‘Career cushioning,’ latest workplace trend, has employees trying to protect themselves heading into 2024

The unpredictability of the state of the American workplace continues to be on the minds of employees as the New Year of 2024 beckons. The response to this instability of job security has created a workplace trend known as “career cushioning.”  Workers are setting up Plan B initiatives — so that if they should be … Read more

2023 was a banner year for video games — and video game industry layoffs

The past calendar year has been a banner one for best-selling, critically acclaimed video games. Blockbuster titles like Alan Wake 2, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Super Mario Bros. Wonder headlined a year full of critically acclaimed games that sold tens of millions of copies. But behind the screens, the games industry has been in a dramatic … Read more

Have you seen viral videos of long lineups of people looking for work? Here’s the possible reason for them

Videos and pictures of hundreds of people lined up outside businesses in Ontario in efforts to land jobs have gone viral on social media. The videos, taken in Waterloo region and other cities, include ones on the social media platform Reddit, where users reported seeing lineups at a Dollar Tree in Windsor in October and a Food Basics in Hamilton … Read more

Rising with the machine: AI and the future of work

Rising with the machine: AI and the future of work Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the … Read more

Japa: Over 1,000 Nigerians stranded in UK

Over 1,000 Nigerians are stranded in the UK after receiving fake employment letters, the UN migration agency in Nigeria disclosed. According to Vanguard newspaper, IOM’s Chief of Mission in Nigeria, Laurent De Boeck, disclosed this in Abuja on Monday where he advised potential migrants to be cautious of a syndicate that specialises in offering fake … Read more

Textile sector distress damps wages, sparks worker exodus

The challenges over the past year at India’s textile and apparel sector, the country’s second-largest employer with almost 45 million direct jobs, have exposed the vulnerabilities of its workers and the fragile ecosystem they operate in. The slowdown in the sector has kept wages flat, deprived workers of traditional incentives, pushing arguably lakhs of them … Read more

McDonald’s eyes record global expansion in coming years, with more focus on delivery

McDonald’s is expecting to go through a growth spurt. The Chicago-based burger giant wants to establish thousands of new locations around the globe in the next few years, aiming to have 50,000 locations operating by 2027. That’s up roughly 25 per cent from more than 40,000 McDonald’s locations in operation today. The company says its anticipated expansion would represent the … Read more