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YouTube Execs Encourage Staff to Take Tuesday Off for Nationwide Protests
By Nick Bastone · June 1, 2020 8:45 PM PDT

Executives across YouTube are encouraging their employees to take Tuesday off or cancel their meetings in solidarity with nationwide protests of police violence against African Americans, according to emails sent to staff. 

YouTube’s Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl encouraged his reports, around 1,200 employees, to use the day to “focus on how to improve racial ...

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Silver Lake Pours More Cash Into Vacation Rental Manager
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By Shai Oster · June 2, 2020
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By Martin Peers · June 1, 2020
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Who’s Really Hiring in Tech Right Now
By Kate Clark, Amir Efrati, Alex Heath and Kevin McLaughlin
Tech workers are facing a job market that seemed unthinkable six months ago. They’re getting fired over Zoom, whipsawed by phantom job listings and finding that aggressive recruiters have suddenly gone quiet.
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Where Are Most Tech Layoffs? Not Silicon Valley
By Cory Weinberg
Some of San Francisco’s most well-known tech firms have cut deep into their staffs in recent months.
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Snap Plans Expanded Developer Platform That Echoes WeChat
By Alex Heath
Snap is planning to let other companies build pared-down versions of their mobile apps within Snapchat, according to two people familiar with the plans, mimicking the approach of popular Chinese social app WeChat.
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Tech Workers Stung by Job Listings That Aren’t Real
By Zoë Bernard
As companies scramble to cut costs through layoffs and furloughs, many freshly unemployed workers in tech and media are flocking to online job listings with a new sense of urgency.
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Snap CEO Spiegel Calls for Reparations Commission, Taxes to Address Racial Injustice
By Alex Heath
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel called for the creation of an American commission to address racial injustice and comprehensive tax reform, saying in a lengthy note to employees that he was “heartbroken and enraged” by racism in America.
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Tech Workers Could Face Steep Pay Cuts for Leaving Bay Area
By Cory Weinberg
Last year, Michael Snow joined GitLab, an open-source collaboration software firm that has long allowed its employees to work remotely from anywhere they want.