The workplace has entered a new era of AI acceptance, with trends like “tokenmaxxing” becoming part of the conversation as employees figure out how to use the technology at work. While most organizations have embraced AI as a useful investment, just 9% have made meaningful progress building complex autonomous workflows, according to ServiceNow. But speaking
The lawyers suing Meta argue the Project Nido (an internal name for the Teen Accounts team) swag is part of “culture of privilege abuse at Meta” aimed at keeping the research it’s conducted internally on teen harm out of the public eye, an issue that Mark Zuckerberg discussed after internal data on Instagram’s effects leaked
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) analyzing payroll data found a 435% increase in federal agencies’ use of administrative leave between 2023 and 2025, amounting to $9.5 billion in paid salaries to off-the-clock employees. The watchdog attributed $6.7 billion of the total to the deferred resignation program implemented under the Department of
Flock Safety announced a voluntary employee separation program on Friday, offering a “generous” severance package to those who want to leave amid growing backlash against the surveillance technology company, according to an internal email shared with WIRED. Applications for Flock’s voluntary severance program opened Friday, and employees have until October 2 to decide whether to
The idea started from a simple premise: Could we give people more time back, create abetter employee experience, and still deliver the same or better outcomes for ourcustomers and the business? For several employees, that answer was a resounding yes. However, as the experimentmatured, I started to see that what felt flexible to one employee
The tech leaders who once hailed AI use as the key to unlocking every employee’s full potential are now changing their tune. This includes Shopify cofounder and CEO Tobias Lütke. He told employees last year that using AI is “a baseline expectation,” and they should first prove they “cannot get what they want done using
