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April has been a whirlwind of developments. It was tough to choose, but here are our top stories from the month gone by. Google faced significant turmoil as a group of employees protested against the company’s cloud contract with Israel leading to 50 employees being terminated. Meanwhile, Microsoft's 2024 Work Trend Index report provides a fascinating look at how AI is transforming jobs and how we work, with interesting takeaways on what we can do to stay ahead. Lastly, Starbucks shareholders voted yes to a decision to remove DEI targets from executive pay, raising larger questions about DEI as a priority for organizations in an evolving legal landscape in the US. 

Join Ankita & Apoorva as they explore these three major developments, providing insightful analysis and context. They'll also touch on other significant stories that didn't make the main lineup. Expect some interesting tidbits with a fun fact about this very podcast to end the episode. May promises to bring even more intriguing updates.

https://fortune.com/2024/04/22/sundar-pichai-google-staff-no-political-debates-office-firing-28-employees-israeli-contract-protest/ 

https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2024/04/05/starbucks-removes-de-and-i-requirements-from-executive-pay-structure?mbcid=34981484.113659&mblid=e0bd4ab22f3a&mid=2f9fbdbb9111c845d9ce3ea3959601a5&utm_campaign=hrb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew 

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/ai-at-work-is-here-now-comes-the-hard-part/ 

https://www.wsj.com/real-estate/commercial/ge-sells-crotonville-campus-13fd35a0

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/forget-the-humane-ai-pin-this-new-ai-pendant-from-limitless-actually-looks-useful

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/04/ftc-announces-rule-banning-noncompetes 

To say that March has been eventful is an understatement. It was difficult to pick just three, but here are our top picks from the month gone by. Dell's move to block promotions for its remote workers is something we did not expect. 

Does this set the stage for others to follow suit? Novo Nordisk, on the other hand, is doing everything it can to bring down its stress levels. Currently at an already enviable 14%, the target is to bring it down to under 10%. Lastly BCG's latest report tells us which benefit pays for itself.

Join Ankita & Apoorva as they tackle these three events along with an insight into the other topics that didn't make the cut as well along with some fun facts and a glimpse of what's coming in our next episode. April is looking promising already.

Dell's announcement: https://www.businessinsider.com/dell-remote-workers-promotion-return-office-push-flexible-work-2024-3

Novo Nordisk's stressed staff: https://fortune.com/europe/2024/03/22/ozempic-maker-novo-nordisk-goal-management-team-no-more-than-10-staff-stressed/

The report that said 53% fear in-office work for the rest of their life more than climate change, and almost half (43%) are more afraid of RTO than getting divorced or losing their romantic relationship: https://www.livecareer.com/resources/remote-work-fears-and-sentiments

BCG Report: https://www.bcg.com/press/26march2024-childcare-benefits-pay-for-themselves

Envy office: https://www.fastcompany.com/91067896/pinterests-new-office-is-a-pinterest-board-come-to-life

Bernie Sanders on 4 day work week: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/13/bernie-sanders-shorter-workweek-senate/72959569007/ 

Apple's news: https://www.fastcompany.com/91087217/apple-mass-layoffs-iphone-maker-cuts-jobs-car-project-2024

It has been four years since COVID-19 first appeared in the media across multiple countries around the world. With it came a host of changes, including multiple waves of layoffs. Meanwhile, startups have had their own peaks and troughs.

Welcome to our first of many bonus episodes this year. This episode, Saurabh Nigam, Vice President - Human Capital for Omidyar Network India, joins us as we talk about the destigmatization of layoffs, changing expectations of startup founders, the distance one now lives from the office and more.  

Saurabh’s LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurabhnigam/
Mckinsey women in the workplace report 2023: https://www.mckinsey.com/featured-insights/diversity-and-inclusion/women-in-the-workplace 

A lot has been happening in February! 

Australia joins the growing list of countries to adopt the right to disconnect, the biggest four-day work week experiment ever celebrates its first anniversary and it’s pay season (almost). 

All this in addition to three other pieces of news we had to mention. 
Join Ankita & Apoorva as they dive into the top three work news from the month gone by that you should know. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/australia-right-to-disconnect-workers-ignore-calls-emails-after-hours-2024-2 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/02/01/right-to-disconnect-laws/ 
https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/22/business/four-day-work-week-uk/index.html  https://4dayweek.io/companies
https://hr.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/trends/yeh-dil-maange-more-average-2024-pay-hikes-likely-to-be-higher-at-9-8/105799365
https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/benefits-compensation/salary-sway-pay-raise-turnover-bamboohr 
https://www.bamboohr.com/resources/guides/compensation-trends

Is 2024 going to be the year where we see some calm or is it more of the same? 
What do we expect to see in the world of work and what should we be prepared for?

Join Ankita and Apoorva as they take a quick look at the year gone by and make predictions for the year ahead. 
How many do you think we'll get right?

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2023 has been quite the year!

Join Apoorva and Ankita as they put a bow on the year and walk through the top three trends and events from the world of work in 2023. Not surprisingly, GenAI and all other forms of AI get a mention along with the over 240,000 and counting layoffs in 2023 and the most apt ‘word of the year’.

We’ll be back next year and until then, wishing everyone Happy Holidays! We hope you take a well deserved break and enter 2024 with more energy than you ever have.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90990042/agi-ai-explained
https://www.fastcompany.com/90989422/openai-q-mysterious-ai-system 
https://web-assets.bcg.com/8c/26/b80dfaa64b1d92bed7b64d2e19dd/ai-at-work-what-people-are-saying.pdf 
https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/4/tech-layoffs-2023-list/
https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/word-of-the-year?ref=dailybrief.net