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The day after Rob Waters learned of his layoff from Google last year, he was encouraged to apply for a new role there as an AI sales specialist. Google soon offered him the position, with a six-figure salary.Waters wasn’t sure he wanted to return. He’d grown frustrated with the bureaucracy…
I visited the CEO of a major startup in SF last week. He recounted a tale that blew my mind.His company recently put a new product online but hadn’t done a big launch or any marketing. Within a week or two, it got at least a million signups. Barely any…
Google Maps changed Lake Ontario’s name for its American users, and the internet is not happy.On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario, which straddles the Canadian and US border, to Lake America. The US Geographic Names Information System formally changed the name of the…
Disney is shaking up its employee benefits by launching a stock purchase program and switching up its health insurance plans.Eric Chaisson, Disney’s EVP of total rewards and employee services, told US-based employees about the changes in a Wednesday memo.”We’re planning to introduce an Employee Stock Purchase Plan later in 2027,…
My son is 12, almost 13. I always prided myself on having an awesome relationship with him, so it’s difficult to admit that some of the stereotypical, totally natural teenage behaviors he’s starting to exhibit have hit me hard. Our relationship has started to change as he’s grown up, and…
