Most federal govt employees continue remote work, contradicting Biden pledge
Government agencies are taking up as much as half of office space, potentially costing taxpayers millions of dollars in wasted heating and cooling costs, a federal watchdog agency said in a report released this week. did. The General Accounting Office (GAO) has issued a report requested by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) earlier this year, citing […]
Alaska landslide leaves three dead, three more missing in remote fishing community
Three people were killed and three others are missing after a landslide destroyed homes on a heavily forested, rain-soaked mountainside in a remote fishing village in southeastern Alaska. The landslide, estimated to be 450 feet wide, occurred around 9 p.m. Monday near Wrangell, an island village of 2,000 people about 255 miles south of Juneau, […]
How North Koreans Seek Remote Job In Western Tech Firms
North Korea sends thousands of IT personnel overseas. London: Using fake names, fake LinkedIn profiles, forged documents, and mock interview scripts, North Korean IT workers seeking jobs at Western tech companies deploy sophisticated deceptions to get hired. Western recruiters are being forced to find work outside North Korea to secretly earn foreign currency for the […]
New study reveals one in four remote workers are sneaking off to have sex while on the job
One in four telecommuting employees have sex at work, a new study has revealed. CalendarLabs researchers recently shared the results of a September 2023 study that found that approximately 25% of all remote workers work during company hours. “As remote work becomes more common, research tracks that the planned intimacy of some telecommuters extends to […]
GM’s Cruise Confirms Human ‘Remote Assistants’ Have to Help Drive Robotaxis Every 4-5 Miles
GM’s self-driving car company Cruise has provided new details about how often a human “remote assistant” helps its self-driving cars navigate difficult urban driving situations. revealed. CNBC report Cruise CEO Kyle Vogt recently revealed that the company’s self-driving cars rely on remote human assistance for an average of 2 to 4 percent of the time […]
Man accused of assault sent to remote icefield with young grad students
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A man accused of assaulting a woman at a U.S. research base in Antarctica was then sent to a remote ice field where he was tasked with keeping a professor and three young graduate students safe. and remained there ever since. A full week has passed since the arrest warrant was […]
Thousand of remote IT workers for US companies sent wages to North Korea to fund weapons programs, FBI says
Thousands of information technology (IT) workers contracted by U.S. companies are secretly sending millions of dollars in wages to North Korea for use in North Korea’s ballistic missile program, the FBI and Justice Department say. Officials revealed. Officials announced Wednesday at a news conference in St. Louis that the North Koreans were sent to work […]
‘The Five’: Elon Musk calls remote work ‘bullsh*t’ and ‘morally wrong’
‘The Five’ co-hosts weigh in on Tesla CEO Elon Musk claiming that working from home is ‘morally wrong’ while others in the … source
Remote work for the win: How in-office requirements are hurting companies
As the coronavirus pandemic spread, so did the concept of working remotely. As employees adopted new ways of working, the old rules of the office disappeared when dress slacks were replaced with sweatpants. From late 2022 to early 2023, as the world began to ease many pandemic policies, several companies, including Twitter, Amazon, and Disney, […]
I was lied to about my job being remote — can I quit and get unemployment?
I was hired for a fully remote work from home position. All of my work assignments are currently far away from where I live. I am required to fly, work long hours, and work far from home. I spoke to the HR person and he said this would probably be light field work for him […]
