Harassment alleged as Facebook employee quits | Lilly recognized for improving workplace, executive diversity | Banks on front line aiding federal employees, exec says
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Sophie Alpert says she has resigned as an engineering manager at Facebook after facing harassment from colleagues regarding her opinion of diversity at the company. Alpert says she has been attacked on anonymous workplace app Blind after criticizing a lack of diversity at Facebook.
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Eli Lilly and Co. began a concentrated effort four years ago to recruit, mentor, encourage and support women in senior leadership positions, and today six of 14 executive committee members are women. The company was chosen as one of four Catalyst Award recipients in recognition of these efforts.
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A Glassdoor survey finds about 60% of people name benefits as the No. 1 consideration before accepting a job, with health insurance the most important. Other priority benefits are dental insurance, life insurance, retirement plans, sick leave, flexibility, tuition reimbursement, paid parental leave and gym discounts.
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A Redbanc employee in Chile used a work computer to handle a job interview over Skype and, at the direction of interviewers, installed a program that ended up being malware. The "interviewers" were hackers from North Korea, and the malware gave them access to a network of ATMs in Chile.