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P&G alum named CEO of Chicago tech firm

A former senior executive at Procter & Gamble, whose most recent work placed him at search engine giant Google, has been named the new CEO of a Chicago-based tech firm......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 31st, 2021

Therese Poletti"s Tech Tales: Some tech workers are leaving San Francisco. They won’t be missed

Many tech workers able to work from home have moved out of San Francisco, but are not going far. While San Francisco's economy could suffer temporarily, it's not the end of the City by the Bay, and is unlikely to spell its end as a tech epicenter......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchFeb 20th, 2021

Salesforce sticking with plans for 60-story Chicago tower, despite telling workers they can work remotely after COVID-19

Salesforce Tower in Chicago is moving forward. Salesforce isn’t backing off plans to anchor the 60-story building under construction.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneFeb 11th, 2021

Salesforce sticking with plans for 60-story Chicago skyscraper, despite telling workers they can work remotely after COVID-19

Salesforce isn’t backing off plans to anchor a 60-story office tower under construction along the Chicago River, despite telling employees t.....»»

Category: topSource: chicagotribuneFeb 10th, 2021

Q&A: How tech, AI and the "human cloud" could transform work

Authors argue tech can free workers from mundane tasks and usher in empowered freelancers......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 30th, 2021

Almost half of Big Tech employees say they "often" work nights, weekends

A new poll from the anonymous workplace app Blind found that 45% of Big Tech workers "often" put in extra hours to make up for days when they were less productive......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 23rd, 2021

Thousands apply to relocate to Finland as country seeks to lure foreign tech workers

The "90 Day Finn" program provides successful applicants housing, school, daycare, networking opportunities, and places to work remotely. Miemo Penttinen - miemo.net / Getty Images Over 3,500 people have applie.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderDec 28th, 2020

The Technology 202: Remote work could be here to stay for some tech workers

Twitter’s announcement that some employees can continue working forever has prompted questions about who will return to the office after the pandemic.....»»

Category: topSource: washpostMay 13th, 2020

Dispatches from a Pandemic: ‘I was told I could never work remotely’: Before coronavirus, workers with disabilities say they implored employers to allow them to work from home

‘I have been trying for years in tech to get to a place where I could permanently work from home.’.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMay 2nd, 2020

Scorecard: One of Nashville"s oldest tech firm was sold to a Chicago company last year. Here"s what"s happened since

Scorecard checks back on our headlines from a year ago. This is an update to the Jan. 7, 2019, story, "One of Nashville’s oldest tech companies sold to Chicago firm.".....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 17th, 2020

McDonald"s employees claim they were forced to continue to work and were kept in the dark when a coworker caught COVID-19, according to a new OSHA complaint

REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson McDonald's workers plan to protest after filing a complaint saying the conditions in one Chicago location pose "an imminent danger to our health and that of our cowo.....»»

Category: personnelSource: nytApr 14th, 2020

Top hospitals are experimenting with new blood tests that can tell if you"ve ever had the coronavirus. The tech could help send sidelined healthcare workers back to work and let people out of their homes.

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Penn Medicine and the Mayo Clinic are working on tests that detect past exposure to t.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderApr 8th, 2020

EU exec proposes shorter work hours to prevent layoffs amid epidemic

The EU executive proposed on Wednesday a wage-subsidy scheme to encourage employers to cut workers' hours rather than their jobs amid the coronavirus epidemic, a plan that could be worth 100 billion euros in borrowing guaranteed by all EU countries......»»

Category: topSource: reutersApr 1st, 2020

Chicago tech companies offer free coronavirus resources, services

As coronavirus drags on, tech and startup communities across the U.S. are struggling to remain steady. Businesses everywhere are facing unprecedented challenges as they navigate remote work, abruptly changing consumers habits and an unsteady econom.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 25th, 2020

Apple is latest tech company to ask employees to work from home due to coronavirus

Apple Inc. on Friday asked employees at its 12,000-person Apple Park campus in Silicon Valley to work from home if possible because of coronavirus risks. It is also asking workers in the Seattle area to work from home. The company's retail stores in.....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 6th, 2020

Big tech companies in Bay Area start giving work-from-home signal over COVID-19

Several companies in the San Francisco Bay Area have shifted to a policy of encouraging their employees to stay out of the office and work from home. Late Wednesday, Microsoft put out the word that workers in both its Silicon Valley offices and it.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 6th, 2020

Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Twitter ask employees to stay away from Silicon Valley and Seattle HQs as they bunker down against coronavirus

Tech giants including Facebook, Amazon, and Google have asked employees to work from home amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. Facebook and Amazon have confirmed that they have had workers in their Seattle offices test positive fo.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderMar 6th, 2020

Coronavirus has prompted these tech companies to ask employees to work from home

Some of Washington state’s largest employers are telling their workers to telecommute to minimize the spread of coronavirus, and the policy could soon extend to Silicon Valley......»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchMar 5th, 2020

Twitter tells all of its employees to work at home, citing virus

Tech company said it is "operating out of an abundance of caution" in asking its 5,000 workers to work from home......»»

Category: topSource: moneycentralMar 3rd, 2020

University aims to boost Nashville"s supply of tech workers

University aims to boost Nashville"s supply of tech workers.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsFeb 18th, 2020