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Robinhood CEO explains how he got employees back to the office after initially saying the company was 'remote-first'

Fri, 05/24/2024 - 12:04

Vlad Tenev, co-founder and co-CEO of investing app Robinhood. — Robinhood proclaimed itself remote-first, then backtracked and called employees back to the office.
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Careers, finance, Strategy, Tech, Robinhood, vlad-tenev, remote-work

I struggled to find a job after college, so I changed my name on my résumé and landed one almost immediately

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 06:15

Mukhtar Kadiri — Kadiri said he now embraces his name and identity.
Mukhtar Kadiri; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Careers, bi-illustration, rebecca-zisser, as-told-to, contributor-2024, Work, Resumes

I used bots to work for Instacart. You need one to make the job worthwhile.

Sun, 05/19/2024 - 07:14

Tech Insider : Economy

Instacart — Bots that accept high-paying orders and spoof your location are key to working for Instacart, one shopper says.
Photo by Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

economy, gig-work, instacart, Work, Delivery, eCommerce, gig-workers

Uber, Doordash, and other gig workers in Seattle may be about to face a pay reckoning

Thu, 05/09/2024 - 05:31

Tech Insider : Economy

DoorDash driver on motor bike — Gig delivery workers in Seattle could get paid at a lower rate under proposed changes to the city's new pay law.
AP Photo/David Zalubowski

economy, instacart, DoorDash, grubhub, Uber, Seattle, gig-work

Andreessen Horowitz investor says half of Google's white-collar staff probably do 'no real work'

Mon, 05/06/2024 - 15:07

David Ulevitch — David Ulevitch told BI his comments about "BS jobs" and fake work at companies like Google ranked among his least controversial statements.
OpenDNS

Tech, Careers, Strategy, a16z, andreessen-horowitz, google, fake-work

8 tips from Jeff Bezos on how to run a company and manage your team

Fri, 05/03/2024 - 09:48

Jeff Bezos — Jeff Bezos was CEO of Amazon for 27 years.
David Ryder / Stringer

Tech, Careers, Strategy, jeff-bezos, amazon, Work, Management

You may be driving your colleagues nuts with a seemingly harmless Slack practice known as 'hey hanging'

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 21:55

Woman at home office having a incoming call on her phone. — Woman at home office having a incoming call on her phone.
Guido Mieth/Getty Images

Tech, culture, Slack, instant-messaging, Work

'Pretty privilege' in job interviews is a real thing, say experts. But you have more control than you realize.

Fri, 04/12/2024 - 07:31

pretty privilege in interviews — "Pretty privilege" in job interviews is real.
courtneyk/Getty Images

Careers, culture, Careers, job-interviews, privilege, appearance, Work

19 ex-McDonald's workers returned to their old restaurant for a 'Class of 1975' reunion almost 50 years after working together

Wed, 04/10/2024 - 07:51

A group of former McDonald's workers stand and sit in rows for an organized group photo at a restaurant in Hazelwood, Missouri. They are wearing McDonald's jackets and smiling at the camera. — Courtesy of McDonald's

Retail, trending-uk, McDonalds, Work, Jobs, Missouri, mcdonalds-employees

School districts in California are worried about cafeteria workers fleeing to fast-food chains to get $20-an-hour wages

Wed, 04/10/2024 - 05:04

Tech Insider : Economy

High school cafeteria lunchroom workers serving hot meal to students — SDI Productions/Getty Images

economy, Education, California, Education, Schools, food-service, ab-1228

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