White House’s new fix for cyber job gaps: Serve the nation in infosec Now do your patriotic duty and fill one of those 500k open roles, please? Security05 Sep 2024 | 20
You had one job – and four US regulators will share info to check a merger didn't unfairly end it The mass layoffs that follow tech acquisitions are likely to attract greater scrutiny Public Sector04 Sep 2024 | 4
Fintech outfit Klarna swaps humans for AI by not replacing departing workers Insists it's not cutting jobs and pays harder-to-automate people more with AI savings AI + ML29 Aug 2024 | 17
Philadelphia tree trimmers fail to nip FTC noncompete ban in the bud What a Trump-appointed judge taketh away, a Biden judge giveth Legal24 Jul 2024 | 19
GNOME head honcho Holly Million steps down As nonprofit behind the desktop environment of the world's most profitable Linux distro maker scours around for cash OSes17 Jul 2024 | 44
Texas court blocks FTC noncompete ban, and you can blame SCOTUS That was quick: Supremes' gutting of Chevron deference is already paying dividends Legal05 Jul 2024 | 57
GenAI more buzz than biz as tech barely dents jobs, says survey Don't believe the hype AI + ML19 Jun 2024 | 8
Support, don't micromanage, say researchers who find WFH intensified 'anxiety' in some Feeling empowerment and autonomy at work reportedly key when toiling remotely Offbeat11 Jun 2024 | 37
IMF boss warns of AI 'tsunami' coming for world's jobs 'A series of large ocean waves caused by a sudden and powerful disturbance,' according to ChatGPT AI + ML15 May 2024 | 54
US Equal Employment agency says Workday AI hiring bias case should continue Judge to hear software vendor's effort to dismiss discrimination case next month Software16 Apr 2024 | 4
AI will reduce workforce, say 41% of surveyed executives Biz leaders optimistic it can reduce living, breathing cost centers... er, valued workers AI + ML06 Apr 2024 | 54
Apple cuts hundreds of jobs after ditching the car project and more Self-driving to the nearest job center Personal Tech05 Apr 2024 | 12
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
SAP accused of age discrimination, retaliation by US whistleblower Complainant moved to 'retire in place' role after Sarbanes Oxley Act report, filing alleges SaaS14 Mar 2024 | 10
IBM said to be binning off more staff as 'workforce rebalance' continues Next logical step after rounds of voluntary layoffs Systems12 Mar 2024 | 24
NTT boss takes early retirement to atone for data leak No mere mea culpa would suffice after 9.2 million records leaked over a decade, warnings were ignored, and lies were told Security01 Mar 2024 | 8
Electronic Arts frags hundreds of workers 'to grow fandom' Dating app Bumble also finds breaking up is easy to do for a third of its crew Personal Tech29 Feb 2024 | 11
Australian supercomputer 'Taingiwilta' comes online this year with [REDACTED] inside Exec in charge laments that in defence HPC down under, you can pay a veteran expert a mere web dev's salary HPC21 Feb 2024 | 20
A visa to fill Australia's empty tech jobs is getting more expensive, but maybe better value Application process gets a massive overhaul Public Sector19 Feb 2024 | 44
US Air Force's new cyber, IT skill recruitment plan: Bring back warrant officer ranks Officer pay, limited command duties and writing 'code for your country' Security14 Feb 2024 | 10
Cloudflare defends firing of staffer for reasons HR could not explain Updated It's certainly not a layoff, net-taming biz insists On-Prem15 Jan 2024 | 123
'Only 700 new IT jobs' were created in US last year Pandemic overhiring + AI-generated cuts at the entry level = A bad year to be a techie, says Janco AI + ML08 Jan 2024 | 26
Citrix pulls the plug on its User Group Community To be replaced by virtual community and ‘in-person event experience’ hosted by vendor Off-Prem05 Dec 2023 | 6
17% of Spotify employees face the music in latest cost-cutting shuffle This despite hitting profit high note – and right on time for Christmas Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 35
You can't deepfake diversity, and that's a good thing Opinion Fresh thinking and new approaches can only come from varied cohorts of people Devops04 Dec 2023 | 26
AI won't take your job, might shrink your wages, European Central Bank reckons In the US, however, folks are ready and willing to bin you for a bot AI + ML29 Nov 2023 | 22
VMware president Sumit Dhawan out – scores gig as CEO of infosec vendor Proofpoint Amid accounts of wider layoffs and Broadcom doing a 'strategic review' of end-user compute and Carbon Black products Virtualization29 Nov 2023 |
Japanese tech startups testing cash incentives for office return Bonuses for bums on seats is a new one for us at Vulture Towers Offbeat27 Nov 2023 | 26
Sam Altman set to rejoin OpenAI as CEO – seemingly with Microsoft's blessing New board includes former Salesforce boss and Treasury Secretary AI + ML22 Nov 2023 | 78
China's regulator paused VMware purchase probe before desired close date Analysis Competitors predict price gouging as employees await news Virtualization22 Nov 2023 | 1
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's ejection sparks theories as odd as some ChatGPT output Updated Interim CEO appointed as rumours swirl about comebacks, doing a startup, or even hardware with Jony Ive AI + ML19 Nov 2023 | 29
Cisco has a new problem: You take too long to implement its products and stop buying more kit Supply chain is back to pre-COVID normal, just in time for big clouds to spend $1 billion on networks for AI Networks16 Nov 2023 | 8
Infosys co-founder calls for youth to work 70-hour weeks Do it for India, says Narayana Murthy, seemingly unaware that China, Japan, and South Korea all have overworking problems On-Prem27 Oct 2023 | 103
Microsoft creates a new kind of credential: the 'Applied Skill' Poll Shorter and more specific than certifications, but still tied to Microsoft products. Would you do one? On-Prem26 Oct 2023 | 13
Shucks Chuck, how many employees pay = one Cisco CEO? Robbins and the C suite bumper pay day on back of router and switch kingpin's 2023 double digit sales swing Networks24 Oct 2023 | 3
‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities Advise turning off and never using remote desktop protocol, prohibiting private VPNs, not trusting recruiters’ due diligence Cybersecurity Month19 Oct 2023 | 51
Look, boss – Nvidia's still cool with staff working from home Plus: Stanford prof tells off industry for making decisions based on anecdotal data Offbeat16 Oct 2023 | 25
Juniper makes 440 redundant to pursue better margins Not even AI offers a lot of upside right now Networks06 Oct 2023 |
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
Oracle's $130M-plus payday still looms on horizon for Larry and Safra And shareholders – presumably not Ellison who still owns 42% – are still not happy about it Databases26 Sep 2023 | 11
VMware staff reportedly told job cuts may start before Broadcom acquisition CVs are starting to appear on social media because staff think it's a sensible time to be in the shop window Virtualization19 Sep 2023 | 5
Having slammed brakes on hiring, Google says it no longer needs quite so many recruiters Hundreds about to find out first hand how the tough the job market is right now Off-Prem13 Sep 2023 | 30
Microsoft makes some certification exams open book Realistically you're going to look stuff up anyway, so you might as well learn how to do it right Software25 Aug 2023 | 43
Vietnam admits it has just ten percent of the infosec pros it needs Which is a problem, because local orgs are leaking data and shadowy traders are cashing in Security17 Aug 2023 | 4
80% of execs regret calling employees back to the office Or so says a worrying survey On-Prem15 Aug 2023 | 217
Amazon's latest directive: Report to the office 'cos we're watching you Worker bees protest that they were read the riot act even when they did come in On-Prem11 Aug 2023 | 18
Official science: People do less, make more mistakes on Friday afternoons Why 'dont deploy on Frday' is a thnng Bootnotes04 Aug 2023 | 63
Quarter of tech pros say they're considering quitting jobs in next six months Bouyant jobs market and increased stress prompt exodus, says research On-Prem26 Jul 2023 | 28
Microsoft's 10,000 job cuts didn't quite do the trick Redmond confirms new round of layoffs in WARN notice Off-Prem11 Jul 2023 | 36
Startup that charged $1.20 a day for coworking space in nightclubs folds Friyey’s cash – and beer – taps turned off Offbeat07 Jul 2023 | 37
Former Twitter employees accuse it of holding up 891 arbitrations Class action claims company refusing to pay mandated fees Legal05 Jul 2023 | 27
Boss such a tyrant you need a job quitting agent? It works in Japan Here come the taishoku daiko to tell your boss to do one... in a polite but unequivocal way Offbeat05 Jul 2023 | 59
The death of the sysadmin has been predicted for years – we're not holding our breath Register Kettle We'd sure like to see a bot unpick a failed update or handle users struggling to find the 'any' key Sysadmin Month28 Jun 2023 | 44
Canada plans brain drain of H-1B visa holders, with no-job, no-worries work permits They're vetted, almost acculturated, and will be booted from the US if they lose their gig Legal28 Jun 2023 | 84
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
Singaporean superapp Grab delivers massive job cuts with after hours email ‘We thought you'd like some terrible news in the comfort of your own home’ was the gist of it Software21 Jun 2023 | 7
Sysadmin and IT ops jobs to slump, says IDC Brush up on your coding – more tech jobs are going to be hybrids that mix ops and software, or require AI skills Software08 Jun 2023 | 51
Australia fines tech companies for exploiting foreign tech workers Everything down under wants to either kill you, or underpay you Legal31 May 2023 | 29
Working from home could kill career advancement, says IBM CEO Just like turning 40, eh Arvind? On-Prem04 May 2023 | 76
To improve security, consider how the aviation world stopped blaming pilots When admitting to an error isn't seen as a failure, improvement easy to achieve, says pilot-turned-CISO Security14 Apr 2023 | 69
Three quarters of UK tech pros are ready to leave their jobs Despite layoff trend, IT staff seek mobility over security Personal Tech11 Apr 2023 | 50
That sound you hear is VCs shutting wallets, tucking them back into Patagucci vests OpenAI and Stripe snaffled a lot of what cash was dished out, or so this report claims Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 5