Facebook set to give its 45,000 employees six-month bonuses and an additional $1,000 as coronavirus assistance Facebook is giving its full-time employees funds to help during the coronavirus They will all get their six-months bonus, along with an additional $1,000 Contractor workers are not eligible, but will continue to be paid as usual Coronavirus symptoms: … Read more
Dierks Bentley pledges $90k to help hourly employees as his Nashville bar shuts down due to coronavirus By Kellie Chudzinski For Dailymail.com Published: 03:22 GMT, 17 March 2020 | Updated: 03:22 GMT, 17 March 2020 As the world grapples with the global pandemic of the novel Coronavirus, celebrities are pitching in for employees affected by … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 5,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and more than 140,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type … Read more
As the global threat heightens, Twitter changes requirements for employees in an effort to slow down the spread of COVID-19. The coronavirus could make remote work the norm, what businesses need to know The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak could be the catalyst for a dramatic increase in telecommuting. Enterprises should prepare for an increase in remote … Read more
A new report from the all-remote GitLab reveals the most common mistakes made when transitioning workers from in-office to telecommuting. The coronavirus could make remote work the norm, what businesses need to know The coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak could be the catalyst for a dramatic increase in telecommuting. Enterprises should prepare for an increase in remote … Read more
Fellow team members may be better at assessing candidates than the actual recruiters, a Blind report found. The potential for AI to eliminate hiring bias Shazam co-founder Dhiraj Mukherjee on what to expect from ‘Tech for Good’ companies in an interview at The Economist’s Innovation Summit 2018. Nearly all (96%) tech employees don’t think recruiters … Read more
As COVID-19 threatens to shut down businesses and schools, setting up employees at home doesn’t require as much tech as you might think. Coronavirus: Hackers are exploiting the COVID-19 outbreak to steal your information Karen Roby interviewed a cybersecurity expert about a different threat than COVID-19 brings. With the increasing likelihood of employees working from … Read more
Twitter is now “strongly encouraging” all employees to work remotely in addition to the ban on nonessential travel worldwide. Twitter encourages all employees to work from home. Image: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images On Monday, Twitter announced in a blog post that all employees are being “strongly encouraged” to work from home to lower the … Read more