sam Dogen, I'd, Mary, Goldman Sachs, San Francisco, I've, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, College of William, San, Credit Suisse Locations: San Francisco, Virginia, USA, Manhattan

☆ Examining Workforce Changes in AI, C-Suites, HR, and DEI
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Business Insider's "Workforce Innovation" series will explore how our jobs are changing by digging into four themes: AI, the changing C-suite, worker well-being, and DEI. The board will be composed of C-suite leaders from HR, strategy, technology, and DEI. The C-suite is getting more crowded, and jobs like chief growth officer and chief AI officer are becoming more common. Increasing amounts of data and the emergence of AI, Wiggins told BI, require companies to have roles beyond chief information officer or chief technology officer. "The future of DEI," Lawless said, "does need to be more diffuse."

Persons: we're, it's, Daron Acemoglu, Cody O'Loughlin Acemoglu, Acemoglu, Ty Wiggins, Russell Reynolds, Wiggins, Georgie Clarke, It's, Carly Holm, Leah Smith, Holm, George Floyd's, Regina Lawless, Charles Schoenberger, Lawless, Gen Z Organizations: Innovation Board, DEI, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Russell Reynolds Associates, World Health Organization, Business, Employers, Companies Locations: —

☆ Ex-employees sue Elon Musk and SpaceX, claiming illegal firings after they called out alleged gender bias and harassment
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —SpaceX and CEO Elon Musk were sued on Wednesday by former employees who claim they were illegally fired for raising concerns about gender discrimination and sexual harassment at the rocket company. The eight former employees were involved in writing a 2022 open letter criticizing Musk and urging SpaceX executives to make the firm’s culture more inclusive. Following the letter’s release, the eight employees were fired. Wednesday’s complaint alleges that “Musk personally ordered the Plaintiff’s terminations.”SpaceX did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit. (Musk has denied the harassment claims.)

Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Twitter —, “ Musk, Gwynne Shotwell, Tom Moline, ”, ’, “, “ I’ve Organizations: New, New York CNN, SpaceX, Twitter, New York Times, National Labor Relations Board, CNN, MIT, Business Locations: New York, California, Texas

☆ I doubled my income at Microsoft after starting my career in a factory. I only had enough money for 1 semester of school, but I was determined.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-11 | by ( Perri Ormont Blumberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nandita Gupta, an accessibility product manager at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington. I'm an accessibility product manager at Microsoft. Since December 2021, I've worked as an accessibility product manager for Accessibility Insights, a suite of products that helps developers code with accessibility in mind. There came a moment in my manufacturing job when I asked myself, "What am I doing? Taking the Microsoft job doubled my earnings from my last job — my annual income was around $75,000 in manufacturing, and the move to Microsoft brought my total compensation to over $170,000.

Persons: —, Nandita Gupta, I've, MasterClass, Lauryn Haas Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business, Google, Zoo Atlanta, TED, Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, TEDx Georgia Tech Locations: Redmond , Washington, lhaas@businessinsider.com

☆ He quit OpenAI, branding it reckless. He hopes outside pressure can now force change.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA former OpenAI employee who quit in February spoke out about what led him to quit, and later sign a letter calling for change at AI companies. William Saunders told Business Insider that concerns he raised while working at OpenAI were "not adequately addressed." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Advertisement'Egregiously insufficient'According to Aschenbrenner, OpenAI told employees that he was fired over sharing a document containing safety ideas with external researchers. AdvertisementOpenAI didn't respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Persons: —, William Saunders, Saunders, they're, Leopold Aschenbrenner, OpenAI's, podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, Aschenbrenner, OpenAI, he'd, Sam Altman, Altman Organizations: Service, Business Locations: OpenAI

☆ I'm an ex-Google recruiter and head of talent at DoorDash. PIPs should stand for 'paid interview period' — if you're put on one, get out fast.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Ashley Couto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Then, I became the head of recruiting at DoorDash and later the chief people officer at Carta, a pre-IPO equity management company for startups. My first experience with PIPs was at DoorDashDoorDash was the first place I encountered performance improvement plans or PIPs. When I joined as the head of talent in March 2015, I was the company's 50th employee. To be candid, I've never seen somebody survive a PIP. I've never heard of somebody who went on a PIP and became a top performer at that company.

Persons: —, Nolan, I've, DoorDash, weren't, it's Organizations: Service, Nolan Church, Google, Carta, Business Locations: DoorDash, Carta

☆ This popular resume advice is 'a waste of time', says former head of talent acquisition at Nike
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

When you're applying for a job, many career experts will tell you to tailor your resume to the job description. They recommend sifting through its requirements to see what's most relevant for the role and tweaking your resume accordingly. Longtime HR executive James Hudson, who's led talent acquisition at companies like Nike and Levi Strauss & Co., disagrees with this approach. "It's bad advice to customize your resume" for every role, he says. But the job description itself might not give a 100% sense of where the emphasis will be on day-to-day job duties.

Persons: James Hudson, who's, Levi Strauss, they're, Hudson Organizations: Nike

☆ OpenAI is facing controversy. Again.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In today's big story, we're looking at the latest controversy to embroil OpenAI amid a difficult few months for the startup . Their takeaway was simple: OpenAI wants to have it both ways regarding how it's perceived about safety and commercialization. It's structured as a "capped-profit" company governed by a nonprofit, and Altman doesn't hold equity directly in OpenAI. The result, the VC told me, is people feel OpenAI is talking out of both sides of its mouth. It doesn't help that some OpenAI employees joined when that split was closer to 80/20 and favored safety over business, they added.

Persons: —, we've, OpenAI Justin Sullivan, Chelsea Jia Feng, Anthropic signees, Scarlett Johansson, Elon, Madeline Berg, Sam Altman, Altman, Justin Sullivan, OpenAI, It's, Patrick McMullan, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Izzy Englander's, Griffin's, Marko Kolanovic, ANDREW CABALLERO, REYNOLDS, youngs, Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, Keith Enright, Alyssa Powell, They've, Shopify, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Jack Sommers, George Glover, Annie Smith Organizations: Service, Business, Google, Millennium Management, Getty Images, Facebook, CNBC, BI, SpaceX Locations: OpenAI, Patrick, It's, Tesla, New York, London

☆ At 33, I was a new mom and couldn't move my hand. 3 years later, I got a diagnosis that changed everything.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Snehal Amembal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. "Jellyfish doo doo doo doo doo doo," the line from "Baby Shark Dance" kept playing on loop as my 11-month-old son looked at me expectantly, wanting me to wiggle my fingers and dance along. Three years later, at 36, I received a formal diagnosis — now with two children, the oldest was 3 and my second son was 18 months. I was on maternity leave, and at the time, I was working as an HR manager for a private healthcare organization. What brings me absolute joy, though, is when my kids are asked what their mom does.

Persons: Snehal Amembal, YOPD, Parkinson's, credit's, Mr Parkinson's Organizations: Service

☆ Ex-OpenAI employee speaks out about why he was fired: 'I ruffled some feathers'
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA former OpenAI researcher opened up about how he "ruffled some feathers" by writing and sharing some documents related to safety at the company, and was eventually fired. Leopold Aschenbrenner, who graduated from Columbia University at 19, according to his LinkedIn, worked on OpenAI's superalignment team before he was reportedly "fired for leaking" in April. The AI researcher previously shared the memo with others at OpenAI, "who mostly said it was helpful," he added. Related storiesHR later gave him a warning about the memo, Aschenbrenner said, telling him that it was "racist" and "unconstructive" to worry about China Communist Party espionage. He said he wrote the document a couple of months after the superalignment team was announced, which referenced a four-year planning horizon.

Persons: —, Leopold Aschenbrenner, OpenAI's, podcaster Dwarkesh Patel, Aschenbrenner, OpenAI, Sam, Sam Altman Organizations: Service, Columbia University, Business, China Communist Party Locations: OpenAI

☆ Black workers sue, claiming White racists run a General Mills plant in Georgia
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —General Mills, the manufacturer of Cheerios and other well-known cereals, is being sued by eight Black employees working at a Georgia plant who say it’s rampant with racism under the control of its White managers. In the federal lawsuit filed June 2, the employees accuse the managers at the Covington plant with favoring White employees for promotions over Black workers, issuing more disciplinary actions against Black employees and a manager calling them “colored,” a racist term. The lawsuit points to two White managers who “formed an organization of white employees in management and human resources called the ‘Good Ole Boys’” favoring White workers over their Black counterparts and going back as far as the 1980s. General Mills did not immediately respond to CNN’s request for comment. The plaintiffs are seeking a trial by jury and compensatory and punitive damages for hundreds of Black employees who have worked at the Covington plant.

Persons: Mills, “, General Mills, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, White Organizations: New, New York CNN, White, Boys, Ku Klux, General Locations: New York, Georgia, Covington

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