There once when a time when it was a very bad idea for American autoworkers to own foreign vehicles. A lone Toyota in the employee parking lot might, according to some stories, get mysteriously overturned. Fanatical Microsoft employees shouldn’t even think about enforcing a similar rule set, though, because almost half of the corporation’s workers use Google.
Employees Overwhelmingly Confident About Layoffs
Employees in the U.S. seem to overwhelmingly share a "it won’t happen to me" attitude when it comes to losing jobs. Glassdoor.com has released results from a survey, which found that 4 out of 5 employees have no concerns about being laid off in the next six months. GlassDoor breaks it down into two categories – companies that have reported upcoming layoffs, and companies that have not:
Google – P&G Swap Employees To Learn From Each Other
Sometimes you read something about a company or a business that simply gets it more than others. OK, so we know that in most cases Google does that. Sometimes they do it in ways that still amaze and make one say “Huh, that makes good sense.”
Survey: Canned IT Employees Will Steal Your Info
"Exercise extreme caution when it comes to dismissing employees with knowledge of your IT systems," warns security vendor Cyber-Ark Software.
Facebook Employees May Get To Sell Stock Options
Give people a little money, and you’ll gain their loyalty. Give ’em too much, and they may retire and forget you. So Facebook seems to be making a wise move by allowing employees to sell a small number of their stock options.
Yang Writes Employees Another Brainwashing Letter
There haven’t been any signs that Yahoo will make its employees work from within isolation tanks. That almost seems like the next logical step, though, as Jerry Yang has followed up Carl Icahn’s critical words with yet another "all is well, stay on task" letter to Yahoo’s troops.
Ex-Yahoo Employees Have Decent Job Prospects
Yahoo’s recovering – sort of – from the slide that led Microsoft to make its offer. Layoffs, layoffs, and more layoffs were part of its path to improvement, though, so it’s nice to hear that at least some former Yahoo employees aren’t exactly wandering the streets.
iVillage May Kill Health Site, Will Cut More Employees
It just keeps getting worse at iVillage. First there were 13 layoffs, then a show got canceled. Now a website – Healthology.com – appears to be doomed, and another 18 employees are preparing to lose their jobs.
Google Headcount Tops 16K Employees
At one time, CEO Eric Schmidt blamed rising headcount for having an impact on Google’s numbers and claimed Google would get that under control.
iVillage Exiles 13 Employees
Compared to the 1,000 or so people being laid off at Yahoo, 13 isn’t too big a number. Still, this is the number of people who have lost their jobs at iVillage, and editor-in-chief Jennie Baird was among them.