159 Automattic staff take severance offer and walk out over WP Engine feud WordPress supremo Mullenweg channels Churchill: Never let a good crisis go to waste Software04 Oct 2024 | 37
Average North American CISO pay now $565K, mainly thanks to one weird trick Best way to boost your package is to leave, or pretend to Cybersecurity Month03 Oct 2024 | 12
Kyndryl follows in IBM's footsteps with rolling layoffs likely affecting thousands Special report Underutilized staff get sent to the 'bench' – and seldom return On-Prem01 Oct 2024 | 39
Now Dell salespeople must be onsite five days a week Return-to-office mandate reaches inevitable conclusion CxO26 Sep 2024 | 119
91% of polled Amazon staff unhappy with return-to-office, 3-in-4 want to jump ship 'Decisions like the one from Jassy are a big reason why I don’t want kids' On-Prem25 Sep 2024 | 102
As IBM pushes for more automation, its AI simply not up to the job of replacing staff So say our sources, who warn job cuts, outsourcing risk depriving biz of seasoned technical talent Off-Prem24 Sep 2024 | 53
IBM quietly axing thousands of jobs, source says We did warn you, Big Blue tells The Reg, as Cisco also cuts staff as promised Off-Prem18 Sep 2024 | 61
Samsung faces strikes in India, amid reports of global layoffs Union alleges work conditions are like solitary confinement and violence is common at Tamil Nadu plant Legal12 Sep 2024 | 1
Mind the talent gap: Infosec vacancies abound, but hiring is flat ISC2 argues security training needs to steer toward what hiring managers want Security11 Sep 2024 | 8
What do Uber drivers make of Waymo? 'We are cooked' Feature Robotaxis, low pay may be end of the road for app cabbies in San Francisco AI + ML07 Sep 2024 | 159
AI-pushing Adobe says AI-shy office workers will love AI if it saves them time knowledge workers, overwhelmed by knowledge tasks? We know what you need AI + ML05 Sep 2024 | 32
Microsoft security tools questioned for treating employees as threats Cracked Labs examines how workplace surveillance turns workers into suspects Security27 Aug 2024 | 68
Infosys CEO promises jobs to 2,000 graduate recruits it has kept on hold for two years But they have to show up for unpaid training, or lose their jobs-in-waiting On-Prem27 Aug 2024 | 18
Samsung labor union orders members back to work and a 'tactical transition' to ongoing action Actions haven't stopped Chaebol from commencing mass production of new mobile memory On-Prem06 Aug 2024 | 1
IBM Canada can't duck channel exec's systematic age discrimination claim 'They actually replaced me with a younger employee' Channel04 Aug 2024 | 34
Microsoft Dynamics 365 called out for 'worker surveillance' Insight Redmond disputes some claims made in Cracked Labs probe SaaS31 Jul 2024 | 36
Study shock! AI hinders productivity and makes working worse Management drank the Kool Aid but staff can't cope with new demands AI + ML26 Jul 2024 | 81
Algorithmic wage discrimination: Not just for gig workers Interview What's in the box! No seriously, what's in there that sets our wages AI + ML06 Jul 2024 | 19
Mozilla is trying to push me out because I have cancer, CPO says in bombshell lawsuit Steve Teixeira, said to be CEO-in-waiting, now sues Firefox maker for discrimination, retaliation Applications24 Jun 2024 | 91
Wells Fargo fires employees accused of faking keyboard activity to pretend to work Homer Simpson was ahead of his time CxO13 Jun 2024 | 121
More layoffs at Microsoft: What's really going on here? Analysis We had a record quarter, so sorry to see you go On-Prem04 Jun 2024 | 69
'Building AI co-workers going to be largest opportunity of tech in our lifetime' Or so this Thomson Reuters bot boss claims AI + ML04 Jun 2024 | 32
IBM spin-off Kyndryl accused of discriminating on basis of age, race, disability Exclusive Five current and former employees file formal charges with US employment watchdog CSO30 May 2024 | 18
MIT professor hoses down predictions AI will put a rocket under the economy It's easier to foresee growing inequality than surging growth AI + ML29 May 2024 | 38
Dell to color-code staff based on how hybrid they really are in RTO push Exclusive Sources slam aggressive 'back to school' grading system as HR vows to track VPN use, badge swipes On-Prem08 May 2024 | 81
Management company settles for $18.4M after nuclear weapons plant staff fudged their timesheets The firm 'fessed up to staff misconduct and avoided criminal liability CSO24 Apr 2024 | 10
Misconfigured cloud server leaked clues of North Korean animation scam Outsourcers outsourced work for the BBC, Amazon, and HBO Max to the hermit kingdom Cyber-crime23 Apr 2024 | 17
IBM accused of cheating its own executive assistants out of overtime pay Big Blue bosses retaliate against those seeking overtime, lawsuit claims On-Prem18 Apr 2024 | 31
H-1B visa fraud alive and well amid efforts to crack down on abuse In depth It's the gold ticket favored by foreign techies – and IT giants suspected of gaming the system Public Sector09 Apr 2024 | 46
Industrial robots make people feel worse about jobs and themselves Study finds workers' sense of meaningfulness and autonomy declines with automation Science07 Apr 2024 | 18
Tough luck, bosses, AI is coming for your job, too Algorithms as PHBs – who wouldn't want that? AI + ML05 Apr 2024 | 38
Uber Eats to rid itself of pesky human drivers with food delivery by robo Waymo First they came for the taxis and I did nothing because I was not a taxi driver Personal Tech03 Apr 2024 | 40
AI and wearables are scaring the wellbeing out of workers We thought everyone was thrilled about being spied on and having their jobs taken by bots AI + ML14 Mar 2024 | 21
Staff say Dell's return to office mandate is a stealth layoff, especially for women Exclusive Employees feel frustrated by lack of communication and bosses' inability to tell them which offices are open CxO20 Feb 2024 | 182
AI won't take our jobs and it might even save the middle class MIT economist argues ML can moderate the inequalities of the Information Age AI + ML14 Feb 2024 | 32
Dell said to be preparing broad Return To Office order this Monday Exclusive Remote work option will still be offered – but at the cost of career advancement CxO03 Feb 2024 | 105
IBM Consulting is done playing around, orders immediate return to office Executives told comply or say goodbye On-Prem18 Jan 2024 | 40
IBM overhauls rewards program for staff inventions, wipes away cash points Exclusive Big Blue staffers aren't pleased to lose out on potential bonuses On-Prem17 Jan 2024 | 60
Trump-era rules reversed on treating gig workers as contractors $ gig revert HEAD && gig commit -e 'Biden was here' Personal Tech10 Jan 2024 | 79
Europe inches closer to insisting gig workers are treated as employees If it looks like a job, and is supervised like a job, it'll be classified as a job Personal Tech14 Dec 2023 | 170
'Return to Office' declared dead Remote work is here to stay despite in-person mandates, this economist says On-Prem03 Dec 2023 | 248
Ex-IBM sales veteran sues for access to health benefits Complaint alleges age discrimination harms certain retirees On-Prem19 Nov 2023 | 24
HP sued over use of forfeited 401(k) retirement contributions If IT giant loses this lawsuit, it might just upset every plan in America On-Prem16 Nov 2023 | 46
WeBroke WeWork, WePromise WeFix it: How subleasing giant hopes to survive bankruptcy Coworking gambit divided office space – and got conquered On-Prem07 Nov 2023 | 27
Former IBM Canada worker wins six-figure payout for wrongful dismissal Worked 38 years and was stiffed at the end, tells El Reg age was a probably factor On-Prem25 Oct 2023 | 40
Apple pays $500K to make sales bods' complaint about wage theft go away About four minutes of quarterly profit, and it's settled Personal Tech06 Oct 2023 | 6
Supreme Court doesn't want to hear union's beef about STEM grad work visas End of the road for those hoping to cut 3-year permit back down to 12 months CxO03 Oct 2023 | 7
California governor vetoes bill requiring human drivers in robo trucks Route 404: Human driver requirement not found AI + ML25 Sep 2023 | 60
Now IBM sued for age discrim by its own HR veterans Staff with short 'runways' told to take off amid shift to corporate chatbots, it's claimed On-Prem21 Sep 2023 | 63
AI to replace 2.4 million jobs in the US by 2030, many fewer than other forms of automation It's not all bad news. Poets are safe. And machines will take some jobs no human wants AI + ML06 Sep 2023 | 37
Generative AI won't steal your job, just change it, says UN Unless you're a woman in a clerical position, in which case your role might never come into existence AI + ML23 Aug 2023 | 15
Official science: People do less, make more mistakes on Friday afternoons Why 'dont deploy on Frday' is a thnng Bootnotes04 Aug 2023 | 63
Tech execs turn to drink and drugs as job losses mount 34% of those surveyed are on stimulants including amphetamines Sysadmin Month11 Jul 2023 | 32
Let's take a look at those US Supreme Court decisions and how they will affect tech Analysis Rulings on affirmative action and free speech may not play nicely with diversity initiatives Personal Tech08 Jul 2023 | 115
H-1B fraud consultancies grow, with application abuse openly discussed online In depth How do you solve a problem like a visa? How do you catch a fraud and bring it down? On-Prem01 Jul 2023 | 33
38 percent of tech job interviews offered exclusively to men: report Data shows there's still some way to go toward pay and hiring equity On-Prem23 Jun 2023 | 80
Restaurant hired 'priest' to extract workplace confessions from staff With now $150K to pay out, that's what we call fine dining Bootnotes21 Jun 2023 | 38
Laid-off 60-year-old Kyndryl exec says he was told IT giant wanted 'new blood' As spinoff quietly erases claim that average age in mainframe group was 35 On-Prem02 Jun 2023 | 54
Leaked Kyndryl files show 55 was average age of laid-off US workers Special report As one ousted staffer claims the IBM spin-off is in disarray On-Prem24 May 2023 | 55
AI is great at one thing: Driving next waves of layoffs Register Kettle ChatGPT, how many thousands of people should I replace today? AI + ML18 May 2023 | 39
Kyndryl, IBM sued for age discrimination by former global software director Lawyers claim separated IT giants are reading from the same page On-Prem13 May 2023 | 12
When you try to hire a freelancer to write SQL and all you get is incorrect AI garbage hCaptcha researchers find that online labor platforms need work AI + ML09 May 2023 | 39