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MIT AI expert warns automating Gen Z entry-level jobs could backfire—and cost companies their future workforce

FEMA tells court it is offering jobs back to employees who were let go in January

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has begun offering new appointments to disaster workers whose contracts were not renewed in January…

Thousands of Pentagon Civilian Workers Will Be Fired Next Week as Purge Begins

The massive round of firings is part of an "initial effort" to cut the Defense Department's civilian workforce by 5% to 8% and was to be followed up with a hiring freeze.…

The labor market is sidelining older workers in Europe and in the United States

Older workers face employment challenges due to both discrimination and the economic calculations of recruiters, according to a report from the research and statistics office of th…

Origin Materials plans liquidation, workforce reduction

48% of NSE firms have no women as key managers; women losing out on higher paid jobs: study

A study reveals nearly half of NSE firms lack women in key managerial roles, hindering gender equality in the workforce.…

Black Diamond Group Limited (BDI:CA) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

Black Diamond Group Limited (BDI:CA) Q1 2026 Earnings Call May 1, 2026 11:00 AM EDTCompany ParticipantsEmma Covenden - Vice President of Investor &...…

'Everyone’s a Line On a Spreadsheet:' Inside Oracle’s Mass Layoffs and the Workers Fighting Back

As Oracle slashes jobs, some workers say they were helping develop the AI that displaced them.…

MIT AI expert warns automating Gen Z entry-level jobs could backfire—and cost companies their future workforce

CEOs who cut entry-level jobs risk long-term fallout, warns MIT’s Andrew McAfee—as IBM and Salesforce double down on Gen Z talent.…

Confessions of a Millennial in Tech

A lot of mixed feelings and unanswered questions.…

Food for Agile Thought #542: Command and Control Returns, Slowing Down with AI

Food for Agile Thought #542: Command & Control Returns, Slowing Down with AI, Alignment Tax, 81,000 Workers on AI - Age-of-Product.com…

Cboe is cutting 20% of its workforce to focus on core exchange businesses

Private Sector Sickness Rate Falls Back to Pre-Pandemic Levels

New figures released by the Office for National Statistics show Britain lost 148.8 million working days to sickness absence. That is 9.8 million more than…

ACTING LABOR SECRETARY SONDERLING: A fast-track way to get a job without college debt

President Trump's Department of Labor promotes apprenticeships as alternatives to college, with those who complete earning $86,000 average starting salaries.…

We need a cybersecurity curriculum taught by hackers

The cybersecurity industry has spent years talking about a talent and skills shortage. Turns out the talent and skills exist. It's just being recruited by the other side.…

Moving from AI pilots to business-wide value requires a superhighway - how to ramp up

Accenture's latest research finds that companies must demonstrate sustained early wins from AI investments to build momentum. The key is shifting from siloed AI to systemic AI.…

Don’t Overlook The Energy Efficiency Workforce

The U.S. economy is booming — just not where 50 million Americans live

Economic opportunity in America has become dangerously concentrated, with just over 100 counties accounting for half of all U.S. job growth.…

Meta Says it Lost 20 Million Users at the Beginning of the Year

The stock price fell.…

Delays in visa program threaten placement of hundreds of doctors in underserved areas

Hundreds of foreign doctors about to complete training in the U.S. will have to leave the country if the federal government doesn't rapidly process their visa waiver applications, …

List of Companies Laying Off Employees in May

Companies across industries have filed notices or confirmed plans that point to layoffs beginning or continuing in May.…

FEMA workers who sounded alarm over nation's disaster preparedness reinstated after 8 months

Fourteen FEMA employees who signed a public letter criticizing the nation's disaster preparedness have been reinstated after eight months on paid leave…

Anthropic, OpenAI back Warner-Budd workforce data bill - Politico

Comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world by Google News.…

FEMA is welcoming back 15 whistleblowers placed on leave during Kristi Noem's tenure

The decision to allow the employees to return to work marks the latest sign of the new DHS leadership breaking from the more aggressive policies pushed by Noem.…

GM just boosted its U.S. manufacturing spend to $6 billion in one year—and it may be returning to the idea that made it great

GM used to say "a car for every purse and purpose." Now, SVP Michael Trevorrow told Fortune, "we have a wide variety of vehicles for everyone."…

Need an HR system installed quickly? Try OrangeHRM

You can install the software through your web-based hosting provider in just a few steps…

Talent over tokens: AI models are becoming more expensive to run, and productivity gains are limited — efficient workers might be the solution to strained budgets

Token costs rise as the industry reckons with AI's impact on the workforce.…

‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees': Nvidia continues to stress importance of human workers - but how long can we all hang on?

It might not be the end for human workers just yet…

Study: Immigrants help address the US eldercare shortage

A study of U.S. metro areas shows changes in immigration levels can affect how much nursing care the elderly receive. When there is more immigration, registered nurses and other ai…

The uncomfortable truth about AI and the American worker

Workers fear the robots are coming for their jobs. New research shows the opposite — and why that might actually be more unsettling.…

A Post-Regression World

Whether by active strategy or passive habit, commodification is being woven into every level of the modern structure. And it might be the best thing that happens to industry. That …

Why more Singapore graduates are choosing jobs below their qualifications: ‘it’s meaningful’

A new survey shows 19.4 per cent of Singapore’s resident workforce had academic qualifications beyond what was required for their job in 2025.…

With $6-billion boost, Ottawa hopes to shore up labour force for its building agenda

Spring economic update includes a suite of measures meant to increase the number of young people entering the trades…

Tech is in turmoil—but the rest of corporate America isn’t. One Silicon Valley CEO knows why

Goodhart's Law is running amok, both in the companies where tons of supposed AI layoffs are having, and where it isn't, Box's Aaron Levie said.…

'The data should be a wake-up call': Report finds cybersecurity workers feel underpaid, undervalued and overstressed — and that's putting everyone at risk

Shifting demands for AI skills plus its impact on security is putting cybersecurity workers in stressful positions.…

Janet Yellen on her legacy as the first woman to lead the Fed, Trump’s central bank clash, and Kevin Warsh’s tightrope

The longtime economic leader reflects on her legacy, weighs in on Kevin Warsh, and outlines growing risks—from political pressure on the Fed under Donald Trump to AI-driven disrupt…

Cybersec is a thankless job: expanding workload and shrinking pay packet

: Global recruitment giant says 71% of human firewalls saw wages stagnate last year as threats and responsibilities grew…

CEO of a $25.9 billion bank had his AI clone lead the company’s earnings call—as Mark Zuckerberg builds his own digital twin

An AI double of Customers Bank CEO Sam Sidhu led the company’s recent earnings call. He joins Mark Zuckerberg, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, and Eric Yuan in the AI clone trend.…

Meta, Microsoft look to trim workforces amid heavy AI spending

Meta told personnel in an internal memo on Thursday that it planned to cut 10% of workers.…

New figures show March 2026 was the worst month for tech job layoffs since 2024 — but it's probably going to get worse

The job market got a wave of new applicants in March.…

Working longer isn’t a foolproof retirement plan — 46% of 2025 retirees left earlier than planned, survey finds

Americans frequently think they will retire later than they actually do. That poses problems for their finances in retirement.…

Deloitte and Zoom’s trims to parental-leave benefits may hurt them in long run, experts say

The firms said last week that they will be reducing parental leave and other benefits for employees starting next year Recent moves by US companies Deloitte and Zoom to reduce how …

If you stop hiring juniors, your senior engineers own you

The 'AI replaces junior engineers' argument ignores basic economics. Junior employees aren't just cheap labor. They're salary insurance, pipeline protection, and the only hedge com…