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Amazon’s “Day 1” culture primes employees for constant change. And there’s been plenty of it lately: a five-day return-to-office mandate, an AI push, and mass layoffs. Business Insider interviewed 12 current and recent employees about how it’s going.Here’s what they told us. The responses have been edited for length and…
Paramount Skydance’s tech chief is stepping down as David Ellison’s digital transformation heats up. Loading audio narration… Phil Wiser, Paramount’s chief tech officer, told his colleagues on Friday morning that he’s leaving at the end of May after seven years with the company.”Writing this and sharing this news is harder…
College students are walking off the graduation stage into a murky job market, where economic uncertainty and AI-driven changes have put some entry-level roles at risk. Loading audio narration… Their tech savviness could be an asset, though.”What this new graduate brings is a digitally native way to do problem-solving that…
Cloudflare is laying off more than 1,100 employees as the cybersecurity company says it is reorganizing for the “agentic AI era,” according to a memo sent to staff on Thursday. Loading audio narration… The cuts came hours after the company reported first-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations, though shares…
Employees working in Google DeepMind’s UK offices have voted to unionize over concerns about the company’s defense work with Israel and the Pentagon. Loading audio narration… If successful, DeepMind — which is central to Google’s efforts to develop artificial intelligence — would be the first frontier AI lab to unionize.In…
Amazon is formally rolling out Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex to all corporate employees, pushing beyond its in-house Kiro tool. Loading audio narration… In a note to staff, obtained by Business Insider, VP of Amazon Software Builder Experience Jim Haughwout said Claude Code would be available company-wide immediately, with…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has a very direct way to get his message across. Loading audio narration… In a conversation with Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, Altman said that he messages “a few hundred” OpenAI employees a day between texts, Slack, and other media.”Very quick, like one, two messages, whatever, not…
Disney employees are enchanted with AI — and a handful of super-users are tapping chatbots tens of thousands of times a month. Loading audio narration… In recent months, some Disney tech staffers have gained access to an “AI Adoption Dashboard” that shows AI usage across coding tools Cursor and Claude…
Welcome to “28 days of hell.” Loading audio narration… That’s how one Meta employee characterized the tech giant’s announcement that thousands of jobs will be cut on May 20. Employees flooded internal forums with similar posts, many of which were filled with anxiety, dark humor, and questions as they wait…
David Ellison is celebrating a major milestone in Paramount Skydance’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. Loading audio narration… WBD shareholders voted for the Paramount deal in a special meeting on Thursday morning, prompting the Paramount CEO to take a victory lap.”We are grateful for the trust and confidence shareholders…
