Meta alerts employees about impending layoffs | Differing views on expansion of H-1B visa program | Researchers: Labor market might not be as tight as it seems
Meta is putting 11,000 of its 87,000 employees, roughly 13%, out of work, its leader, Mark Zuckerberg, said in a blog post. The company has faced challenges, including privacy regulations and increased competition, while it focused on metaverse aspirations.
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Major US tech firms say the US is putting itself at a disadvantage in the global competition for talent by limiting H-1B skilled-worker visas to 85,000 per year. Critics say the visas deprive Americans of jobs by replacing them with less-expensive foreign workers.
Strengthened by its recent partnership with JPMorgan Chase, payroll management firm Papaya Global is at the forefront of providing cross-border payment services for the ever-growing number of employers whose workforce may be spread across multiple countries and time zones. Papaya Global CEO Eynat Guez notes that, as remote working and hybrid work become more prevalent, there is an increasing need for employers to attract and retain the right talent by offering extra facilities, and says she can envisage them starting to offer short- and long-term loans.
Jen Welter has come a long way since earning roughly $1 per game as a star linebacker for the Dallas Diamonds in the Women's Football Alliance in 2004. Since then, Welter has amassed many firsts: She was the first woman to play a nonkicking position in a men's professional football league and the first woman to land an NFL coaching gig of any kind.
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Three years ago, I took my niece, Laila, to a flag football camp hosted by Jen Welter, the subject of today’s Path to Workforce story. I watched amazed as nearly 200 girls, ages 6 to 18, gathered on a field in Los Angeles to learn how to throw passes, run routes, rush the passer and more.
They also learned how to pursue the things they enjoy even if those pathways aren’t fully carved out for them yet. Welter shared her football story, from her days of playing professional football -- on women’s and men’s teams -- to joining the coaching staff of the Arizona Cardinals. She was honest about the struggles she encountered but didn’t spend a lot of time blaming people, organizations or systems. She said she simply kept moving in the direction she wanted to go and finding ways around the barriers.
Those words resonated with me. Meaningful work has come from pursuing what I enjoy and climbing over the barriers that stood in my way. And these barriers were good for me. They helped me appreciate the work and apply my best efforts to it. They helped me honor the opportunity. And all of this together helped me get better at my craft.
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