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Google’s plan to cut pay for remote workers who relocate is a bad idea

Vox

But to encourage its employees to actually make use of its massive real estate investments, some say the tech behemoth is using sticks, not carrots: Google employees who move to less expensive parts of the country could see their pay cut. So why are these tech companies floating this idea in the first place?

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6 signs you might need an executive coach — and 2 signs you don’t

CIO Business Intelligence

IT leaders are more integral to a company’s business success than ever and that brings pressure to expand their roles, better understand and collaborate with the business, and launch major initiatives. They’re also managing people who used to be peers, and they need to organize and motivate their team members to take on major new projects.

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Silicon Valley layoffs aren’t just a cost-cutting measure. They’re a culture reset.

Vox

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg cut 11,000 employees, or 13 percent of Facebook. Each company has its own, unique problems driving cost-cutting measures. The other macro reason for cost-cutting, as Recode’s Peter Kafka argues on Today, Explained , is that the biggest tech companies are now mature. Peter Kafka.

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Startup of the Year: Vote for the hottest up-and-coming company at the GeekWire Awards

GeekWire

But more importantly, they are innovating, executing, and making a difference. Community voting is now underway across 13 GeekWire Awards categories in our 13th annual celebration of Pacific Northwest tech. Community voting is now underway across 13 GeekWire Awards categories in our 13th annual celebration of Pacific Northwest tech.

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The rise of the fancy freelancer

Vox

In both places, she’s a compliance manager, the person who makes sure a company’s software doesn’t run afoul of any policies. But Ruiz wanted to pursue an advanced degree and believed that switching from regular employment to freelance would give her more flexibility. Companies like the idea, too.

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Fountainhead: Cloud Is Not The End - It's The Means.

Fountainhead

They are the new tools that are the Means to a more aspirational end. What every business craves is the ability to respond to new ideas (innovation) and to market pressures (competitive, consumers) faster and more completely - Agility. And that is a whole lot more than just providing a virtualized cloud infrastructure.

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Amid widespread tech industry layoffs, some companies are still hiring in a ‘flipped’ labor market

GeekWire

I have no idea,” said Hartley Riedner, the company’s new head of operations, laughing with Paoli on a video call with GeekWire this week. As of today, more than 380 tech startups have cut more than 44,000 jobs since March 11 as they curb expenses and try to survive amid the economic downturn.

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