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...The mythological Helen of Troy maligns herself with this odd turn of phrase in Emily Wilson’s new translation of Homer’s Iliad....
...More Twitter employees exit Dozens of employees have announced on Twitter’s internal Slack channels that they are leaving the company, according to two people familiar with the situation....
...One staffer said many employees lost access to their corporate Slack account and email last night. This is a developing story. For updates follow our live blog....
...On the Working It podcast this week, I talk to two experts: Emily Bowen and Shelley Johnson, HR experts, millennials themselves, and hosts of the Australian podcast My Millennial Career....
...Emily Fazah manages corporate bookings for the Wilderness Reserve, an 8,000-acre estate in rural Suffolk that is a popular destination for corporate events....
...Emily says she felt that HR treated her like she was the problem....
...He made this warning statement just days before OpenAI announced it had connected GPT-4 to a massive range of tools, including Slack and Zapier. Unfortunately, I think the race will continue....
...A system without slack, where suppliers and workers are stretched to the max by powerful buyers, may be efficient most of the time....
...Morgan Stanley trading dip offset by deals and wealth unit The Wall Street bank became the latest US lender to report that higher fees from investment banking had helped to pick up some of the slack from...
...In the news Salesforce in talks to buy Slack Cloud software company Salesforce is in discussions to buy Slack, the work messaging app, in what would be one of the biggest software transactions to date,...
...(FT) Salesforce to buy Slack Salesforce on Tuesday capped cloud computing’s 2020 work-from-home boom and announced that it would pay $27.7bn for workplace chat app Slack, setting up a battle with Microsoft...
...(FT) The scourge of work email Email and its more fevered cousin, Slack, no longer simply interrupt important tasks, writes Pilita Clark....
...Earnings Salesforce.com reports quarterly earnings after the US markets close, and is likely to comment on reports it is in talks to acquire business messaging app Slack....
...Despite this labour market “slack”, Katharina Utermöhl, an economist at Allianz, predicted restaurants, hotels and bars may have trouble finding staff for some time....
...Workplace messaging app Slack forecast a sharp revenue slowdown in the current quarter....
...(FT) Slack has made work more taxing Workplace chat was intrusive before the pandemic — but things have got worse, writes Pilita Clark....
...rebounds from historic loss The Japanese technology conglomerate founded by Masayoshi Son posted a $12bn quarterly profit as a global tech rally lifted high-profile Vision Fund investments, including Uber and Slack...
...(FT) The horror of accidental reply-alls The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of alternative messaging platforms such as Snapchat, Slack and DMs....
...Microsoft also reported stronger than expected growth, but faced a formal EU antitrust complaint from Slack....
...(FT) Slack slumps Shares tumbled 15 per cent after the workplace messaging app revealed its revenue growth was barely lifted by the shift to home working....
...(Bloomberg, FT) Slack and Microsoft fight for millions of remote workers The coronavirus crisis has reignited one of the software industry’s fiercest rivalries, between Slack and Microsoft, over their respective...
...Slack shares also slid 20 per cent despite investor hopes it would be a rare beneficiary of the crisis....
...The day ahead Slack reports results Workplace chat app Slack is due to release earnings after the market closes today....
...But IPOs for Uber, Lyft and workplace chat app Slack all disappointed as investors poured cold water on the pre-IPO hype....
...(FT) Corporate round-up Slack recovered lost ground late on Wednesday after the app reported stronger revenue growth, but shares remain down more than 40 per cent from listing....
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