Treat workers as employees? Uber, Lyft and others are scrambling for a compromise
Faced with a looming threat to their way of doing business, Uber, Lyft and other major on-demand companies are trying something they’ve historically been reluctant
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Microsoft reportedly bans its employees from using Slack for security reasons and encourages them to to use the Microsoft Teams app instead
Microsoft does not allow its employees to use Slack, GeekWire‘s Nat Levy and Todd Bishop reported, citing an internal document. While Microsoft has a rival
Creative Ways To Help Your Employees Fall In Love With Their Workplace [Infographic]
According to the latest study, 75% of people in the UK don’t like their full-time jobs. Quite probably, you have also seen unmotivated and constantly
Minecraft meets the real world, Amazon pays its employees to quit, and the scooter saga continues
A character from Minecraft Earth, as viewed through a smartphone, overlaid on the real world. (Minecraft Photo) This week on the GeekWire Podcast: Four years
Elon Musk Email To Tesla Employees: “Curb Your Spending”
The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, along with the company’s CFO Zach Kirkhorn, recently raised around $2.7 billion dollars at an Investor call. During the
Mark Cuban slams Silicon Valley VCs over Uber's awful IPO and says it could be a wake up call for Valley employees (UBER, LYFT)
Mark Cuban says that Uber’s IPO is a warning sign for Silicon Valley that the whole unicorn thing wasn’t a good plan. Uber, he says,
Uber Drivers Are Contractors, Not Employees, Labor Board Says
The National Labor Relations Board’s position is a setback for drivers who had hoped to join forces to push for better pay and working conditions.
What Melinda Gates learned from offering a full year of paid family leave to employees
Melinda Gates. (Flickr Photo / @WorldBank) Melinda Gates is one of the world’s most vocal advocates for paid family and medical leave. “We are the
AT&T, Verizon Employees Caught Up In DOJ SIM Hijacking Bust
Wireless carriers are coming under increasing fire for failing to protect their users from the practice of SIM hijacking (aka a port scam). The practice
Amazon offers its employees funding to quit and start their own package delivery companies
A driver for an independent Amazon Delivery Service Partner company makes a delivery in Orlando, Fla., in February. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon employees
Uber's CEO sent an email to employees addressing its disastrous IPO, drawing on Amazon's and Facebook's rough starts (UBER)
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi sent an email to employees on Monday, addressing the ride-hailing giant’s brutal stock-market debut. He said that while the market has
Pleo, a Danish startup that helps employees track expenses with smart payment cards and mobile apps, raises $56M Series B; it raised a $16M Series A last May (Robin Wauters/Tech.eu)
Robin Wauters / Tech.eu: Pleo, a Danish startup that helps employees track expenses with smart payment cards and mobile apps, raises $56M Series B; it
Uber CEO rallies employees as stock falls further on second day of trading
Uber Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi told employees in a memo today to hang tight as the company’s stock dropped even further on its second
Amazon to employees: Quit your job, we’ll help you start a delivery business
Enlarge / Completed customer orders are seen in their boxes, awaiting delivery, at the Amazon Fulfillment Centre on November 14, 2018, in Hemel Hempstead, England.
Amazon expands its Delivery Service Partner program, incentivizes Amazon employees with $10K and three months' pay to start their own delivery businesses (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Amazon expands its Delivery Service Partner program, incentivizes Amazon employees with $10K and three months’ pay to start their own delivery