9 Best Articles in 2022
The Verge
Microsoft is letting employees work from home permanently
The Verge
2 min read · 2020-10-09 · Microsoft employees also have options to relocate across the US or internationally
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OneZero
How Google Got Its Employees to Eat Their Vegetables
OneZero
20+ min read · From 2020 · The tech giant is engineering a way to encourage its employees to eat healthier — and it might just help the rest of the country
Reader View · Shared by 225, including Arin Basu, nicolatwilley, François-Oli Devaux, Tamsen Webster, Message Strategist (she/her), Donneker, Jaana Dogan ヤナ ドガン
McKinsey & Company
What employees are saying about the future of remote work
McKinsey & Company
2021-04-02 · Employees want more certainty about postpandemic working arrangements--even if you don’t yet know what to tell them.
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Fast Company
The unspoken reasons employees don’t want remote work to end
Fast Company
4 min read · 2021-07-20 · Sure, they have more time and productivity is up. But there are also deeply personal reasons employees don’t want to go back to work as it was.
Reader View · Shared by 196, including Jonathan Hassell, Dr. Oni Blackstock, Marsha Collier, Kelly Hungerford 🌻, Thomas Power
sahillavingia.com
No Meetings, No Deadlines, No Full-Time Employees
sahillavingia.com
8 min read · 2021-01-07 · How we work at Gumroad
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Business Insider
All 700 employees at this startup work remotely. Here's why one of its top execs says it's…
Business Insider
4 min read · From 2018 · InVision is a 7-year-old software company that has no physical headquarters, and its employees work everywhere from Nigeria to Argentina. "It's about results, not where your IP address is," says InVision's chief people officer, Mark Frein.
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BuzzFeed News
Trump Disputing Election A Worry For Facebook Employees
BuzzFeed News
10 min read · 2020-08-06 · Facebook employees collected evidence showing the company is giving right-wing pages preferential treatment when it comes to misinformation. And they’re worried about how the company will handle the…
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Gizmodo
Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract
Gizmodo
6 min read · From 2018 · It’s been nearly three months since many Google employees—and the public—learned about the company’s decision to provide artificial intelligence to a controversial military pilot program known as…
Reader View · Shared by 160, including Alain, Stephanie A Kowalski, Kim Dik, Thomas Pleil, Donneker, Oliver Reichenstein, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Rand Fishkin, Joe Lencioni, Thomas Power, Chris Schultz ✌️, Jan Firsching 🦦™️, Phil Amour, Bjorn Larsen, Esther Schindler, Mathew Ingram
Ars Technica
Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work
Ars Technica
6 min read · 2021-08-01 · CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have other plans.
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Los Angeles Times
Black Tesla employees describe a culture of racism: 'I was at my breaking point'
Los Angeles Times
~12 min read · Mar 25th · In their own words, former Tesla employees describe what they call a racist work environment that led California to file a civil rights lawsuit against the company.
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jax.substack.com
How to Help Your Employees Value Equity
jax.substack.com
4 min read · May 5th · How to position ESOP to new employees
MIT Sloan School of Management
The case for 'sustainable productivity' and how to measure it
MIT Sloan School of Management
5 min read · Mar 23rd · Companies that fail to address the conflict between productivity and employee well-being risk losing employees.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 215, including Thomas Pleil, Massimiliano Aroffo, Stephanie A Kowalski
Gartner
Micromanaging Your Remote Workers? Act Now to Stop Yourself.
Gartner
3 min read · Mar 23rd · Leaders' perceived lack of control compels many of them to micromanage, but doing so just makes employees less engaged, motivated and productive 📉 Check out 5 questions to determine if you are a…
Reader View · Shared by 213, including Adrian Swinscoe, Massimiliano Aroffo
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Gizmodo
Google Employees Resign in Protest Against Pentagon Contract
Gizmodo
6 min read · From 2018 · It’s been nearly three months since many Google employees—and the public—learned about the company’s decision to provide artificial intelligence to a controversial military pilot program known as…
Reader View · Shared by 160, including Alain, Stephanie A Kowalski, Kim Dik, Thomas Pleil, Donneker, Oliver Reichenstein, Sascha Brossmann (he/him) 🇪🇺🇺🇦, Rand Fishkin, Joe Lencioni, Thomas Power, Chris Schultz ✌️, Jan Firsching 🦦™️, Phil Amour, Bjorn Larsen, Esther Schindler, Mathew Ingram
Ars Technica
Big tech companies are at war with employees over remote work
Ars Technica
6 min read · 2021-08-01 · CEOs want workers back at their desks. Employees and the virus have other plans.
Reader View · Shared by 162, including Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 (He/Him), Kate Nasser, Tactical Tech, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA, Amber Mac, Brooke B. Sellas, Jennifer Ouellette, Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁, Marsha Collier, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer
Los Angeles Times
Black Tesla employees describe a culture of racism: 'I was at my breaking point'
Los Angeles Times
~12 min read · Mar 25th · In their own words, former Tesla employees describe what they call a racist work environment that led California to file a civil rights lawsuit against the company.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 152, including Timnit Gebru, Alex B., Tasha, Deborah Blum, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Lydia Polgreen, Akilah Hughes, uché blackstock, md, Judd Legum, Veni Kunche, Prof. Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her), Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, 🆃🆁🆄🅳🆈, Tiffani Ashley Bell 🏳️🌈, Saeed Jones
The Wall Street Journal
WSJ News Exclusive | Google to Keep Employees Home Until Summer 2021 Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
The Wall Street Journal
2020-07-27 · The tech giant will keep its employees home until at least next July, people familiar with the matter said, making the search-engine giant the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an…
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CNBC
Salesforce offers to relocate employees and their families after Texas abortion law goes into effect
CNBC
2 min read · 2021-09-11 · In a message to employees, Salesforce said on Friday that it will help employees and their families relocate if they're concerned about reproductive care.
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The Verge
Apple employees push back against returning to the office in internal letter
The Verge
8 min read · 2021-06-05 · Tim Cook is asking employees to return three days a week
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Quartz
The company behind WordPress is closing its gorgeous San Francisco office because its employees never show up
Quartz
2 min read · From 2017 · The blogging platform's parent, a remote-working advocate, wound up listing the property.
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CNBC
Inside Facebook's 'cult-like' workplace, where dissent is discouraged and employees pretend to be happy all the time
CNBC
9 min read · From 2019 · Former Facebook employees detailed how the company's leadership and performance review system have created a "go along" culture
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Vox
The problem is work
Vox
~13 min read · 2021-03-15 · Pandemic parenting is impossible. American work culture is a big reason why.
Reader View · Shared by 249, including Kainaz Amaria, Stephanie A Kowalski, Dr. Alec Couros, Scott Santens, Katja Evertz, Nils Hitze, David Wallace-Wells, Julia Belluz, Michelle Singletary, Taylor Lorenz