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Holdout Jeff Bezos Confronted by Amazon Moms Demanding Day Care
Amazon has long resisted pleas to provide a backup day care benefit for employees, even though other tech companies have offered the perk for years.
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Citigroup Reveals Women Employees Earn 29 Percent Less Than Men Do
Citigroup Inc. offered an uncharacteristically blunt assessment of the pay gap between men and women in its global workforce Wednesday, revealing that female employees earn 29 percent less than men do.
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Forget The 401(k), Stem Cell Benefits May Let You Cheat Death
A stem cell storage company that promises the chance for a longer and healthier life, Forever Labs asserts that young, healthy cells may someday be used for what Chief Executive Officer Steven Clausnitzer calls "health maintenance."
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How Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Hiring by Limiting Biases
AI companies claim not only to find better candidates, but also to pinpoint those who may have previously gone unrecognised in the traditional process.
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Your Raise Is Now Based on Next Year's Performance
Historically, employers used past accomplishments as the sole metric for compensation decisions, premised on the idea that the past is prologue.
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Why HR Doesn't Always Protect Harassment Victims
Workplace harassment needs to be dealt with, on utmost priority basis. And its first step, needs to be well equipped and well functioning HR Department.
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The Rise Of The (Truly Awful) Webcam Job Interview
The human-free video job interview is on the rise. For many of us, the experience will soon be unavoidable.
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It's Time To Kill The 9-To-5 Workday
The 9-to-5 schedule doesn't conform to most people's lives or workflows. Sitting in a chair for eight hours straight doesn't produce results; many studies have established the benefits of taking breaks during work.
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Chatbots Are Your Newest, Dumbest Co-Workers
Chatbots, the much-hyped future of the Internet, have had a rough start in the consumer world.
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Thanks For Quitting, Here's $10,000. Come Back Soon!
After three years working at a startup, Julie Tracy wanted to leave her company so she could travel. Her employer, online lingerie retailer Adore Me, gamely threw her a going away party at a bar across the street -- a pretty standard affair until this happened: "This enormous foam check starts coming at me through the crowd," she recalls.
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What it's Like to Bring Your Mom to Work
"Shhh, Mom. Lower your voice. Mom, you're being loud." That's how Natalie Kitroeff, a reporter at Bloomberg, spent a good bit of Bring In Your Parents Day last week. Kitroeff's mom, unfortunately, mostly ignored her daughter's requests.
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One Reason Women Aren't Getting The Promotion: They Don't Want It
Some studies indicate that women value power less than men, and the studies try to explain the phenomenon.
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Holdout Jeff Bezos Confronted by Amazon Moms Demanding Day Care
Amazon has long resisted pleas to provide a backup day care benefit for employees, even though other tech companies have offered the perk for years.
-
Citigroup Reveals Women Employees Earn 29 Percent Less Than Men Do
Citigroup Inc. offered an uncharacteristically blunt assessment of the pay gap between men and women in its global workforce Wednesday, revealing that female employees earn 29 percent less than men do.
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Forget The 401(k), Stem Cell Benefits May Let You Cheat Death
A stem cell storage company that promises the chance for a longer and healthier life, Forever Labs asserts that young, healthy cells may someday be used for what Chief Executive Officer Steven Clausnitzer calls "health maintenance."
-
How Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Hiring by Limiting Biases
AI companies claim not only to find better candidates, but also to pinpoint those who may have previously gone unrecognised in the traditional process.
-
Your Raise Is Now Based on Next Year's Performance
Historically, employers used past accomplishments as the sole metric for compensation decisions, premised on the idea that the past is prologue.
-
Why HR Doesn't Always Protect Harassment Victims
Workplace harassment needs to be dealt with, on utmost priority basis. And its first step, needs to be well equipped and well functioning HR Department.
-
The Rise Of The (Truly Awful) Webcam Job Interview
The human-free video job interview is on the rise. For many of us, the experience will soon be unavoidable.
-
It's Time To Kill The 9-To-5 Workday
The 9-to-5 schedule doesn't conform to most people's lives or workflows. Sitting in a chair for eight hours straight doesn't produce results; many studies have established the benefits of taking breaks during work.
-
Chatbots Are Your Newest, Dumbest Co-Workers
Chatbots, the much-hyped future of the Internet, have had a rough start in the consumer world.
-
Thanks For Quitting, Here's $10,000. Come Back Soon!
After three years working at a startup, Julie Tracy wanted to leave her company so she could travel. Her employer, online lingerie retailer Adore Me, gamely threw her a going away party at a bar across the street -- a pretty standard affair until this happened: "This enormous foam check starts coming at me through the crowd," she recalls.
-
What it's Like to Bring Your Mom to Work
"Shhh, Mom. Lower your voice. Mom, you're being loud." That's how Natalie Kitroeff, a reporter at Bloomberg, spent a good bit of Bring In Your Parents Day last week. Kitroeff's mom, unfortunately, mostly ignored her daughter's requests.
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One Reason Women Aren't Getting The Promotion: They Don't Want It
Some studies indicate that women value power less than men, and the studies try to explain the phenomenon.
