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SuccessEx-Googler and Palestinian-American fired for opposing Project Nimbus speaks out: ‘This was not my idea of what the American workplace should be’
By Chloe BergerApril 23, 2024
Businesswoman shaking hands to close a deal with clients in the office
TechBritish unions want new law to stop firms from using AI to spot facial expressions and tone of voice as part of hiring decisions
By Ryan HoggApril 18, 2024
Employer and employee agree after negotiation.
LeadershipMcKinsey is paying some managers up to 9 months salary to leave—Here’s when it makes sense to take the money
By Emma BurleighApril 2, 2024
FinanceEx-Cloudflare employee records her firing and sparks a debate about whether it was a layoff in disguise or her fault
By Sydney LakeJanuary 12, 2024
LeadershipCEO churn in corporate America held steady in 2023 but it’s the calm before the storm as burnout promises to bring a big wave of exits
By Phil WahbaDecember 21, 2023
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, speaks to members of the press outside the “AI Insight Forum” at the Russell Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2023 in Washington, DC.
NewslettersSam Altman’s OpenAI firing—and reinstatement—challenges a common misconception about performance metrics
By Paige McGlauflin and Joey AbramsNovember 22, 2023
TechOpenAI’s new CEO once labeled himself ‘super opinionated’—and likened working for Microsoft to selling his soul
By Chloe TaylorNovember 21, 2023
Ryan Peterson, chief executive officer and founder of Flexport Inc., stands for a photograph at the company's office in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Wednesday, April 15, 2015.
LeadershipCEO of freight giant Flexport rescinds dozens of job offers just days before the new hires’ start date: ‘I hope you will forgive us someday’
By Chloe TaylorSeptember 11, 2023
Worried businesswoman reading a document while sitting at her desk in office. Female executive reading a paper seriously.
NewslettersPowerful executives are often fired after a scandal to please investors. It can backfire
By Lila MacLellanMay 5, 2023
Barbara Corcoran on Shark Tank
Success‘I love firing people on Friday’: Self-made real-estate millionaire and ‘Shark Tank’ star Barbara Corcoran can’t stand negative workers
By Chloe BergerApril 13, 2023
A young man consoles a young woman holding a box filled with binders and personal belongings.
LeadershipHow to best prepare managers for layoff conversations with their teams 
By Paige McGlauflinFebruary 2, 2023
A laid-off employee carrying a box of belongings out of an office
SuccessGen Z and millennials are reframing layoffs, stripping away the shame and pointing the finger of blame at the company that let them go
By Chloe TaylorOctober 17, 2022
Volodymyr Zelenskyy serious press conference
LeadershipZelenskyy fires his childhood friend—Ukraine’s top spy chief—over failure to stop staffer ‘treason’
By Sophie MellorJuly 18, 2022
Bob Chapek
LeadershipDisney’s under-pressure CEO just made his biggest power move to date—and it has tanked morale
By Sophie MellorJune 10, 2022
Peter Rixe
LeadershipDisney board voices support for CEO after firing of TV content head Peter Rice
By Christopher Palmeri and BloombergJune 9, 2022
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