Last week leaked audio surfaced of investors arguing that journalists have too much power. But the Verge’s Silicon Valley editor asks, “What if you take the whole discussion of “tech versus journalism” and reframe it as ‘managers versus employees’? Then, I think, you get closer to the truth of what’s going on.”
After all, this conflict started with employees. They were the…
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Zuckerberg Defends Hands-Off Approach To Trump’s Posts
In a call with Facebook employees, who have protested the inaction on Mr. Trump’s messages, Mr. Zuckerberg said his decision was “pretty thorough.” From a report: Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, on Tuesday stood firmly behind his decision to not do anything about President Trump’s inflammatory posts on the social network, saying that he had made a “tough decision” but that…
When AI Can’t Replace a Worker, It Watches Them Instead
Whether software that digitizes manual labor makes workers frowny or smiley will come down to how employers choose to use it. From a report: When Tony Huffman stepped away from the production line at the Denso auto part factory in Battle Creek, Michigan, to talk with WIRED earlier this month, the workers he supervised were still being watched — but not…
Disgraced Google Exec Andy Rubin Quietly Left His Venture Firm Earlier This Year
Andy Rubin, the former Google senior vice president whose $90 million exit package caused a worldwide employee walkout at the search giant last year, quietly left Playground Global, the venture firm he founded in May, BuzzFeed News reported today citing internal documents. From the report: The revelation comes as Rubin, who was accused of coercing a subordinate into sexual acts while…
Google Employees Explain How They Were Retaliated Against For Reporting Abuse
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Sexual harassment, gaslighting, broken promises of promotion, gender-based discrimination, and racism. Motherboard has obtained a document written by 45 different Google employees alleging they’ve experienced of all the above. The document lays bare how working at Google — a company whose motto was once “don’t be evil” — has become really hard for…
Amazon Employees Are Walking Out Over the Company’s Huge Carbon Footprint
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: With less than two weeks until the global climate strikes, 930 tech and corporate Amazon employees have pledged to walk out of the company’s offices on September 20, demanding zero emissions by 2030. The climate action, which follows strikes at Amazon warehouses, most recently on Amazon Prime Day, marks the first time white…
Dozens of Google Employees Say They Were Retaliated Against For Reporting Harassment
An anonymous reader shares a report: Last November, Google made a promise to do better. More than 20,000 employees around the world had walked out of the company’s offices to protest that Google had paid out over $100 million to multiple executives accused of sexual harassment in the workplace. In response, the tech giant apologized and said it would overhaul its…
Internal ‘Civil War’ Pits Google Against Its Own Employees
Google employees “want a say in and control over the products they build,” reports Fortune, in an article headlined “Inside Google’s Civil War”: As the so-called techlash has cast a pall over the entire sector, organized employee pushback is slowly becoming part of the landscape: Amazon workers are demanding more action from the company on battling climate change; at Microsoft, employees…
Florida’s new law lets teachers carry guns in class. Black and Latino students are worried.
Source: https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/5/9/18563345/florida-texas-armed-teachers-school-safety-black-latino-students…