Sentences with phrase «of tech workers»

«The firms have now reached into cities where you wouldn't think of tech workers, such as Indianapolis,» he says.

The research institute, which tracks patterns in the job market, said it was the biggest increase of any age group, though overall the number of tech workers looking for jobs far away from the Bay Area grew by about 8 percent.

That is, of course, the preferred solution of our large corporations — such as tech companies exploiting H1 - B visas to suppress wages of tech workers.

With an influx of tech workers into San Francisco in recent years, the disparity between the rich and the poor is more alarming than ever with studies comparing income inequality in San Francisco on par with that of a developing country.

«The supply of tech workers just doesn't meet the demand right now,» said Shayan Zadeh, the Iran - born founder of Zoosk.

But without a talented pool of tech workers ready to jump to the next startup, the Googles, Yahoos and...

Having worked in Australia for 10 years before moving back to the US in 2013, Ms Tejada said Australia had a strong talent pool of tech workers, ranging from engineers to sales staff, and she was considering shifting some US - based jobs to Sydney.

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An earlier version of a chart with this article misstated the number of tech workers in San Francisco in 2013.

One grassroots group of tech workers that has labeled itself Tech Stands Up to Trump and has opposed Trump's travel ban declined to talk about DACA.

Buenos Aires has a strong pool of tech workers that is gaining the attention of major companies around the world, Besserman said.

You won't hear baristas asking that question in San Francisco coffee shops just yet — but a growing number of tech workers are drinking coffee with butter for a unique kind of jolt.

The Brisbane Baylands project has received sharp criticism from people living in Brisbane, who don't want to see an influx of tech workers change the character of their neighborhoods.

Not exact matches

Tech companies say they need the visas to get scarce talent, while labor advocates contend that it allows companies to hire cheaper foreign workers instead of Americans.

The Fortune 500 is chock full of enviable workplaces, including tech behemoths Microsoft (msft), Apple (aapl), and Google parent Alphabet (good) whose innovative cultures and high - profile projects are much sought - after by workers worldwide.

In the wake of the Trump Administration's immigration crackdown, a new startup promises to help U.S. tech companies move their workers to Canada

Former rustbelts trying to lure in high - tech companies need to focus on creating the kind of cities where knowledge workers actually want to live

We then allow these graduates to stay in the country for a period of up to three years via Canada's Post-Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP); tech companies Darren Meister, Kadie Ward and I interviewed in London told me how incredibly valuable these workers are.

There are many bright, motivated high school kids who can't afford four years of college who may very well make highly valuable tech workers.

And as many as 50 % of female tech workers will leave the industry because of the hostile work environment.

To calculate how the 14 tech companies fared overall, Fortune assigned points based on how they ranked in five categories: Overall gender diversity, overall ethnic diversity, gender diversity of the leadership team, ethnic diversity of the leadership team and gender diversity among technical workers.

Since Doug McMillon became CEO of Wal - Mart Stores in 2014, the company has been investing heavily in tech to offer services like in - store pickup of online orders, while giving workers pay raises to motivate them to improve customer scores and keep stores cleaner.

Some bearish investors argued that Silicon Valley has become increasingly dependent on immigrant workers, with seven of the most well - known tech firms helmed by immigrants or their children.

The Silicon Valley worker benefits and perks — the free, fresh produce and transcendental meditation pods — have become symbols of the riches created in the tech sector and how good it has been to workers, but the hype belies the truth that many of the employees operating within big tech companies are working on second - class contract terms.

The fact that Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and IBM are among the 30 most prominent seekers of H - 1B workers — according to tracking site MyVisaJobs.com — should signify how reliant the tech world is on the program.

Researchers Chris Benner and Kyle Neering from the University of California Santa Cruz estimate as many as 39,000 workers in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties are contracted to tech companies.

Opponents of the program typically feel that tech companies abuse H - 1B visas, among others, to save cash on foreign workers.

The move would be another step in Trump's hardline nationalist agenda, with the aim of coercing tech companies into prioritizing non-immigrant American workers.

(Tech startups often bring in workers on temporary three - year work permits with the intention of sponsoring them for permanent residence; each application usually requires an LMIA.)

This is alarming because more than half of the Valley's tech workers are Asian.

«As the economic tides change, the Bay Area, with its entrenched tech workforce, is the perfect place to take the pulse of worker expectations and how they are shifting over time,» Woo CEO Liran Kotzer told the Business Times.

And while plenty of old - economy industries might object to any special treatment for the tech sector, it may be unavoidable if politicians actually want highly skilled workers and entrepreneurs to come to Canada.

Are our strange work hours a simple reflection of tech - enabled flexibility and Americans» passion for their jobs, or a sign that bosses» sanity and workers» rights really need to be better protected?

That places Vargas in a similar position to a rising number of Silicon Valley workers brought in by tech giants to work on third - party firm contracts, not only janitorial services and caterers that can be found in any corporate campus, but more specific roles created for contractors as projects evolve.

The firm is already helping a variety of major cancer centers with its tech; the new worker benefit program will allow employees to consult with their doctors by giving them their medical history and getting their specific cancers genetically sequenced.

British Columbia's wooing of foreign tech workers turned away by the U.S. is nothing new.

Outside of the tech sector, 150,000 tech workers are employed in New York City.

A lot of tech campuses are structured to provide perks like food, gyms, laundry, etc. so that workers can work longer and not have to deal with those things outside of work.

A growing band of Silicon Valley - heretical tech workers is swearing off technology.

She recommends companies institute a clean desk policy (ensuring that workers file away papers containing customer data before they leave their desk), implement inactivity time outs for any tech devices, and switch to an e-faxing system, which eliminates the exposure of sensitive patient data on paper that's piled up around traditional fax machines.

«A few cosmetic changes to the form and rollout of the travel order do not change its original intent,» said a statement from Tech Stands Up, a grassroots group of tech industry workers that was formed after President Trump's initial immigration order, which was halted in federal coTech Stands Up, a grassroots group of tech industry workers that was formed after President Trump's initial immigration order, which was halted in federal cotech industry workers that was formed after President Trump's initial immigration order, which was halted in federal court.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan told the Seattle Times that she was «deeply concerned about the impact this decision will have on a large range of jobs — from our building trades, to restaurant workers, to nurses, manufacturing jobs and tech workers.»

The price tag attached to the 1,700 - square - foot lot shows the extent of the housing bubble in San Francisco, where tech workers create demand faster than the city can build new housing.

Additionally, most tech companies rely on foreign workers to fill large swaths of their technical roles, as the U.S. does not currently produce enough domestic talent to match demand.

People might not even think of this, but there are people who work in tech but are low - paid, like cafeteria workers and custodial staff, and a lot of them also live out of their cars because they just can't afford being in housing.

The San Francisco Bay Area, recognized as a global hub of tech finance and innovation, may be at risk of losing top tech workers if they can't afford to live there, even on six - figure salaries.

Brian Brennan, senior vice president at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, told the Wall Street Journal that while the area's high - paying jobs and lifestyle still bring tech workers to the Bay Area, «it is hard to get the best talent outside of this region to come here and stay here.»

Their Money Diary (M. is agender, and uses gender - neutral pronouns) was one of our most popular in recent months, providing a unique lens into the Silicon Valley tech lifestyle and tech workers who live in their vans.

But its own initiatives deserve a lot of credit: among other things, Best Buy has been reinventing its Geek Squad to better leverage its workers» expertise in stores and one - on - one house calls to help customers understand, install and better use the vast numbers of tech products.

Undocumented tech workers say they are shocked and living in fear following the election of Donald Trump earlier this week.