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Sep 20, 2023

Intel cuts pay for employees to keep their quarterly dividend

Intel is the first big tech to go beyond layoffs and institute broad pay cuts. Annual bonuses paused, 401K match halved, merit increases on hold and actual pay cut by 5% to 15%. On a positive note, shareholders can still expect a quarterly dividend. https://twitter.com/carnage4life/status/16206270

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Jan 31, 2023

An Introduction To Class Warfare for the Software Engineer

https://medium.com/@lloyd-f-hough/an-introduction-to-class-warfare-for-the-software-engineer-1810833055d7 What's your opinions on this? "What is it about the coming recession that makes a company that’s doing just fine institute broad layoffs for the first time in its 23-year history? The answer,

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Feb 8, 2023

Jerome Powell is the hero we need

… but the one we don’t deserve. Top 10% of America saw 6% of their wealth vanish. Top 1% of America saw 11% of their wealth vanish Top 0.1% of America saw 9% of their wealth vanish. Bottom 50% saw their wealth go up by 18% It’s simple really. Top 10% owned disproportionate amount of stock. When J

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Dec 22, 2022

Defeating Selectivity, Population control and UBI

It’s unlikely MIT, Stanford, Harvard, etc will be defeated because of the pandemic but it may make a dent. Defeating the Ivys and other reputable institutes will require a broad social redistribution, one that has been kicked off but it will yield a new master, some certifying authority that everyo

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Dec 4, 2020

Seeking a Sr TA role in pharma

I have worked with AstraZeneca, Takeda, and The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in corporate recruiting capacities, primarily focused on R&D, but have handled a wide variety as well. As a 3rd party recruiter, I have worked with a variety small startups in specialized theraputic areas, including d

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Apr 25, 2022

California Efforts to Reduce Jail Population During Covid Come to End as Crime Rises

"San Jose mayor says policy largely failed, as L.A. and San Diego also cease efforts to set zero bail for nonviolent offenses to slow the spread of virus behind bars" Surprise surprise.. Full article text: More than two years after instituting policies to keep more nonviolent offenders out of jail

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Aug 13, 2022

Uber / Lyft market share + growth

Any Lyft folks here who can dispute this? Information article below: Source: Second Measure Data The once-hot ride-hailing business is cooling down—just as the two biggest players are thinking about going public. Revenue growth rates for the U.S. ride-hailing businesses of Uber and Lyft slowed thi

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Sep 12, 2018

From ‘boomer’ companies to encroaching giants, Canada’s tech sector has a labour problem

If you want to understand the biggest problem in Canadian tech right now, ask someone who jumped from a Canadian company to an American one how their life has changed. You’ll probably get one of two answers. One of them is about money. A Toronto-based engineer who spoke to The Globe and Mail recentl

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Mar 27, 2022

Blind Company Data

Blind wont let me post a google sheets link so here it is in raw format. It contains 95% of companies with more than 10 reviews. company ratings career growth wlb compensation culture management overall Formidable 12 4.7 5 4.3 4.9 4.6 4.7 Boston Scientific 38 3.6 4.9 3.5 4.2 3.8 4 Hudl 14 4.4 4.9

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Sep 1, 2023