Hacker News with Generative AI: Workplace

The reverse-centaur apocalypse is upon us (pluralistic.net)
The reverse-centaur apocalypse is upon us: Microsoft, Oracle, and other bossware dealers are transforming our workplaces with "virtual whips."

Technology, Workplace, Artificial Intelligence, Satire

21 points by xeonmc 33 days ago | 0 comments

Workers Are Hiding AI Use from Bosses, KPMG Survey Finds (businessinsider.com)
A major study into AI use in the workplace found that most workers surveyed aren't completely honest with their bosses and colleagues about how they use it.

AI, Workplace, Business, Survey, Ethics

7 points by rustoo 55 days ago | 2 comments

Cholesterol-elevating substances found in coffee from machines at work (medicalxpress.com)
The coffee from most of the coffee machines in workplaces contains relatively high levels of cholesterol-elevating substances.

Health, Coffee, Workplace

18 points by bikenaga 98 days ago | 3 comments

Elon Musk admits email to government workers was a ruse (independent.co.uk)
Elon Musk said that blanket emails sent to federal employees asking for a response about their weekly accomplishments or risk termination was a test to see if they “had a pulse.”

Elon Musk, Government, Workplace, Technology, Humor

36 points by taimurkazmi 123 days ago | 19 comments

Law firm restricts AI after 'significant' staff use (bbc.co.uk)
An international law firm has blocked general access to several artificial intelligence (AI) tools after it found a "significant increase in usage" by its staff.

Artificial Intelligence, Law, Technology, Workplace

34 points by ColinWright 134 days ago | 18 comments

Why employees smuggle AI into work (bbc.com)
Many staff are said to be using unapproved AI at work

Artificial Intelligence, Workplace, Technology, Ethics

28 points by belter 144 days ago | 19 comments

Google Installed A.I. To My Workspace. Getting Rid of It Was Creepy (slate.com)
Last Tuesday, I returned from a blissfully computerless vacation abroad and logged back into work, only to find an uninvited visitor in my inbox: Gemini, Google’s A.I. assistant, had been deployed to my workspace without any warning.

Artificial Intelligence, Workplace, Privacy, Google

20 points by speckx 148 days ago | 1 comments

Unintended workplace safety consequences of minimum wages (sciencedirect.com)
We investigate the unintended impact of minimum wage increases on workplace safety.

Economics, Labor, Safety, Workplace

26 points by luu 149 days ago | 60 comments

Beyond the hype: what workers think about workplace AI assistants (theconversation.com)
Imagine starting your workday with an AI assistant that not only helps you write emails but also tracks your productivity, suggests breathing exercises, monitors your mood and stress levels and summarises meetings.

Artificial Intelligence, Workplace, Productivity, Work-Life Balance

6 points by billybuckwheat 172 days ago | 0 comments

Amazon Delays Return-to-Office Mandate for Workers (bloomberg.com)
Amazon.com Inc. won’t have enough space for thousands of employees when they start returning to the office five days a week next month.

Amazon, Workplace, Remote Work, Business

3 points by ivewonyoung 191 days ago | 1 comments

Insiders Tell How IT Giant Favored Indian H-1B Workers over US Employees (bloomberg.com)
Six months into her job, Latreecia Folkes had launched a new project and received a letter of praise from her supervisor. And then, she says, she was told to train her replacement on the project, a worker from India. She balked at that but was replaced anyway.

Immigration, Technology, Discrimination, Workplace, India

11 points by impish9208 201 days ago | 7 comments

The Humor Is Almost Lost on Us – Resisting the Decline into Snark (hedgehogreview.com)
In a lecture at Google’s New York office in 2008, Simon Critchley, a professor of philosophy at the New School for Social Research, referred to a consulting firm called Humor Solutions International, which was devoted to helping businesses foster employee loyalty and fellowship through laughter.

Humor, Culture, Philosophy, Workplace

12 points by pseudolus 217 days ago | 1 comments

Tech-Giants Use Unethical Layoff Practices to Justify Bias and Retaliation (medium.com)
Picture this: You’re a high-performing employee at one of the world’s most admired tech giants — a company that touts its values of transparency, employee well-being, and an unrelenting commitment to innovation. You’ve hit your targets, earned accolades from your peers, and even gone above and beyond to deliver results. But then, without warning, you find yourself on the receiving end of a performance review laced with criticisms you never saw coming. Your contributions, once celebrated, are suddenly diminished.

Tech, Layoffs, Ethics, Bias, Workplace

7 points by ZuckMusk 218 days ago | 0 comments

Five days a week in the office? Forget it (computerworld.com)
A few weeks ago, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announced that all corporate employees, including AWS staffers, will be expected to work in the office five days a week beginning in January. I don’t work for Amazon, but if I did, I’d quit. Period. End of statement.

Remote Work, Work Culture, Amazon, Technology, Workplace

60 points by CrankyBear 261 days ago | 99 comments

PwC tells employees it will use location data to police 'back-to-office' rule (cnn.com)

Privacy, Workplace, Technology, Data

7 points by kubami 291 days ago | 1 comments

New Data Shows Women Are More Negatively Stereotyped at Work Than Men (forbes.com)

Gender Bias, Workplace, Stereotypes, Social Science, Research

4 points by mooreds 298 days ago | 0 comments

McKinsey Reveals: Leaders Are Wrong About Why Employees Quit (worktango.com)

Employee Retention, Leadership, Business, Research, Workplace

6 points by Tomte 306 days ago | 18 comments

77% of employees report AI has increased workloads and hampered productivity (forbes.com)