Facebook is laying off 11,000 workers
Amazon is laying of 10,000 workers
Twitter laid off 3,700 workers, half its workforce
Stripe laid off 1,100 workers
Shopify laid off 1,000 workers
Lyft laid off 700 workers
This is why tech workers need to unionize.
It is no coincidence that the same people who overturn Roe also prevent voting rights and encourage partisan gerrymandering. They fear the will of the majority. In other words, democracy.
OK, tried out a new unit in my intro to philosophy class, and it is my new favorite unit: "Are Grades Bullshit?"
I have never seen intro students more intensely engaged, more edge-of-their-seat, and more mind-blown.
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I'm mad because I was underpaid during my entire tenure, and I was told to be grateful. I’m mad because I watched bad leaders with brimming HR files and zero accountability fail upward, and now I’m watching them make millions. (17)
Long term, though: forcing out doctors and nurses who don't believe in science-based medicine and have no commitment to public health? Fine. Good. Go do something where you're less of a liability.
The United States is the only industrialized country in the world with no national paid family leave policy. It’s a disgrace.
We must pass the American Families Plan.