Tag: Microsoft

February 23, 2024

In recent months, the tech industry has faced a significant upheaval, marked by a series of high-profile layoffs from leading companies such as Microsoft, Salesforce, and Amazon. These layoffs, affecting thousands of skilled professionals, have not only unsettled the tech […]

December 11, 2023

With its billion-dollar investment in OpenAI, developer of generative AI platform ChatGPT, Microsoft could be viewed as a natural partner for labor organizations like AFL-CIO looking to help workers adjust to the changes wrought by AI. But the announcement also […]

November 30, 2023

Meet Cori Davis, Chief People Officer at Genentech, a leading biotechnology company and member of the Roche Group. Davis not only brings more than 25 years of HR experience as an innovative leader to her role, but also a commonsense […]

October 24, 2023

From operating an oil rig in the middle of the ocean to active shooter drills, much of the cost, complexity, and danger in training can be reduced or eliminated by incorporating VR technology. Traditional training methods require classrooms with paid […]

October 31, 2022

Remote work is a popular subject with Human Resources leaders gathering around the virtual water cooler. Most people in business have discussed the future of remote work ad nauseum. However, recently, headlines have focused on what’s going to happen to […]

May 19, 2022

Microsoft Corp. said it plans to “nearly double” its budget for employee salary increases and boost the amount of stock compensation it gives some workers by at least 25 percent, in an effort to retain staff and help people cope […]

January 31, 2022

For $68.7 billion, technology giant Microsoft plans to purchase one of the biggest names in video game publishing — host to an embattled HR department that, by some accounts, has lost employees’ trust. In its Jan. 18 announcement of the […]

September 30, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted many companies around the world to send their employees home and implement new ways of working remotely. More than a year and a half has passed since the start of the crisis, and, with vaccines […]

February 25, 2021

Microsoft’s new Viva employee experience platform—an app in Microsoft Teams that functions as a one-stop-shop employee portal—has arrived. HR technology vendors now need to determine how they’ll co-exist with or compete against a major new player in the market. Satya […]

January 7, 2021

The shift to remote work in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has meant that more people than ever before are working from home offices. Depending on whom you ask, this is a blessing, a curse, or some mixture of […]

April 9, 2019

Microsoft has over 130,000 employees, so it’s not at all surprising that there are bad employees in that bunch. Most companies have them. But, Quartz says they have an email chain from “dozens of women” detailing incidents where they felt […]

March 15, 2019

What do companies like Microsoft, UnitedHealth, and Target have in common? They are all on board with a formal reverse mentoring program by Millennials. Power Home Remodeling of Chester, Pennsylvania, which Fortune recently named the nation’s number one workplace for […]

December 22, 2017

In today’s tough talent market, employers are going back to basics — and looking to tech to not only improve on those basics, but futureproof the company against the incoming automation flux. From legacy platforms to microchip technology, the HR […]

June 14, 2016

LinkedIn is a 21st Century job board. Although the recruiting vanguard dismisses it for problems with data quality and price to value ratio, the service facilitates individual network development and productivity. Most of the individual users I know rely on LinkedIn […]