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2 May 2023
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Are university faculty really coming around on generative AI? trib.al/LCZ4qcI

Work Shift: A Survey of University Students and Educators About AI Yields Surprising Results

This week, we bring you a Q&A from London, worrying office vacancy stats from China, and a ranking of the best employers in the US based on the career opportunities they provide.

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Ozempic copycats are enticing more employers to consider covering weight-loss drugs, telehealth firms say trib.al/HHrndXD

Telehealth Firms See Ozempic Copycats Sparking Employer Interest in Covering Weight-Loss Drugs

Hims & Hers and other telehealth providers say employers that balked at pricey brand-name shots are investigating cheaper off-brand alternatives.

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These are the best companies to build your career trib.al/a4CQSk5

A Midwestern Supply Firm Beats Apple, Google on Career Growth

Industrial-supply company Grainger tops an annual ranking of US employers that invest the most in their workforces.

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NEW: Trade-tracking data show a little-known Indian drugmaker is selling Dell servers with powerful Nvidia chips to Russia, underscoring holes in western government attempts to shut off Moscow's access to tech with potential military applications trib.al/lrhKTqY

How a Mumbai Drugmaker Is Helping Putin Get Nvidia AI Chips

Trade-tracking data show that the Indian firm is selling top-end Dell servers optimized for artificial intelligence to Russia.

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A majority of UK finance bosses want to get staff into the office more often in the coming year, with some planning to install cameras to track attendance, according to a survey by KPMG UK trib.al/9VDpN1m

Most UK Finance Bosses Plan to Increase Office Working This Year

A majority of UK finance bosses want to get staff into the office more often in the coming year, with some planning to install cameras to track attendance, according to a survey by KPMG UK published...

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European HR executives are watching the US election as closely as their American counterparts trib.al/XTBdhqT

US Presidential Election Has Global HR Executives on Alert

How soon will digital twins be helping us in our jobs, and how much smarter will they make us look to our bosses? What effect did a four-day work week pilot in Germany have on workers, and their...

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3M’s new chief is recalling managers to the office, dialing back a remote-friendly policy that his predecessor had hailed as being “rooted in flexibility and trust” trib.al/ewR7GpA

3M Ends Remote-Friendly Policy by Asking Managers Back in Office Three Days

3M Co.’s new chief is recalling managers to the office, dialing back a remote-friendly policy that his predecessor had hailed as being “rooted in flexibility and trust.”

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A pilot project of the four-day work week in Germany found that almost three quarters of participants aren’t returning to a five-day standard trib.al/U4dNzRw

Four-Day Work Week Pilot Convinces Most German Firms in Trial

A pilot project of the four-day work week in Germany found that almost three quarters of participants aren’t returning to a five-day standard.

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A LinkedIn post on what proposing marriage 'taught me about B2B sales' was a parody. That it went viral because so many thought it was real says a lot about how the networking site has changed trib.al/gVQCXFJ

Cringey LinkedIn Posts Are Getting Dragged on Fast-Growing Subreddit

On LinkedIn Lunatics, 670,000 members lament the rise of ‘insufferable’ content on the Microsoft-owned professional networking site.

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Only a third of Starbucks store workers agree that staffing is consistently adequate, according to a previously undisclosed internal survey. The lack of baristas can lead to long wait times. trib.al/uNZMrq1

Stressed Starbucks Baristas Decry ‘Skeleton’ Crews in Test for New CEO

Staffing is the issue that the smallest share of store workers say is adequate, according to an internal survey, but the chain says sentiment is improving.

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Google's guide to management is back for a very different work world trib.al/AtXueeM

Google’s Guide to Management Is Back for a Very Different Work World

Welcome to this week’s Work Shift newsletter. We’re coming to you earlier than usual with some exclusive news about the resurrection of one of the most talked-about management resources of the past...

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Amazon's RTO Exposes Danger of 'Executive Nostalgia' trib.al/atLjWQ6

Work Shift: Amazon’s RTO Reveals Power and Peril of ‘Executive Nostalgia’

Welcome to this week’s Work Shift newsletter. I’m Matt Boyle, your work bestie. If you’re coming to us by way of a friend, please consider signing up on your own. In this episode, we explore how...

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SVP’s Khosla Warns There’s a ‘Tsunami’ Coming for US Offices trib.al/McySKxl

SVP’s Khosla Warns There’s a ‘Tsunami’ Coming for US Offices

There are “problems galore” in US office real estate and it’s so troubled that it’s difficult to underwrite, according to Victor Khosla, the founder of credit investor Strategic Value Partners LLC.

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McKinsey is considering upping the amount of days it expects staffers across North America to spend in the office each week trib.al/0iJW4Qf

McKinsey Weighs Asking Staffers to Come to Office More Often

McKinsey & Co. is considering upping the amount of days it expects staffers across North America to spend in the office each week as the consultancy joins a raft of large firms looking to limit...

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US ports have seen technological progress over the last half-century despite union resistance. trib.al/wL7xjy6

US Dockworkers Strike to Stop Automation Already Seen at Other Ports

Maritime trade gateways in Europe and Asia have already automated many tasks.

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The strike at US ports raises deep questions about the time frame each side is operating on. trib.al/ho6HhMN

US Port Strike Is Emblematic of Workers’ Growing Tech Anxieties

Welcome to this week’s Work Shift newsletter. Jeff Green, who recently profiled anti-DEI crusader Robby Starbuck, has a look at how employee resource groups became political hot-buttons — and how...

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Hybrid work has lifestyle benefits for those who can do it — and financial benefits for those who can’t. trib.al/klmnzxP

UK Remote Workers Sacrifice Pay for Flexibility, Study Says

Hybrid work has lifestyle benefits for those who can do it — and financial benefits for those who can’t.

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WW's exit package for ousted CEO Sima Sistani includes $37,500 of executive coaching trib.al/SZD6bMA

WW's Exit Package for Ousted CEO Includes $37,500 of Executive Coaching

Stipends for coaching are becoming a common feature of departure packages, outplacement experts say.

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Dell Orders Salespeople Back to Offices Five Days a Week trib.al/CftsxAU

Dell Orders Salespeople Back to Offices Five Days a Week

The tech company’s decision to end work from home comes on the heels of a similar order from Amazon.

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Do you know what's allowed (or what you'll be able to get away with) when it comes to working remotely this holiday season? trib.al/h63Jc4y

Holiday OOO Planning Is Getting More Complicated

Hi, Jo Constantz from New York here. Welcome to this week’s Work Shift newsletter. If you’re coming to us by way of a friend or colleague, we invite you to subscribe.

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