Employment

Cuban has a clear message for Gen Z: “I would spend every waking minute learning about AI. Even if I am sleeping, I am listening to podcasts talking about AI.”

While similarities between the two situations clearly exist, there are also significant differences.

The use of AI in recruitment processes is becoming increasingly common. As a result, major tech companies are reconsidering face-to-face technical assessments.

Working hours in China were subject to the “996 culture”: from nine in the morning to nine at night, six days a week.

A software engineer was terminated after 11 years at a company. Upon leaving, he activated a kill switch that caused big disruption to the company's servers. He's now facing a 10-year prison sentence.

Some former employees believe Meta has placed them on a “blacklist.” While not illegal, this limits the company’s hiring flexibility.

Japanese restaurants have come up with a potential solution to address its demographic crisis, which also impacts its workforce. Specifically, they plan to use robots to automate the service sector.

“Task masking” is a trend that involves pretending to be very busy to avoid being assigned more work.

Google’s co-founder urges employees to work harder, with up to 60-hour weeks.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) emailed all Trump administration officials, requiring them to respond and report their work from the past week.

The emerging trend among AI chatbots is to compete in developing deep research systems, which threatens traditional intellectual work.

DOGE officials dismissed 350 employees from the Department of Energy without realizing they were responsible for assembling nuclear warheads and handling nuclear waste.