Tech Headwinds Continue

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In this edition, we take a look at the latest tech hangups, how generative AI programs are changing the business landscape, the rise of fractional executives and more.

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Tech Headwinds Continue

Facebook parent Meta gave thousands of employees subpar ratings in recent performance reviews, a signal that more job cuts may be on the way. Amazon corporate workers are facing a significant pay reduction after a steep decline in the company’s shares. Google will go before the U.S. Supreme Court this week to defend immunity granted to its platforms as part of Section 230.?And Twitter faces suits claiming?$14 million in unpaid bills.

It's a bad time to be a tech behemoth.?

• Laid-Off Tech Workers Seek Leverage on the Way Out (Read)
• Big Layoffs Don't Always Mean Significantly Smaller Companies (Read)

From CEOs to Coders, Employees Experiment With New AI Programs

Business people across industries are testing out tech’s new frontier: so-called generative AI programs that produce writing, images and art much like humans do. ChatGPT’s release has sparked a rush of early adopters eager to speed up tasks or avoid being left behind

Adapt or die trying.

As Home Sales Slow, Realtors Go Back to Their Other Jobs

Like the housing boom, the boom in people becoming real-estate agents is ending. Realtors are now competing for a slice of far fewer transactions, an especially challenging task for newer agents. Some say they are going back to other work, expecting to return when the market recovers. Others are shutting the door on the profession entirely.??

Not the closing they were hoping for.

• Office Landlord Defaults Are Escalating (Read)

Elsewhere in The Wall Street Journal

Check out some of the Journal’s other best-read stories on work life and the office over the past week:

• Idaho, Utah Workers Led U.S. in Quitting Jobs, While New Yorkers Largely Stayed Put (Read)
• Your Next Career Move: Part-Time Executive (Read)
• After Testing Four-Day Week, Companies Say They Don’t Want to Stop (Read)

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