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A woman said her tattoos got her rejected for a job, but experts say personality is far more important

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 05:45

Woman in suit jacket with face tattoos — A woman in a business suit with face tattoos (stock photo).
FG Trade/Getty Images

Careers, culture, Tattoos, Careers, job-interviews, Hiring, workplace-etiquette

Google's CEO says its workplace isn't a place to 'fight over disruptive issues or debate politics'

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 17:27

Sundar Pichai speaking at event — Sundar Pichai said the workplace isn't a place to "debate politics."
Justin Sullivan/Getty

Tech, google, sundar-pichai, Workplace

Gen Zers are in their 'boycott era', even when it comes to which jobs they apply for

Wed, 04/17/2024 - 05:00

A young man walking next to an office building, wearing a suit. — Lisa5201/Getty Images

Careers, culture, gen-z, gen-zers, zoomers, Millennials, gen-x

South Koreans are dealing with burnout and loneliness by getting pet rocks

Tue, 03/19/2024 - 06:04

Tech Insider : Economy

Pet rocks — Pet rocks on the edge of Lake Mackintos in Tasmania, Australia.
Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images

economy, news-uk, pet-rock, south-korea, Burnout, Workplace, dealing-with-burnout

Bernie Sanders wants to bring in a 4-day workweek, which would see workers paid the same for 8 hours less work every week

Fri, 03/15/2024 - 09:02

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questions witnesses during a hearing about working hours in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 14, 2024 in Washington DC. — A global four-day workweek trial found that workers were happier and more efficient.
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Careers, trending-uk, bernie-sanders, four-day-work-week, 40-hours, Workplace, work-hours

The WiFi at Google's new Bay View office hasn't been working properly for months: report

Thu, 03/07/2024 - 23:42

Someone working on a laptop, sitting in a wicker pod and surrounded by cushions. — An employee working at Google's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California, in 2022.
NOAH BERGER/AFP via Getty Images

Tech, Googlers, WiFi, tech-firms, Workplace

MrBeast is asking for trouble by calling his employees 'friends of friends' instead of giving them job titles, HR experts say

Mon, 02/19/2024 - 10:27

MrBeast, Jimmy Donaldson — MrBeast is YouTube's biggest creator.
Steven Kahn

culture, Careers, MrBeast, YouTubers, Influencers, Workplace, Careers

Could AI personas attend your work meetings for you? One tech CEO says yes — and by the end of the year

Sun, 02/18/2024 - 05:42

sam liang, CEO of Otter.ai — The CEO of Otter believes AI avatars will attend meetings for workers by the end of the year.
Christophe Testi/Otter.ai

Tech, AI, artificial-intelligence, otter, otterai, Meetings, work-culture

A woman says she was fired for being 'too efficient' at her job and outshining her manager

Fri, 02/16/2024 - 06:19

A woman walking in an office is holding a box of items — A woman was fired, and she thinks one reason is that she did her job too well (stock image).
ljubaphoto/Getty Images

Careers, culture, Careers, Workplace, Jobs, Fired, Termination

What I got wrong about loyalty at work

Mon, 02/12/2024 - 05:27

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Illustration of employees frustrated. — Kiersten Essenpreis for BI

economy, Discourse, Careers, Strategy, Discourse, economy, Careers

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