AI layoffs rise, but Forward-Deployed Engineers are among most in-demand tech professionals

AI is reshaping the job market, but it is also creating a new high-demand role: Forward-Deployed Engineer (FDE). | One of ...
Harvard Business ReviewOpinion

Performance Management Needs New Metrics in the AI Era

Even as they adopt AI, companies are measuring employee performance with familiar metrics of success: productivity, goal ...
TechCrunch

As AI agents become employees, NewCore emerges with $66M to give them identities

Cybersecurity startup NewCore emerged from stealth with $66 million in funding on Monday, aiming to solve a challenge it believes many companies will soon face as they deploy AI agents: how to ...
Inc

5 Bad Management Behaviors That Drive Good Employees Away

Whenever I coach managers or speak to executives, I simplify leadership down to its most practical expression: helping people succeed. Employees do their best work when they have the tools, support, ...
CNBC

SpaceX employee group creates low-fee wealth management option with Choreo for post-IPO

A group of more than 100 current and former SpaceX employees has joined forces to manage their post-IPO wealth. They've created a new low-fee advisory option with Chicago-based Choreo, sources told ...
Wall Street Journal

How I Choose Which Cloudflare Employees to Replace With AI

Two weeks ago I laid off more than 20% of my workforce. I didn’t do it because Cloudflare is struggling. We posted record revenue growth, have strong free cash flow and are adding an unprecedented ...
The New York Times

Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, as A.I. Casualties Mount

Employees have signed petitions against being tracked by A.I. and were trying to figure out who had been let go on Wednesday, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.
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State employees file class-action lawsuit over RI’s new payroll system

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A group of state employees has filed a class-action lawsuit against the state of Rhode Island, seeking damages they allege were caused by the state’s problem-plagued payroll ...
News4Jax

Employee dies in accident at BAE Systems Jacksonville shipyard

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An employee died in an accident at BAE Systems Jacksonville shipyard on Saturday, according to a statement sent from the company. A spokesperson said the accident happened while ...
Wired

Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They’re the Bad Guys

Interviews with current and former Palantir employees, along with internal Slack messages obtained by WIRED, suggest a workforce in turmoil. Around that time, two former employees reconnected by phone ...
Reuters

Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training data

NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab is installing new tracking software on U.S.-based employees’ computers to capture mouse movements, clicks and keystrokes for use in training ...