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A research project called Living Maps has published an interactive tool showing workplace locations of large employers (over 1,000 worldwide staff) in the Bay Area tech sector, dating back to the 1960s. The map uses bubbles to represent sourced city presence rather than employee counts, with filters for industry, employer scope, and a five-year timeline running through 2026.
Butlers, chefs, tutors and other domestic staff for wealthy employers are being asked to sign nondisclosure agreements before taking jobs, according to a New York Times report. Employment lawyer Joseph Maya told the Times that inquiries about such NDAs have risen roughly a hundredfold over the past five years, citing one landscape designer who was asked to extend an NDA to her employees, subcontractors and even plant suppliers.
A new study finds that frequent job changers continue to face penalties when applying for new roles, and companies that hire them can also suffer consequences. The research pushes back against the post-pandemic narrative that job hopping had become stigma-free as workers gained leverage in a tight labor market.
A new analysis argues that how companies decide where employees work matters as much as the final policy itself. It notes that more than six years after COVID-19 began, over one in five U.S. workers able to work remotely still do so full-time or part-time.
A once-celebrated AI forecasting venture, hailed as a kind of digital oracle for predicting outcomes, has seen its fortunes reverse sharply after early acclaim gave way to setbacks. The coverage frames its trajectory alongside unrelated consumer and workplace stories, including homeowner disputes over mold and shifting employer expectations heading into November.