Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough on Tuesday acknowledged “a series of massive mistakes” in the improper awarding of about $11 million of incentive bonuses to senior department officials last year but told lawmakers he still has confidence in his leadership team to make up for the errors and reform agency processes. Republican lawmakers questioned whether […]
By Chris Kirkham, Hyunjoo Jin and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – The day before Elon Musk fired virtually all of Tesla’s electric-vehicle charging division last month, they had high hopes as charging chief Rebecca Tinucci went to meet with Musk about the network’s future, four former charging-network staffers told Reuters. After Tinucci had cut between 15% […]
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -A group of workers at Alphabet Inc’s Google have filed a complaint with a U.S. labor board claiming the tech company unlawfully fired about 50 employees for protesting its cloud contract with the Israeli government. The single-page complaint filed late Monday with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) alleges that […]
Despite recently getting rid of 150 Miami-based employees, Kaseya Chief Executive Officer Fred Voccola on Wednesday talked up the local tech community in a speech at the Miami Tech Summit. The invitation-only event was held at downtown Miami’s Perez Art Museum and had an audience of about 150 tech leaders and entrepreneurs. Voccola relocated to […]
The University of Texas at Austin has laid off an undetermined number of employees who used to work in diversity, equity and inclusion programs, according to a Tuesday email from President Jay Hartzell. The university also disbanded the Division of Campus and Community Engagement, which provided support and resources for “those who may face the […]
Former senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X, saying they are entitled to a total of more than 128 million dollars (£100.9 million) in unpaid severance payments. Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, chief legal counsel Vijaya Gadde and general counsel Sean Edgett claim in the lawsuit filed […]
Former senior executives of Twitter are suing Elon Musk and X, saying they are entitled to a total of more than $128 million in unpaid severance payments. Twitter’s former chief executive Parag Agrawal, chief financial officer Ned Segal, chief legal counsel Vijaya Gadde and general counsel Sean Edgett claim in the lawsuit filed on Monday […]
A special-called meeting in Millersville ended almost before it began Friday and quickly turned into an impromptu town hall discussion on the city’s lack of transparency. At the start of the proceedings, Millersville Mayor Tommy Long asked newly-appointed City Attorney Bryant Kroll whether commissioners could discuss the recent staff terminations and replacement hires for city […]
On the first day of 2024 — the day after working New Year’s Eve — former Bull City Ciderworks bartenders Courtney Carroll and Ariel Dale said they and another employee were fired. Dale and Carroll said they were not given specific reasons for their firings. The firing of the three bartenders on New Year’s Day […]
Joe Sullivan’s first year as chief of the embattled Wichita Police Department saw an emphasis on hiring more officers – and firing some in discipline cases that had been unaddressed. He lobbied the City Council to approve a $5,000 retention bonus in 2023 and a 13.27% pay increase for 2024. He says top pay is […]