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IBM fired 8,000 workers to replace them with AI. What I did not expect was to hire many others … for the AI

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The chickens that enter through the chickens that come out. IBM was one of the main protagonists in the Waves of mass layoffs globally Two years ago, and now it is again for the consequence of making this decision: having even more workers. The layoffs. In January 2023 IBM joined the Gray days In the technological sector. Google announced the departure of 12,000 of its employeesX (old twitter) fired 83% of its workforce in Spainand Spotify said goodbye to 600 workers. On the IBM side, I know They completely paralyzed hiring and the dismissal of 7,800 workers was formalized. IBM CEO itself explained That his company would cover artificial intelligence, affirming at least 30% of its workforce was replaceable. The consequences. IBM talked about how they could do without workers by replacing them for AI, but not about the people necessary to operate that AI. One of the executive directors of the technology, Arvind Krishna, collects to WSJ that the number of employees has increased after the wave of layoffs. “Although we have done a huge amount of work within IBM to take advantage of AI and automation in certain business workflows, our total employment has actually risen, because we have managed to obtain more investment capacity to cover other areas,” Krishna told The Wall Street Journal. The company has fired workers to replace them with artificial intelligence, but has also increased hiring in programmers and sales personnel. They have not transcended concrete numbers about how many hiring there have been and if they have really covered or not the 7,800 layoffs. The automation to command. IBM has been fully trusting more than three years Askhran artificial intelligence solution that began to take shape in 2021 and that Today they use for processes related to human resources management (payrolls, employee documentation, vacation managed). The company claims to have automated 94% of RRHH’s routine tasks, achieving productive improvements worth 3.5 billion dollars in recent years in more than 70 business areas. This significant saving in human resources, according to the company, is allowing them to invest in other areas. An AI-FIRST company. On the IBM website we have detailed The official position of the company with AI. It is worthy of a Black Mirror chapter, but perfectly summarizes the state of AI in the workplace. “As the chatbot learned and became smarter, our NPS (Net Promoter Score) began to increase. We added more functionalities, along with the ability to perform transactions. Askhr evolved to a digital assistant that allowed managers to transfer employees to another manager or initiate the quarterly promotion process. Everything was done directly in Askhr With just a few clicks. In 2024, Askhr He managed more than 11.5 million interactions; 94% of them were resolved within the platform. That means that, of all the questions asked, only 6% needed to be derived from Askhr To a specialized partner in HR. The current NPS is +74, so we have traveled a long way from that -35. There are almost 90 automation integrated into Askhrand more on their way. Thanks to this, managers can make HR transactions 75% faster than before. According to IMB, automating processes with AI has allowed you to be faster and more efficient, with a minimum need to derive HR personnel processes. One of the keys is in the evolution of the assistant: they have been using it in tests since 2017, and in 2025 it is already replacing humans. IBM is not alone. The companies replacing workers for AI was not an experiment of 2023. There are already companies that have dispensed with 90% of their customer service departments by Chatbots, ensuring that it was the right decision. Duolingo started 2025 With replacement of human teamsome already shot them through the cylinder head and They ended looking for programmers on LinkedIn. AI and its labor impact It is especially linked to process automation. Reports like ‘The Future of Jobs Report 2025’prepared by World Economic Forum, hope that by 2030 the Process automation destroy about 92 million jobs. In Xataka | “I have three years of work”: more and more IA managers believe that AI will end up removing the position

You do not have enough workers to attend them

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Greece has a huge challenge ahead if he wants his tourism sector to continue growing. And it has nothing to do with transport or promotion. Your problem is much more basic: employment. Although the sector moves thousands of millions of euros, it has A prominent weight In the national GDP and the country has started the year with A considerable increase Visitors, Greek hotels and restaurants see how the high season is approaching with squalid templates. The sector speaks of 80,000 vacanciesa great work emptiness that It has worsened over the years. The question is … How to combine the increase of tourists with the shortage of personnel? And above all, is Greece the spearhead that advances what can happen in Other countries? A growing sector. With the increasingly distant memory of COVID-19 and the pandemic break, things paint well in the Greek tourism sector. Last year he received almost 36 million of foreign visitors, 3.2 million more than in 2023. The fact marks a historical maximum that resulted in 21.7 billion euros, according to The Government. The forecasts for this year are not bad, something important if you take into account The considerable weight of tourism In the Greek economy. The National Bank estimates that it will grow above 5% with an increasingly unstacted offer. For now, the sector has started 2025 with an increase in foreign visitors and income and in Athens is expected A record of visitors in summer. THE GREAT CHALLENGE: EMPLOYMENT. The problem is that for a country to stand out on the international tourist map, it does not arrive with having beaches, deposits, good weather and a first cuisine. The sector needs something much more basic and structural: laboura template capable of attending to that growing flow of visitors. And in Greece that part of the gear has been failing. Explains it today The Guardian in An article In which he details that, just a few weeks after the high season in the region, the hospitality and food sector, key pieces of the tourism industry, have pending 80,000 positions. A huge hole of vacancies that is equivalent to a personnel deficit in the receptions of hotels and bars. The most curious thing is that the problem is not new. The Greek tourism industry has been dragging it for a long time without, so far, it has found a way to solve it. On the contrary. The Athenian newspaper Kathimerini explained a year ago That the personnel deficit in hotels and restaurants has been aggravated as postpandemic tourism recovered: in 2021 he added 57,700 vacancies, in 2022 they were already 60,000, in 2023 the 60,000 were exceeded and in 2024 there were 80,000, 53,000 corresponding to hotels and 30,000 to the hospitality industry. Hotels, the big challenge. In April Scan TV He already warned that the sector appears to a new summer campaign with the same problem and required that the deficit remains around the 80,000 jobs, a hole that is felt especially in hotels. The challenge is not only to find employees willing to cover those vacancies, but to find trained professionals, which is what entrepreneurs are missing. “What we are seeing is an unprecedented shortage of qualified and experienced workers,” alert the president of the Panhellenic Federation of Food and Tourism Workers, Poeet. But … why? That is the big question. If the Greek tourism industry grows, receives more visitors and enters more money, why does it cost so much to find staff? There are several factors at stake. One of the main ones, such as Remember from Poeetit is “the exodus of employees” that during the pandemic left the sector (very punished for confinements and restrictions) and no longer returned. To that is added the Demographic decline of Greece, which has been losing population for years until 10.4 million of inhabitants, and the emigration of Thousands of students and workers After the economic crisis of 2008. In fact, tourism is not the only one sector that has encountered difficulties in finding employees in the country. It happens to agriculture or construction. The Greek authorities insist that in recent years thousands of positions have been created in sectors such as logistics, commerce or health and are trying to capture professionals from other emigrated countries and compatriots. There are those who has seen an exit in the regulation of immigrants who illegally reach the country or in asylum applicants. The Guardian Precise that some have already received training in the Hellenic Association of Hotels to work in the country. The background problem. The hospitality will not be easy. Although demand grows and the authorities emphasize that tourism It is being disseminatedremains a sector with very specific conditions that complicate to capture labor. “Once the season is over, workers are only entitled to three months of unemployment. How do you expect to survive the rest of the year?” He wonders Giorgos Hotzoglou, from Poett, in statements to The Guardian. The truth is that with the deficit of professionals as a backdrop, Greek workers have already mobilized to protest their loss of purchasing power, motivated by low wages and high cost of life. “The situation of the workers of the hotel sector in Greece is especially difficult, with a high level of precarious work, hours of work not registered and low wages,” The association warns EFFAT. Precisely to avoid marathon days, the country has just released a hours of registration of hours, the Digital work card. Images | Terrazzo (Flickr) and Dermuecke (Flickr) In Xataka | Japan has realized that to welcome 60 million tourists, something lacks: workers in the hotels

Two workers from Elon Musk in Doge agreed to a private network. The US keeps the secrets of your nuclear arsenal there

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In February, one of the most rocambolesque stories was known around Doge, the Government Efficiency Department led by Elon Musk to essence, cut where he can in the administration of the United States Government. Apparently, they fired 350 officials who had to Readmit rapidly. The reason: they were the specialists in the assembly of nuclear eyelets. The story has now taken a more dangerous turn. The access they should never have. I told it a few hours ago exclusively NPR through confidential information access. Apparently, it was revealed that two young employees of that government efficiency department (Doge) created under the orders of Elon Musk, obtained accounts in classified networks With nuclear information highly sensitive. What’s doubt, the news has unleashed a political storm and national security in the United States. Luke Farritor, a former 23 -year -old Spacex fellow, and Adam Ramada, a Angel Investor Without previous experience in armament or intelligence, they appeared for at least two weeks in the directories of the reserved systems of the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and the Department of Defense, according to sources with direct access to the networks. From denial to confirmation. The media counted that, although the energy department first denied any link, later admitted that the accounts Yes they were createdalthough they insisted that never They were activated nor used. So, the medium NPR remembers that the mere existence of these accounts, in maximum security environments that normally require a “Q” accreditation (The highest level of authorization of the DOE), has aroused alarm among experts, who interpret it as a sign of the growing and worrying doge penetration in critical areas of the state apparatus. All nuclear information. To understand the importance of the network to which they have had access, let’s think that the systems accessed by these employees are not mere confidential data repositories: these are networks that store and transmit plans for nuclear weapons design, special materials for their manufacture and strategic communications between laboratories, production centers and the pentagon. The first one, the NNSA Enterprise Secure Networkserves to share Restricted data between key actors of nuclear arsenal. The second, Siprnetallows the flow of information classified between the Department of Energy and Defense, including operations that could compromise national security if they were disclosed. Although it appears in the access directories does not equals to directly see classified documents (by the policy of “Need To Know”), experts Consulted by NPR They emphasize that it is the technical “head” that could provide future applications or expand the scope of influence within those platforms. Shadows on transparency. Plus: the incident adds to a series of controversial episodes starred By Doge In other federal agencies. As we count in February, a purge in the NSA directed by Doge (reviring only partially after public pressure) caused the dismissal of dozens of nuclear area employees. Shortly after, an informant denounced that Doge members had accessed internal systems of the National Board of Labor Relations (NLRB), requesting that They will not register their activities and deactivating monitoring tools, in addition to delete access traces. Not just that. One of the income attempts was made from an IP address located in Russia Using credentials created by Doge, which unleashed new suspicions and ignited cybersecurity alerts in several sectors of the government. These movements, added to the recent scandal by the use of signal application On the part of the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to discuss sensitive military operations, they delineate a dangerous informality pattern and reckless management of critical information of the nation. The Doge experiment. Thus, the very existence of Doge, an entity born to “modernize the State” under the tutelage of Musk, begins to be questioned even between related sectorsgiven its opaque growth and the lack of accountability. His model (which combines entrepreneurs, technologists and actors outside the public administration) was sold as a response to the traditional bureaucracy, but it is generating fissures in institutional security and control systems. The case of Farritor and Ramadapeople without experience in intelligence or defense, shows the risks of introducing private operators in the ultrasecreta spheres of the State without proper safeguards. While the Department of Energy avoids giving explanations about why these accounts were created, analysts such as Hans Kristensen, of the Nuclear Information Projectthey warn that even unlacified budgets require delicate technical referencesand that any “ajar door” can have unpredictable consequences. A parallel state. The truth is that, far from being an isolated incident, Doge insertion into nuclear networks reveals a broader and more dangerous trend: the emergence of a administrative power not electedwith access to privileged information, but without clear legal mandate or sufficient democratic supervision. If you want also, it implies that the logic of “technocratic” access overlaps institutional logic, and in that scenario the state becomes a testing ground for Operators with own agendas. The consequences of this reconfiguration are still in development (even overlaps Musk’s output), but the scandal leaves a warning meridianly clear: when the obsession with efficiency eliminates controls, which is gained at speed can cost very expensive, at least, In security. Image | Gage Skidmore In Xataka | Elon Musk fired hundreds of employees and now he has to hire them again: they were experts in nuclear weapons In Xataka | Elon Musk fired 6,000 employees two weeks ago. Now the US faces the massive entry of invasive species

IA is now a “fundamental requirement” for all workers

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Companies are betting on the use of different artificial intelligence models to expedite their internal processes and, with it, Improve productivity of its employees. Along the same lines, Tobi Lütke, CEO of Shopifywhich is convinced that your company is missing the tools of AI And he has urged his employees To use it more in your work. If they do not, they will not be given the resources or new hiring they ask. Shopify’s bet on AI. According to a memorandum published by Lütke himself In his X profilethe manager affirms that he already uses AI as a complement in many of his tasks, so he invites all his users to Develop your skills With these tools to improve your productivity. According to the memorandum, Shopify already has several models of IA specifically adapted to different tasks, which include Copilot de Microsoft, Claude de Anthropic and cursor. “What we need to succeed is the sum of our collective skills and ambition to apply our trade, multiplied by AI, for the benefit of our merchants,” says Lütke. AI is the future. However, according to Lütke, not enough employees have taken advantage of this technology. For this reason, the manager has hardened his message turning what were previously simple suggestions in mandatory management. “Using AI effectively is now a fundamental expectation for everyone in Shopify,” the CEO wrote. This means that Use of AI tools In its workflow, you will take into account in employee performance reviews. “It is a multipurpose tool today and its importance will continue to grow. Frankly, I do not think it is viable to give up learning to apply AI in your profession,” he specified in his statement. Use in the innovation phase. Lütke considers it essential Very well documented. According to its manager, the AI ​​will transform and accelerate this process by simplifying the documentation of the different areas. An aspect in which other companies like AWS too They have put to work at AIfor their engineers to spend more time improve the product. “The prototypes are designed to learn and create information. The AI ​​drastically accelerates this process. You can learn to produce something (with AI) that other teammates can see, use and analyze in much less time than I used to carry,” said Lütke. If there is no more resources. One of the conditions that reveals how serious the bet of Shopify for AI, is the one that forces to demonstrate that a certain task or objective cannot be achieved using an AI tool before requesting more personnel or resources. That is to say, Before expanding the template Or invest in other tools, those responsible for the project must exhaust all the ways to do so with the tools of AI that they already have available. This approach changes the personnel hiring dynamics to new projects, rationalizing the use of the resources offered by AI before expanding the templates, as happened in the templates between 2020 and 2022, giving rise to mass dismissals and relocation of personnel in 2023 and 2024. An assistant, not a substitute. With this statement, Shopify shows his vision of AI as a support tool for employees to do their job better in less time. No replacing employees by AI models. In that sense, Tobi Lütke aligns with other relevant opinions in the field of technology Like Mark GarmanAWS CEO, or Sam Altman, who stated in an interview that “the AI ​​will multiply by 10 the productivity of employees”, and will be a great contribution to the creation of new products, or accelerate their development thanks to the ability to automate routine tasks offered by AI. In Xataka | Founders of small startups and large technological ones already has something in common: they are millmillonarios thanks to the AI In Xataka | “I have three years of work”: more and more IA managers believe that AI will end up removing the position Image | Shopify, Unspash (Mohammad Rahmani)

Japan has realized that to welcome 60 million tourists, something lacks: workers in the hotels

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Japanese tourism does not come out of accounts. Not at least if the government maintains its goal of reaching in 2030 the 60 million of foreign tourists, considerably above record which already registered last year. An Apir study shows that reaching that goal would require that many (many) work in the tourism sector. Birth crisis and where the accommodations They already drag A personnel deficit. Thus Japan takes risks to have to reth OMOTENASHI. A figure: 36.8 million. 2024 was a memorable year for the Japanese tourism sector. The popularity of destiny, the Paulatina recovery of international trips after the pandemic stop and the Weakness of Yen allowed Japan to reach a New record of tourists and expense. Its flow was so high that in some regions it caused friction with the local population, as in Fujikawaguchiko, where they reached Install a screen To cover the views of the Fuji. The figures help to better understand how the year was. In 2024 Japan received 36.8 million of international tourists, above the record reached before the pandemic (in 2019 they were counted 32 million) and with a total expenditure that exceeded the 51,000 million of dollars. 2025 has not started badly. According to the National Tourism Organization in January, the 3.8 million of foreign visitors. An objective: 60 million. The 2024 balance is high, but Japanese authorities seem to know little. Your goal is to maintain the trend and reach the 60 million of foreign visitors in 2030, a data that expects it to arrive accompanied by an expense of billions of dollars. The goal is so ambitious that it has already caused a certain debate. At the end of 2024 a columnist of The Japan Times He wondered If the country is “prepared” to receive that flood of travelers and in February another newspaper, The Mainichipublic An editorial in which he stated that Japan should “change the focus” of the sector to the increase of visitors. As? Going from “quantity to quality.” One question: Is it possible? That is what they have wondered in the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (Apir). What exactly does the entry of 60 million of tourists? What size and resources should the sector have to assume such demand? To answer these issues, they basically set the muscle of the Japanese tourist tissue. Its conclusion is curious: with the current trend and if it maintains the goal of the 60 million, the sector will find a deficit of hundreds of thousands of workers, a work emptiness that will affect hotels and food services. A prognosis: 536,000. To be accurate the estimated workers’ deficit is 536,000 employeeswhich would mean a problem to address the flow of tourists that the Government aspires to move in five years. Many vacancies may seem, but two trends that “throw” in the opposite sense are understood: on the one hand it is expected that the flow of tourists will increase, on the other that the templates of the hotels and food services are in 2030 a 1.9% lower than last year. A challenge: employment. According to The data collected by The Asashi Shimbunone of the main newspapers in the country, to meet the increase in demand and compensate for the labor deficit, the level of productivity of the sector should increase 2.8% per year. Apartages, the reality is that companies face two draft challenges. One is the demographic derives of the country, which It has been for years losing inhabitants and lime its population of employment population. The other challenge is the capacity of the sector to capture workers. Right now there are accommodations that already drag a considerable template deficit. In 2024 Nikkei spoke more specifically businesses that lack more than 20% of the labor they would really need. “We are definitely seeing a shortage of personnel in the industry,” I recognized Recently a This Week in Asia Masaru Takayama, responsible for a travel agency based in Kyoto. “Many companies in the tourism sector had to fire personnel during pandemic and those people found employment in other sectors,” Takayama abounds. “Now tourism has returned to normal and, with more activity than ever, we have lost those people who have gone to new careers. We have lost their skills and knowledge.” A proposal: 40 million. APIR is not limited to pointing out the personnel deficit to which Japan risks if it maintains its goal of reaching 60 million tourists. The organism also launches A recommendation: rethink that goal, reduce it to 40 million and change the approach. Your proposal goes in The line of The Mainichi: No matter how many tourists arrive (if there are 40, 50 or 60 million) as what they do with their portfolios once they are in Japan. “Instead of focusing on the number of foreign visitors, we should encourage them to spend more,” Yoshihisa Inada points outfrom the University of Konan and responsible for the study. A question: What would you mean? The calculations They are clear from the institute. With 40 million the flow of foreign tourists would still be 8% higher than that of 2024 and the country would continue to suffer from a labor -handed deficit in the tourism industry, but much lower: in that case APRI estimates it in around 138,000 people. To meet demand, there would therefore an increase in annual productivity of 0.7%. Beyond the number of visitors and their symbolic value for the country, the big question is … staying at 40 million and renouncing those extra tourists would stop stopping entering a lot of money? After all, the Government not only aspires to move 60 million travelers in 2030. He wants that farm to arrive accompanied by a tourist expense of around 15 billion yen, about 101,000 million dollars. APRI Calculate That to maintain that goal with 40 million visitors, traveler spending should exceed 227,000 yen (€ 1,400) from 2024 to 375,000 (2,300). A conclusion: “You can”. For a little there are few doubts. “If we improve the … Read more

In his efforts to cut and fire workers in the US, Elon Musk has gone one step further: Italy

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In February an unprecedented event occurred in the United States. The government efficiency department (Doge) led by Elon Musk in the Trump administration, the same person in charge of carry out those “cuts” that he has staged with the chainsier that Milei gave him, fired 350 officials of the energy department. He had gone his hand so much that he had to rectify to recover specialists in the assembly of nuclear eyelets. The chainsaw Musk has just transferred borders, but he has met Italy. The controversy in Aviano. It is public and notorious. Elon Musk, known today for his aggressive management and reduction of cost management, has just generated A new international controversy After imposing its productivity control system at the American Avian Air Base, in northern Italy. An email Aimed at Italian employees The base required that they report five weekly achievements, under threat of dismissal if they did not. This type of measure, already implemented in the United States, has collided fully with the Italian labor system, which guarantees strong protections and rights to its workers. The incident has caused an immediate reaction of the unions, the Italian government and public opinion, triggering a confrontation between the business model of Musk and the labor laws of the European nation. Musk mail and surprise. The message in question was sent to Aviano Base Employees that work in areas such as restoration, maintenance and logistics, essential services for the functioning of US military facilities in Italy. Although the order was supposed to be aimed at Washington employees, the mail Italian workers were forwardedwhich generated confusion and alarm. As we said, in Italy the right to work It is constitutionally protected And contracts offer some job stability, so Musk’s demand has been seen as an unacceptable interference. I told New York Times Roberto del Savio, union representative of the employees of the base, his immediate rejection of the directive: “We are in Italy. Here are precise rules, and thank God for it. ” Not just that. The rejection was not limited only to the workers of Aviano. In total, around 4,000 Italian civil employees They work in US bases in the country, serving 15,000 American soldiers and guaranteeing the operation of facilities that operate as small American peoples on European soil. @alberico_dip Anch was not vero io gli risponderei così ♬ Original Suone – 😂 Alberico di Pasquale 😂 The Italian labor system. The European country, as we said, has one of the most protected labor systems in Europe. Of course, with his “Peros”, but the laws They guarantee job stabilityunionization and rights that are difficult to modify, especially in the public sector. Unlike the United States, where companies can fire employees with relative ease, in Italy the dismissals are more complicated and require solid legal justifications. In this regard, Pierpaolo Bombardieri explainedgeneral secretary of the UIL union, which Musk’s mail is “unacceptable and aberrant.” In fact and given the outrage generated, the unions sent letters to the Italian government and the United States embassy demanding clarifications about whether these types of measures could affect Italian workers of the US bases in the country. What do the bases say. Current norms establish that Italian civilian employees are only obliged to respond to instructions if they come directly from the United States government, not if they are tested emails. However, it is not clear if the Department of Defense plans to extend these productivity control practices to local workers. Reactions in Italy. The episode has not only generated indignation in the unions, but also became A mockery theme In the nation. The rigidity of the Italian labor system is seen by some as a guarantee of stability, but by others as an obstacle to modernization. For example, right -wing journalist and commentator Nicola Porro wrote on his blog: “Italy would also need Musk’s ax.” In social networks, a video of the content creator was popularized Alberico di Pasqualewho simulated how an Italian worker would respond to Musk’s mail. Of course, The video went viral Quickly, humorously reflecting many Italians about their work culture and the clash with the vision of extreme productivity of Musk. Musk, Trump and uncertainty. Beyond the punctual controversy in Aviano, the incident occurs in a context of uncertainty about the commitment of the United States with its military bases in Europe. Trump has insisted that European countries They must assume greater costs In his own defense, which has generated speculation about possible cuts in military bases such as Aviano. In fact, in parallel to the controversy, the US government froze credit cards Used by Italian employees of Aviano to buy equipment and stopped new hiring. Decisions that have increased concern among workers, who fear that the pressure to reduce costs will end up affecting their jobs. Hence, the words of Emilio Fargnoli, union representative, seem to be the voice of the majority: “Musk can do what he wants in the United States. If there are happy with that, perfect. But here, no. “ Image | Nathan Hughes, Gage Skidmore In Xataka | Elon Musk fired hundreds of employees and now he has to hire them again: they were experts in nuclear weapons In Xataka | 131 Microsoft Excel templates to organize everything

65% of workers believe they charge little for their work

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With the debate about the Up of the minimum interprofessional salary Still hot, a recent study reveals that most employees in Spain feel inframing with respect to Your professional responsibilities. According to The data collected In the ‘Labor Market Guide 2025’ published by Hays, that discontent has grown with respect to 2023, despite the fact that SMI increases have improved the salary conditions of many employees. The problem is that average salaries. A ADECCO report It ensures that real average salaries in Spain, adjusted by inflation, have remained stagnant during the last thirty years. Dissatisfied employees. The study of the Human Resources consultant, prepared on a base of 5,600 companies and professionals in Spain, reveals that the Salary dissatisfaction It is still an important problem in the Spanish labor market. 65% of professionals feel that their salary does not correspond to the work they do. It is the same figure that was recorded in 2023, but represents a worsening of 5% compared to 2024, and 9% compared to 2021. Only 46% say they are satisfied with their salary (although I can consider it insufficient for their responsibilities). One of the factors that contribute the most to employees in their current salary is the complement of time flexibility associated with their position. Flexibility and teleworking as accessories. 54% of respondents prioritize time flexibility above other benefits, such as additional holidays or medical insurance with more coverage. In addition to flexibility, 63% of respondents highlight the good work environment as complementary factors to salary. 42% place teleworking as one of the important accessories to the salary. So much so that they would even renounce the 25% of your salary By teleworking. Christopher Dottie, regional general director of Hays in southern Europe, stood out in his report The importance of teleworking For talent retention “with the reduction of the maximum working day of 40 to 37.5 hours, whose application is still delayed, and the impulse of teleworking is put in the hands of professionals the opportunity to demonstrate their value in terms of production , being free to choose where and how to work. With one foot on the street. Salary dissatisfaction is one of the main arguments To change jobs. In 2025, the intention of changing jobs is stated for the dissatisfaction of not obtaining adequate salary or working conditions. 69% of respondents claim to find themselves in an active search situation of a job. This data significantly improves with respect to 2024 that registered 70% of employees willing to leave your job For one with better conditions. However, it remains above 63% that was recorded in 2023. SALARIAL ASCOME EXPECTATION. Despite the situation of salary dissatisfaction that portray Hays’s data, the salary perspectives By 2025 that draws this report are optimistic. 48% of the professionals interviewed believe that their annual salary will increase above 5%, while 17% think it will do it between 2.5 and 4.9%. Less optimistic are the companies that have participated, 27% bet on rank increases of 2.5% and 4.9%, followed by which, with 26%, they think they will remain or, at most, they will increase below 2.4% (24%). Source: “Labor Market Guide 2025”. Hays Dottie says that 2024 has been a decisive year in the fight against job precariousness, but has also meant an additional economic effort for companies. “With the recent increase in the minimum interprofessional salary (SMI) and the resolutions of the Labor Reform of 2021, there is talk of a certain improvement of labor precariousness. Although these measures positively impact the well -being of many professionals, they at the same time important important Challenges for Spanish business fabric, which must be adjusted in its cost structures. “ In Xataka | Ask for a salary increase is a negotiation art: as in any battle, you have to be prepared with a strategy Image | Unspash (Jakub żerdzicki, Cemrecan Yurtman)

Los Angeles approves financial aid for workers affected by fires

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Unanimously, Los Angeles City Council members approved a $25,000 relief fund this Tuesday for residents of the northeast San Fernando Valley who lost their income as a result of the fires that devastated the region since January 7. The authorization of the resources will allow providing economic relief to pool cleaners, gardeners, personal chefs, caretakers, drivers and other service workers who were left without the possibility of receiving income due to the devastation. The author of the motion, Councilwoman Imelda Padilla, recommended financial assistance specifically for the residents of District Six in her care (CD6), which spans areas of Van Nuys, Panorama City, Arleta and North Hills, among other neighborhoods. Keep reading: Risk in burned areas of Los Angeles due to upcoming rains This motion was supported by Councilor Mónica Rodríguez. The Los Angeles City Council authorized aid for workers affected by the fires.Credit: Damian Dovarganes | AP “A stark reminder that our local economy is interconnected, it means that a disaster in one part of the city still affects the most vulnerable in others“said Councilor Padilla in her motion. Keep reading: Fire victims in Los Angeles return home to find a desolate panorama “Not supporting this critical sector can lead to CD6 residents unable to pay expenses that can lead to homelessness, evictions or food insecurity“added the councilor. For this purpose, city ​​to partner with Initiating Change in Our Neighborhoods Community Development Corporationwhich is also recognized as ICON CDC, which operates the Los Angeles Business Source Centers of the North and South Valley regions. Keep reading: Second day of strong winds in Southern California The organization has operated since 2002 and offers free services primarily to entrepreneurs and small business owners with low and moderate income. Keep reading:· Firefighters put out two new fires that broke out this Monday in Los Angeles· Fake firefighters arrested in Los Angeles fire zone· Who will pay for fire damage?

Trump orders federal workers back to office or threatens layoffs

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In one of his first actions as president of the United States, Donald Trump issued an executive order ending remote work for all federal employees, a measure aimed at reducing the federal workforce through attrition. The White House directed all US government departments and agencies in the executive branch to end remote work arrangements and require employees to return to work full time. Department heads may exempt some workers from this requirement, but in very specific cases. The executive order was one of multiple directives aimed at the 2.3 million-person federal workforce that, along with the return-to-the-office mandate, includes a hiring freeze, revamped hiring rules and other measures to make it more easy to fire high-level career employees. The White House said the measures were necessary to limit what Trump and his supporters consider a “deep state” that fought against his actions during the president’s first term. “There have been numerous well-documented cases of career federal officials resisting and undermining the policies and directives of their executive leadership.”states one of the executive orders signed by the president on Monday night “Therefore, the principles of good administration require that measures be taken to restore accountability to career officials,” he continues. According to the Office of Management and Budget, about 1.1 million federal civilian employees, that is, 46% of the civilian workforce, were eligible for some form of teleworking. Of those, approximately 228,000 workers, or 10% of the total workforce, had fully remote positions with no obligation to go to an office. Union reaction The return-to-office directive is expected to face a fight from federal unions, some of which have remote work written into their contracts. A union representing government workers criticized the mandate as representing a return to the patronage system thatthat oversaw the federal workforce until the end of the 19th century. “Every American has a stake in ensuring that federal employees remain free to carry out the mission of the agencies that employ them without fear of political interference,” Everett Kelly, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said in a statement. (AFGE), which represents 800,000 workers in the federal government and the government of the District of Columbia. Kelly, whose union represents employees of the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration, among other agencies, also called Trump’s directives “a blatant attempt to corrupt the government.” federal law by eliminating employees’ due process rights so they can be fired for political reasons.” The National Treasury Employees Union filed a lawsuit against the president’s “Schedule F” executive order, a directive that makes it easier for the Trump administration to fire career government employees. Trump’s order is “contrary to the intent of Congress,” according to the complaint filed Monday night in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Keep reading: • Vivek Ramaswamy gives up his mission to try to save the government millions of dollars• Trump sets a date for charging 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada• Trump’s insistence on increasing defense spending to 5% worries NATO

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