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My boss had a proposal: It was time to replace him with AI.It was late spring, following months of AI-attributed layoffs across the economy that left workers wondering: Am I next? In the name of journalism, my editor and direct manager, Ryan Kailath, agreed to be a guinea pig.I’m an…
If you work in tech, your manager might still care about your career. They just might not have enough time to do much about it.Across tech, the Great Flattening has meant fewer managers overseeing larger teams and racing to keep up as the industry remakes itself around AI.The result can…
Zach Schofel, cofounder and CEO of lease platform Cosign, gives new employees two options: a 7:20 a.m. Barry’s class or a padel session.”It’s good to do something to meet and hang out with someone, get to know someone before you start,” Schofel told Business Insider.Welcome to the modern workplace, where…
The former CEO of Taco Bell says McDonald’s new drink menu lacks originality.Greg Creed, who served as Taco Bell’s chief marketing officer when the chain introduced the popular “Baja Blast” drink over 20 years ago, shared some feedback this week on McDonald’s new menu of “refresher” drinks.”Any brand could have…
Free the kneeShorts at the office. Appropriate or not?It’s a heated and long-running debate across much of corporate America, one that Instagram boss Adam Mosseri recently planted his flag in. He said he was “pro” shorts in the workplace, with caveats.”Not all shorts are created equal,” he said. Somewhat dangerously,…
Explaining why you’re quitting a job can be tricky, especially if your plans change soon afterward.Lilian Weng announced on Monday that she was leaving the AI startup she cofounded, Thinking Machines Lab, citing stress-related illness. “I don’t feel I’m able to continue at the pace a startup requires,” she wrote…
