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Katie Zacharia has reportedly been fired as White House Press Secretary after just FIVE DAYS on the job.
According to The New York Times, her departure follows scrutiny over how she represented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.
Google DeepMind is hiring a Research Scientist in Philosophy and Human Values in London, UK.
The role focuses on AI alignment, governance, human-AI relationships, and the societal implications of advanced AI.
Qualifications: PhD or equivalent experience, plus 3 years of relevant research.
google.com/about/careers/app…
Did you know the phrase “last hired, first fired” has historical roots in racial discrimination in the American labor market?
As early as 1921, the expression was used to describe how Black workers were often the last to gain employment during economic growth and the first to lose their jobs during downturns.
Feel free to take a deeper dive ⬇️ usccr.gov/files/historical/1…
📈 Companies that have created significant wealth for their employees through stock compensation and equity ownership:
SpaceX — ~4,400 potential employee millionaires
OpenAI — ~$16B in employee equity sales
Google — 1,000+ employees held $5M+ in stock
Klarna — ~115 employees reached millionaire-level equity valuations
Nvidia — Significant employee wealth from stock appreciation
Canva — Employee share sales at a $42B valuation
Source: Fortune, Inc., Bloomberg
Not even senior executives are immune to Netflix’s restructuring.
Around 1,000 employees were laid off, including film VP Doug Belgrad and other senior leaders.
Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria is also leaving after nearly a decade, despite overseeing hits like Stranger Things, Bridgerton, and Squid Game.
As of October 2026, 14 U.S. states require covered employers to disclose salary ranges in job postings:
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Hawaii
Illinois
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Washington, D.C., also requires disclosure.
Companies are shifting their focus back to entry-level hiring.
According to Bloomberg, more than 80% of talent acquisition executives plan to increase early-career hiring over the next two years.
bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
Palantir has opened applications for its third annual Meritocracy Fellowship, a paid alternative to college for exceptional high school graduates.
🗓️ Duration: 4 months (August–December 2027)
💰 Compensation: $5,400/month
📌 Successful fellows may secure full-time roles at Palantir.
🔗 Application: palantir.com/careers/meritoc…
Anthropic is accepting applications for two (2) new paid fellowships in STEM and Conceptual Reasoning, spanning engineering, philosophy, economics, policy, law, and more.
💰Compensation: $100K–$167K for four months, beginning January 2027.
🗓️ Application deadline: October 28.
job-boards.greenhouse.io/ant…
McKinsey & Company is piloting a new AI-powered interview assessment for entry-level business analyst candidates in North America.
Applicants will spend 10 minutes interacting with, challenging, and debating an AI-generated client avatar as part of the hiring process.
wsj.com/lifestyle/careers/mc…
Netflix is reportedly laying off approximately 1,000 employees, equivalent to 6% of its workforce, in what would mark the largest round of layoffs in the streaming giant’s history.
The reductions are expected to disproportionately affect employees across product, technology, legal, and human resources.
Looking for companies that offer unlimited PTO? Look into these companies:
• Netflix
• Microsoft
• LinkedIn
• Salesforce
• HubSpot
• Dropbox
• Adobe
• GitLab
• Shopify
• Asana
• Coinbase
• Gusto
• Mercury
• Ashby
• Automattic
• Vercel
• Cribl
• Degreed
• SeatGeek
Looking to learn AI for free? The Elements of AI is a series of free online courses created by MinnaLearn and the University of Helsinki.
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Develop your skillset and thrive. Explore free, hands-on training, resources, and Microsoft Certifications from Microsoft Learn—and level up at any stage in your career.
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Been saying this for years.
Six years after the pandemic, remote work isn't dead. Research links working from home to more births, increased employment, and faster AI adoption. bit.ly/4zvQRmU
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📌 Harvard Online — Free courses across leadership, business, and technology.
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BREAKING: Amazon has confirmed another round of layoffs affecting fewer than 1,000 employees across several teams, including customer service, marketplace support, and engineering.
The cuts come after roughly 30,000 job eliminations over the past year, as Amazon prepares to spend a record $220 billion on AI infrastructure.
Source: Business Insider





