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Musk says diversity, equity and inclusion are ‘Propaganda Words’

16Dec

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Musk says diversity, equity and inclusion are ‘Propaganda Words’

[ad_1] The billionaire is chief executive officer and the largest shareholder of Tesla, the electric-vehicle maker which has boasted that underrepresented groups make up the majority of its US workforce. The company didn't respond to requests for comment on Musk's views, made on the social-media platform X, which he owns. Tesla, with headquarters in Austin and factories in California, Nevada, Texas and New York, published its first ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion report in December 2020. More recently, DEI efforts have been part of the EV maker's annual impact report. “We are proud to be a majority-minority company with a large representation of employees from communities that have long struggled to break through the historic roadblocks to equal opportunity in the U.S.,” says the ...

Google jobs mostly on Apple employees’ mind after exit, new LinkedIn report shows

24Nov

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Google jobs mostly on Apple employees’ mind after exit, new LinkedIn report shows

[ad_1] Google, Apple, Amazon and Meta are some of the biggest tech giants in the industry, making them the prominent competitors for top talent and even grabbing them from each other. These are such companies in which every employee dreams to work. Since graduation, people strive to enhance their skills to enter the top US-based tech companies, however, attracting talent works very differently for such companies. In a recent LinkedIn study, it was revealed that Apple employees after resigning are most likely to take up Google jobs. Check out why Google jobs is the most preferred destination for employee movement.Know about employee movement in tech industryAccording to a Switch on Business study, Apple employees are most likely to make career moves to companies like Google, Microsoft, A...

Roblox Grapples With Employee Demands for More Diversity

18Jul

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Roblox Grapples With Employee Demands for More Diversity

[ad_1] In the spring of 2021, the staff at video-game juggernaut Roblox Corp. gathered for an all-hands meeting over the video conferencing app Zoom. An employee submitted by text a question to executives about why there were so few women at the top ranks of the company. According to multiple people in attendance, the company's co-founder and chief executive officer David Baszucki accepted the query at the virtual get-together and responded by saying that Roblox has a very high bar in hiring.Several of the women there said they found the comment dismissive, but not surprising. In public and private forums, the 60-year-old Baszucki and his deputies often noted that the goal of the San Mateo, California-based company was to “hire the best people.” Three of the 15 current or former female ...

AI-Threatened Jobs Are Mostly Held by Women, Study Shows

27May

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AI-Threatened Jobs Are Mostly Held by Women, Study Shows

[ad_1] While artificial intelligence is seeding upheaval across the workforce, from screenwriters to financial advisors, the technology will disproportionately replace jobs typically held by women, according to human resources analytics firm Revelio Labs.“The distribution of genders across occupations reflects the biases deeply rooted in our society, with women often being confined to roles such as administrative assistants and secretaries,” said Hakki Ozdenoren, economist at Revelio Labs. “Consequently, the impact of AI becomes skewed along gender lines.” Revelio Labs identified jobs that are most likely to be replaced by AI based on a study by the National Bureau of Economic Research. They then identified the gender breakdown of those jobs and found that many of them are generally hel...

13Dec

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Playtika to cut workforce by about 15%

[ad_1] Israeli gaming firm Playtika Holding Corp said on Monday it would cut its workforce by about 15% as part of a restructuring, as the gaming sector faces a slowdown. Israeli gaming firm Playtika Holding Corp said on Monday it would cut its workforce by about 15% as part of a restructuring, as the gaming sector faces a slowdown. The company, which has more than 3,700 employees, is consolidating studios and centralizing evaluation of new game concepts through its creative team at game studio Wooga, it said. "Three current titles have been removed from the pipeline with priority toward strategic high-growth potential new games investments," Playtika said. After posting blockbuster sales during the pandemic, the gaming sector is grappling with slowing demand this year as infla...