Valerie Valcourt has lived all around the U.S. in Seattle, New York City and Washington, D.C. But she made her biggest move yet last year when she quit her six-figure Big Tech job to go to pastry school in France. Valcourt, 34, tells CNBC Make It she started the process in 2020 when, while earning … Read more
Hall says when she has access to an interpreter, they are rotated throughout the week, forcing her to repeatedly explain some technical concepts. “Google is going the cheap route,” Hall claims, saying her interpreters in university were more literate in tech jargon. Kathy Kaufman, director of coordinating services at DSPA, says it pays above market … Read more
Apple’s Vision Pro launched this month, to the delight of Apple devotees everywhere. While issues with the Vision Pro have already begun circulating, it’s not stopping owners from wearing the $3,500 piece any chance they get. Case in point: A man wore his Vision Pro at his wedding. Software engineer Jacob Wright donned his headset … Read more
Packages move along a conveyor belt at an Amazon Fulfillment center on Cyber Monday in Robbinsville, New Jersey, on Nov. 28, 2022. Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon will pay more than 700 migrant workers roughly $1.9 million to settle claims they suffered human rights abuses as a result of exploitative labor contracts … Read more
A beloved instructional assistant at a Texas high school died nearly two weeks after he was injured in a classroom, officials say. Alfred “Mr. Fred” Jimenez had been employed with the Northside Independent School District since 2014 and worked with children with cognitive disabilities, the San Antonio district said in a statement. The incident happened … Read more
ROME — Italian rescuers confirmed Saturday the death of a fifth worker after a concrete beam and layers of slabs collapsed at a supermarket construction site in the city of Florence a day earlier. “I’ve just been informed that rescuers are recovering the body of a fifth worker,” said Tuscany Region’s president, Eugenio Giani. Earlier, … Read more
A 20-year-old Minnesota man killed during a house invasion by a suspect dressed as a UPS worker was a kind and caring person who was home at the time of the attack only because he had an unexpected day off from work, friends said. Jorge Reyes-Jungwirth lived with his mom, Shannon Patricia Jungwirth, and stepfather, … Read more
‘Working my tail-end off just to get by’: This Walmart worker blasted older Americans for calling young folks lazy — blames them for ‘creating’ the inflation crisis, ruining the economy In recent years, the notion that younger generations are reluctant to engage in traditional 9-5 jobs has risen. It’s believed by some that Gen Z … Read more
Skyscrapers in the Canary Wharf financial, business and shopping district in London, UK. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The average FTSE 100 CEO will have earned more this year than the median full-time worker’s annual salary by 1 p.m. London time on Thursday, according to estimates from the High Pay Centre think tank. The … Read more
An enraged North Carolina man and woman are being sought for viciously attacking a Chipotle worker after learning that their order of extra chicken would cost more, police say. Jamel Williams, 36, and Kayla Pyle, 34, reportedly placed an order inside a South Carolina Chipotle on Dec. 10 but when a 20-year-old worker there said … Read more