Neowin News Feed for: Employees

Microsoft now lets employees raise concerns anonymously

Paul Hill — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 07:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has told employees that they can now raise issues anonymously without facing retaliation. It was announced by Microsoft President Brad Smith internally. Read more...

Microsoft employees leak details about their salaries

Usama Jawad — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 21:28:01 +0000

Following the end of Microsoft's fiscal year, hundreds of employees have shared details about their compensation packages, including granular details related to salary figures. Read more...

OpenAI reportedly threatened ex-employees of their vested equity if they criticize publicly

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 23 May 2024 07:34:01 +0000

Leaked documents have revealed that OpenAI has made its ex-employees sign an NDA wherein the company has the power to take away ex-employees' vested equity if they criticize the company publicly. Read more...

Microsoft is reportedly asking hundreds of Chinese employees to relocate out of the country

Karthik Mudaliar — Thu, 16 May 2024 08:04:01 +0000

Microsoft is asking hundreds of employees who are working in China across cloud and machine learning divisions to relocate out of China to the U.S., Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand Read more...

Editorial: It's right that big tech leans up with layoffs, focusing on profitable activities

Paul Hill — Tue, 23 May 2023 14:00:01 +0000

In this editorial, I argue that big tech companies are making the right decision by making sweeping job cuts, despite being hard to do and hard on the people whose lives are affected as a result. Read more...

The White House takes aim at Big Brother bosses

Paul Hill — Mon, 01 May 2023 23:06:01 +0000

The White House wants to limit the amount of tracking employers can deploy against employees. It said such tracking, which has been enabled by technology, poses a risk to physical and mental health. Read more...

Amazon set to commence the firing of 18,000 employees from today

Paul Hill — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:46:01 +0000

Amazon is set to commence its huge layoff today which will affect 18,000 employees in America, Europe, and possibly elsewhere. The layoffs were announced earlier this month by CEO Andy Jassy. Read more...

Some laid-off Meta employees allege of not receiving promised severance

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 10:22:02 +0000

A group of Meta employees who were part of a corporate training program have claimed that they are receiving less favorable severance packages than other workers who were recently laid off. Read more...

Hundreds of Twitter employees reject Elon Musk's "extremely hardcore" Twitter

Justin Luna — Fri, 18 Nov 2022 04:21:02 +0000

Hundreds of Twitter employees have reportedly said no to being part of Elon Musk's "extremely hardcore Twitter." Many of them sent farewell messages and salutes as soon as their deadline lapsed. Read more...

Elon Musk tells Twitter employees to sign new agreement or go away [Update]

Paul Hill — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 10:38:55 +0000

Twitter employees have been emailed today. They're being asked by Elon Musk to commit to a new "hardcore" Twitter where they will work longer, harder hours. They'll be made redundant otherwise. Read more...

Pichai tells Google employees to “pull together” as travel and swag budgets get slashed

Paul Hill — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 16:36:02 +0000

Sundar Pichai and other Google execs have been answering employees' questions at an internal meeting. Various expenses are being targeted for cuts as the firm tries to weather the economic storm. Read more...

Google not looking at lay-offs yet but tells employees to pull their finger out

Paul Hill — Mon, 01 Aug 2022 02:06:51 +0000

Google has launched a Simplicity Sprint where it will attempt to boost productivity. The bad economy means that sales have dampened, and now it needs to be more productive with its resources. Read more...

COVID-19 causes further delay for Googlers' return to work

Paul Hill — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 04:08:02 +0000

Google has said it will delay the return to work for employees in the United States following the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It has originally wanted employees back on January 10. Read more...

Google is reducing the pay of those choosing to work from home if they commute

Paul Hill — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 14:28:01 +0000

Google has launched an internal calculator to help employees see how much their pay will be reduced if they choose to work from home. It hurts those who commute the hardest with cuts of up to 25%. Read more...

After a 5-year battle, Uber recognises drivers as employees

Paul Hill — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:16:01 +0000

Uber has agreed to consider its drivers as employees. They will not be considered full-time workers but will earn minimum wage when driving passengers, get sick pay and holiday time, and a pension. Read more...

UK's Supreme Court says Uber drivers are employees

Paul Hill — Fri, 19 Feb 2021 11:20:02 +0000

Uber has lost its appeal at the UK's Supreme Court. It means that a group of 25 Uber drivers will now be considered employees of the firm meaning they're entitled to paid holidays and rest breaks. Read more...

UK court to decide whether Uber drivers are employees

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:00:01 +0000

UK Uber drivers will learn next Friday whether or not they're considered to be self-employed or employees of the ride-hailing firm. As employees, drivers would get sick pay, paid holidays and more. Read more...

Gartner: 10% of workers to trick AI overlords by 2023

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:52:01 +0000

Gartner has predicted that workers will try to evade AI tracking tools deployed by their employer. By 2023, it said as many as 10% of employees will try to find holes in the tracking systems. Read more...

Google to allow employees to work from home through summer 2021

Rajesh Pandey — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 14:50:01 +0000

Google is going to allow its employees to work from home through the summer of 2021 due to the ongoing pandemic. The extension is applicable to all full-time & contractual Google employees worldwide. Read more...

Twitter hack could have been aided by more than 1,000 employees

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 24 Jul 2020 05:04:01 +0000

According to former employees, more than a thousand people had access to internal tools that could hand control of Twitter accounts to others. This includes the firm's employees and contractors. Read more...

Microsoft's new Power Platform solution streamlines employees' return to the workplace

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 21 Jul 2020 15:00:03 +0000

The new pre-built solution for the Power Platform focuses on helping customers prioritize health, safety, and security, in order to ensure that employees return to their workplace with confidence. Read more...

Tesla denies firing employees who preferred to stay at home

Ather Fawaz — Fri, 03 Jul 2020 06:06:01 +0000

The automobile manufacturer has denied all reports by stating that not only are the allegedly fired employees still working with the company but they have also been offered work on multiple occasions. Read more...

T-Mobile lays off hundreds of Sprint employees

Rajesh Pandey — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 04:52:01 +0000

In a conference call with over 400 Sprint employees, T-Mobile's VP James Kirby informed them that their services will no longer be required, with the BISO unit being removed entirely. Read more...

Uber for Business launches Vouchers for Uber Eats

Paul Hill — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 10:00:01 +0000

Uber for Business has announced the availability of Vouchers for Uber Eats. With this, businesses will have more flexibility to order from the service, even having the option to reward customers. Read more...

Google bans use of Zoom software on employee laptops

Usman Khan Lodhi — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 22:50:02 +0000

The video conferencing software has seen a surge in users resulting from lockdowns across the globe. Resultantly, millions globally have turned to the app to work and socialize during the crisis. Read more...

Apple is asking retail workers to take on tech support roles

Usman Khan Lodhi — Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:32:01 +0000

The Cupertino firm is asking retail workers to temporarily become work-from-home AppleCare employees. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has closed all 458 non-China stores. Read more...

GameStop tells employees to keep stores open during lockdowns as it is "essential retail"

Usman Khan Lodhi — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:50:01 +0000

The company believes that it is classified as an "essential retail" business, and its stores should remain open alongside grocery stores and pharmacies if there are government-imposed lockdowns. Read more...

Apple announces new measures to tackle Covid-19

Paul Hill — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 17:02:01 +0000

Apple has announced several more measures that will help to stem the transmission of Covid-19 in countries outside of Greater China. Employees will also be allowed to work from home. Read more...

Covid-19: Twitter suspends non-critical business travel and events

Paul Hill — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 10:16:01 +0000

Twitter has told employees and partners that it's suspending non-critical business travel and events to help mitigate the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak which is becoming a bigger concern. Read more...

How to Transform Employee Worst Practices Into IT Security Best Practices - Free Download

News Staff — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 18:46:01 +0000

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Uber Works launches in Chicago to connect temp workers to businesses

Paul Hill — Thu, 03 Oct 2019 10:40:01 +0000

Uber has announced the availability of Uber Works in Chicago. The app hopes to give temporary workers and employers looking for temporary labour an easy way to get connected in a transparent manner. Read more...

Satya Nadella responds to employee complaints about HoloLens deal with U.S. military

Usama Jawad — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:16:01 +0000

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has defended the company's decision to work with the U.S. military, saying that " it's really about being a responsible corporate citizen in a democracy". Read more...

Microsoft employees protest company's HoloLens deal with U.S. military

Usama Jawad — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 14:40:01 +0000

50 employees have penned a letter urging Microsoft to cancel its HoloLens deal with the U.S. military, and to be "mindful about who we're empowering and what we're empowering them to do". Read more...

4 Steps to Monitoring Employees in a Remote Workplace - Free white paper

News Staff — Tue, 29 Jan 2019 18:00:01 +0000

70% of employees work remotely at least one day a week, there is a new dynamic to how employees see the organization. Get this white paper to learn how to monitor employees in remote workplace. Read more...

Tesla to cut around 3,000 jobs in order to make products more affordable

Paul Hill — Fri, 18 Jan 2019 14:24:01 +0000

In a statement, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, announced that the firm would be laying off around 3,000 workers, or 7% of its workforce. Help for those being sacked wasn't detailed by Musk. Read more...

Amazon paying some employees to defend company on Twitter

Paul Hill — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 14:52:02 +0000

It has been revealed that Amazon has several employees running to its defence on Twitter when people criticise it. The so-called FC ambassadors traded in their packing jobs for the new role. Read more...

A majority of Microsoft employees want to continue working with ICE, as per a recent survey

Hamza Jawad — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 10:36:01 +0000

Only 44% of Microsoft employees who took part in a recent survey want the company to alter or end current contracts with ICE. A total of 1180 employees participated in this survey. Read more...

Many Microsoft employees are unsatisfied with their pay according to internal survey

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 08:04:01 +0000

According to an internally conducted survey, many Microsoft employees believe that their base pay along with additional bonuses are not good enough in comparison to similar jobs at other companies. Read more...

Facebook uses ‘secret police' to crack down on leakers

Paul Hill — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 05:56:01 +0000

An unnamed employee who worked for Facebook has shed light on the anti-leaks culture at the company. The firm managed to compile comprehensive and quite creepy evidence against the employee. Read more...

Microsoft President Brad Smith reassures staff over new Trump immigration policies

Andy Weir — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 21:49:59 +0000

As Smith emailed staff to reassure them over new US border control concerns, Microsoft's CEO said that "as an immigrant" himself, he'd "experienced and seen the positive impact" of immigration. Read more...