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IBM | October 16, 2020

IBM Services (NYSE: IBM) and Burger King Brazil have collaborated to make another remote helper, in light of IBM Watson Assistant, named TOP (Technology Orienting People) to help Burger King (BK) Brazil's 16,000 workers, serving in excess of 800 cafés, be more associated with one another and its authority. New exploration from the IBM Institute for Business Value demonstrates that studied organizations outperforming others in productivity, income development and advance...

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Metafora | April 06, 2022

Metafora and Lean Solutions Group are partnering to provide IT consulting and tech development services to companies in the transportation, logistics, and supply chain sectors, the two firms announced today. Metafora, formerly CarrierDirect, is a management consulting and tech development firm. Lean Solutions Group will work with Metafora to provide recruitment, staffing, and team spin-up services delivered from the company's nearshore satellite locations in Latin America. Read More

Morgan Stanley | March 31, 2020

Citi, Wells Fargo and Bank of America all vowed to maintain staffing levels throughout the coronavirus crisis, while HSBC and Deutsche Bank, which were planning layoffs, put them on hold. Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman's declaration in a memo Thursday that the bank would not cut any jobs in 2020 spurred several of its peers to make similar assurances. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan echoed Gorman's promise not to lay off staff this year in an interview with the Financial Times publis...

Kronos | July 13, 2020

Organizational safety is paramount amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and transparent communication plays a critical role: A recent survey from Kronos Incorporated conducted by The Harris Poll finds nearly 9 in 10 U.S. employees (86%) believe their employer has an “obligation” to notify employees who may have been in contact with a co-worker who tested positive for COVID-19 — a sentiment shared by a majority of U.S. employees currently going into work (89%) and working from home due t...