Employees have long been sold the idea that working hard and outperforming their peers would lead to sizable pay hikes and title upgrades. But now, some companies are ditching merit-based wage bumps in favor of “peanut butter raises”—and it’s hurting employee morale. Around 36% of U.S. companies say they gave out standard, across-the-board pay increases
“I have no idea how they got my contact information,” says the engineer. Unlike other interviews for government jobs, the engineer says, there was no recruiter present—only Coristine was on the interview call. “Normally initial screenings are done over the phone, rather than video, to reduce bias in the process,” they say. During the engineer’s
A 1945 report by Vannevar Bush, director of the US Office of Scientific Research and Development, was seminal to the growth of US research.Credit: AP/Alamy Last month, Michael Kratsios, head of the US Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), released a report called Science: A New Golden Age. The 123-page document is a response
Susan Collins, a Republican senator from Maine, has expressed opposition to a proposal from the White House that would give political appointees control over research grants.Credit: Aaron Schwartz/Getty US senators from both sides of the political aisle released a draft spending bill on 2 August that, if passed, would temporarily halt a far-reaching and controversial
The Trump administration is banning the import of new foreign-made humanoid robots, robot dogs and energy inverters, citing an “unacceptable” threat to national security. The measure largely affects imports from China, which currently has the vast majority of global market share. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the ban on Tuesday, stating that foreign-made
Credit: David Goddard/Getty Can commercial funding fill a £42 million (US$56 million) a year hole in the finances of some of the UK’s most iconic laboratories and science facilities? That is the challenge facing sites run by the UK’s Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), which funds the Diamond Light Source (the national synchrotron facility