Ex-cons are generally at least as likely as everybody else to be a good employee and much more likely to be loyal to their employer. Tammy Cohen & Marco Piovesan Published 5:00 am PDT, Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Photo: LightFieldStudios | Getty Images Photo: LightFieldStudios | Getty Images Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Photo: LightFieldStudios | Getty Images The Many Pros and Fewer-Than-Expected Cons of Hiring Ex-Cons 1 / 1 Back to Gallery Prison reform and recidivism rates are hot topics right now, with discussion flourishing everywhere from presidential roundtables to executive boardrooms. With the tight labor market on hiring managers’ minds -- the unemployment rate is hovering at 3.9 percent … [Read more...] about The Many Pros and Fewer-Than-Expected Cons of Hiring Ex-Cons
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Missing wages, grueling shifts, and bottles of urine: The disturbing accounts of Amazon delivery drivers may reveal the true human cost of ‘free’ shipping
caption Several Amazon drivers who spoke with Business Insider described a physically demanding work environment in which, under strict time constraints, they felt pressured to drive at dangerously high speeds, blow stop signs, and even urinate in bottles on their trucks. source Business Insider Business Insider spoke with 31 current or recently employed drivers about what it’s like to deliver packages for Amazon. Some drivers described a variety of alleged abuses, including lack of overtime pay, missing wages, intimidation, and favoritism. Many of these drivers also described a physically demanding work environment in which, under strict time constraints, they felt pressured to drive at dangerously high speeds, blow stop signs, and urinate in bottles on their trucks. The drivers we interviewed are managed by third-party courier companies that work out of Amazon facilities. Amazon … [Read more...] about Missing wages, grueling shifts, and bottles of urine: The disturbing accounts of Amazon delivery drivers may reveal the true human cost of ‘free’ shipping
9 Strange, Scientific Excuses for Why Humans Haven’t Found Aliens Yet
By Brandon Specktor, Senior Writer | July 31, 2018 06:34am ET Credit: Shutterstock Where are the aliens? One night about 60 years ago, physicist Enrico Fermi looked up into the sky and asked, "Where is everybody?" He was talking about aliens. Today, scientists know that there are millions, perhaps billions of planets in the universe that could sustain life. So, in the long history of everything, why hasn't any of this life made it far enough into space to shake hands (or claws … or tentacles) with humans? It could be that the universe is just too big to traverse. It could be that the aliens are deliberately ignoring us. It could even be that every growing civilization is irrevocably doomed to destroy itself (something to look forward to, fellow Earthlings). Or, it could be something much, much weirder. Like what, you ask? Here are nine strange answers that scientists have proposed for Fermi's paradox. Credit: JPL-Caltech/SETI Institute/NASA The aliens are … [Read more...] about 9 Strange, Scientific Excuses for Why Humans Haven’t Found Aliens Yet
Discover Financial Services to Launch Innovation Program This Coming Fall at Northern Illinois University
RIVERWOODS, Ill. & DEKALB, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2018--Discover Financial Services and Northern Illinois University are announcing the launch of an exciting program that will provide tech-savvy students with opportunities right in the heart of the university’s campus to help research and develop new technologies for the company.The initiative, dubbed the Discover Campus Innovator Program, will kick off this coming fall in a newly renovated, 5,900-square-foot area of “71 North,” the university’s collaborative space for innovation centrally located on campus in the bottom level of Founders Memorial Library. Discover and NIU have entered into an agreement, whereby the company will lease and renovate the space.Students selected for the Discover Campus Innovator Program will be paid to work on and help develop new Discover technologies in the areas of mobile-software development, web-application coding, and person-to-person payment systems. They also … [Read more...] about Discover Financial Services to Launch Innovation Program This Coming Fall at Northern Illinois University
Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress: Facebook boss admits company working with Mueller’s Russia probe
Mark Zuckerberg grilled by Congress on the Cambridge Analytica data scandal British data company harvested personal information of around 87m Facebook users Mr Zuckerberg apologises for Facebook's failings Comment: Zuckerberg's apologies can't save Silicon Valley from regulation What we learned from Zuckerberg's grilling from Congress A second hearing will be held on Wednesday from 3pm BST Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO, disclosed on Tuesday his company was "working with" special counsel Robert Mueller in the federal probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and likened his firm's attempts to tackle foreign election meddling to an "arms race". The founder of the social media giant appeared before US lawmakers to apologise for how his company has handled the growing furor over online privacy, to promise change, and explain the social media giant's policies. The wide-ranging questions - including about Cambridge Analytica, … [Read more...] about Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress: Facebook boss admits company working with Mueller’s Russia probe