Emojis At Work: They’re Not the Enemy
Should you use emojis at work? Yes! Sometimes. If you feel like it. Maybe not with clients. 😰 The use of emojis in the workplace is, like emoticons and chat speak before them, one of those “generational divide” stand ins, something on which we can fix our frustrations about kids these days, or old people who […]
Don’t Recruit On Dating Sites! (It’s Weird)
Don’t Recruit On Dating Sites! (It’s Weird) Late last year, Tinder added a jobs field to their user profiles and it quickly proved a popular addition to the dating and hookup app. Now, several months later, its crunched the numbers and can tell you, more or less, what the most right-swiped jobs are for men and […]
Coexist Creates a Period Leave Policy
Coexist Creates a Period Leave Policy Coexist, a British company with a 77% female workforce has created a “period policy” to allow employees to take time off during their periods without having to pretend they’re “sick” or face the stigma that lingers around menstruation. Bex Baxter, director of Coexist, told The Guardian that the policy was […]
Vice President Is the Latest Bad Barbie Job
This summer Mattel will launch a new Barbie two-pack: President and Vice President Barbie running mates. The two Barbies will come with a podium, a button, and two cute suits. The dolls will be available in a variety of races – but not in the new Barbie body types. Barbie first ran for the presidency […]
What Zenefits Teaches Us About the Limits of Disruption
What Zenefits Teaches Us About the Limits of Disruption Hot IT startup Zenefits offers small businesses HR software. It receives funds from many sources, including a sizable investment from actor Jared Leto, and it also generates revenue from businesses using its software to buy services like payroll and insurance. Its objective is to streamline and […]
Changes Coming to Twitter @Replies Amid Stock Woes
Twitter’s bad week continues – the news Wednesday that its new user growth stalled in Q4 was anything but good for the social media company’s already dipping stock price. Changes Coming to Twitter @Replies Amid Stock Woes This after days of user pushback and bad press, #RIPTwitter!, is making it harder and harder for CEO Jack Dorsey to turn the […]
