Senior correspondent for Business Insider (@thisisinsider) covering the economy, the workplace, and other things. Email: [email protected]
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Joined September 2009
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Aki Ito retweeted
A must-read re: #AI from leading @MIT economist Daron Acemoglu. And like we’ve been saying, without very robust regulations we are completely fucked. But, US legislators are too busy cashing tech checks and making TikToks.
businessinsider.com/ai-chatg…
Aki Ito retweeted
Thank you @AkiIto7 and @BusinessInsider for this comprehensive discussion of my research on technology, including my new book #PowerAndProgress with @baselinescene.
AI is flexible and could promote shared prosperity, if developed with workers in mind.
businessinsider.com/ai-chatg…
Aki Ito retweeted
The @InsiderUnion is holding the line!
Join us and tell Insider management to remedy the ULP and settle a fair contract NOW! ⤵️ actionnetwork.org/letters/te…
Good morning on Day 12!!!! of our ULP strike!🪧
Thank you for all the support — we’re going strong and holding the line! Come picket with us at One Liberty Plaza if you’re in NYC. Let’s get this contract!!🥳
📸: @maddierenbarger
ALT film photo of an Insider Union strike captain yelling into a white and red blow horn outside the Insider office
ALT film photo of Insider employees holding picket signs outside Insider office (signs in view say Management getting worse every day, Solidarity Forever, Insider Union)
Aki Ito retweeted
Good morning. Today is Day 8 of @InsiderUnion's strike.
And, in case you hadn't heard, Trump has been indicted.
@nichcarlson @hblodget the world is turning. Readers are not getting what they need from a skeleton crew.
Our demands are reasonable. We can end this strike by EOD.
Aki Ito retweeted
Today, our bargaining committee sent two letters to groups with meaningful influence on Insider: Axel Springer and KKR.
We asked them to encourage Insider to give us reasonable counters, a key move toward ending our ULP strike.
Here are the letters and their key points: (1/6)
Aki Ito retweeted
There's a lot of news going on out there.
@InsiderUnion is still striking for a fair contract — esp w/r/t wages and health care.
@hblodget @nichcarlson, let's get a deal done.
Your writers shouldn't have to choose bt crushing their beats and backing up their colleagues.
Aki Ito retweeted
It's official: THE INSIDER UNION IS ON STRIKE.
Management failed to agree on a fair contract that settles our healthcare ULP and pays us what we're worth. Starting now, over 250 Insider employees are on indefinite strike.
You want us back @thisisinsider? Settle the contract. ✊
Aki Ito retweeted
We’re live for our #TwitterChat with Insider’s Senior Correspondent, @AkiIto7. Follow along to learn about Aki, the latest chapter on “quiet quitting,” the future of the workplace, and much more! #TheInsideStory
Aki Ito retweeted
Associates are now “partners,” and everyone’s a “senior executive VP.” Why are job titles so fancy these days?
@AkiIto7 explores the factors fueling the rampant title inflation. ⬇️
businessinsider.com/job-titl…
ALT Image of a baby sitting behind a job title card that says, “Senior executive vice president.” The text on the graphic reads, “How Gen Z and the Great Resignation created a wave of overinflated job titles.”
Aki Ito retweeted
Insider’s Senior Correspondent, @AkiIto7 will join us tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET for a new #TheInsideStory live Q&A. Read along to learn more about Aki’s career, how her work ignited the viral “quiet quitting” trend, and what she’s currently focused on.
Aki Ito retweeted
On Jan 1, California & Washington joined NYC & Colorado, requiring employers to disclose salary ranges on their job listings.
How're the new pay transparency laws playing out on in @Glassdoor data?
1. ~2 in 3 listings in CA, WA, NYC have salary ranges & the share is rising.
Aki Ito retweeted
For generations, salaries have been one of society’s most closely guarded secrets, on par with Area 51. But new pay-disclosure laws signal a change.
Insider’s @AkiIto7 set out to challenge this taboo by disclosing her salary to everyone in her life. businessinsider.com/salary-p…
ALT Image showing a drawing of people reacting to someone’s salary, with text that reads, “How I broke the last taboo. We talk about sex and politics and religion. So why is it still so hard to divulge our salaries?”
Aki Ito retweeted
The weird, worrisome mystery behind America's plague of purple streetlights
From @jetjocko of course
businessinsider.com/led-city… via @businessinsider
Aki Ito retweeted
Workers are sensing the shift in the mounting headlines about company layoffs, the budget cuts limiting raises, and the heightened scrutiny of their productivity.
The smart ones are adjusting their behavior accordingly, Aki Ito (@AkiIto7) writes. ⬇️
businessinsider.com/quiet-qu…
Aki Ito retweeted
One size doesn't fit all when it comes to the future of work.
Special thanks to @Trey3Williams, @bizboyle, @AkiIto7 and @writertara for joining us in our discussion on how companies and employees are rethinking the workplace post-pandemic👇
bit.ly/3BMvcux
Aki Ito retweeted
Mark your calendars! 🗓️ On 9/22, we’re hosting our second "Meet The Press" panel of 2022!
Hear from reporters @Trey3Williams, @bizboyle, @AkiIto7, and @writertara about how the pandemic catalyzed a massive shift in how, where, and why people are working.
Reserve your spot 👇
Aki Ito retweeted
How likely are you to be laid off? A study of 17,000 pink slips holds some answers.
New from @AkiIto7
businessinsider.com/layoffs-… via @businessinsider
Aki Ito retweeted
This anecdote from tech sounds a lot like how the Fed is hoping to cool inflation w/o hurting employment. A candidate w/ 2 job offers in hand is still getting a job; they just have less leverage to negotiate higher pay than if they had 5 offers in hand.
Layoffs. Hiring freezes. The news coming out of the tech industry has been alarming in recent weeks. But here's the encouraging reality: The job market for tech workers is still going strong.
businessinsider.com/tech-job…
Aki Ito retweeted
Highlighting two nice points from @AkiIto7's piece on pay compression:
1. With more pay transparency from employee conversations, platforms like @Glassdoor & new laws, it's increasingly untenable for employers to let large pay disparities to persist.
💰 If you've been at your company for more than a year, you're probably underpaid.
That's because the red-hot job market has forced employers to offer high pay to new candidates — which has created a divide between rookies and veterans, @AkiIto7 reports.
businessinsider.com/great-re…
ALT A photo illustration of a woman sitting at a desk with a new hire sign with a lot of money, with two employees with less money in the background. Text reads, “If you’ve stayed put at your company during the Great Resignation, you’re paying a price for your loyalty.”
Aki Ito retweeted
While most Americans work on Friday, employees at tech startup @bolt will be taking the day off.
Last summer, Bolt implemented a four-day workweek. But implementing it everywhere else will require a more profound rethink than you think, @AkiIto7 writes.
businessinsider.com/four-day…
ALT How one company embraced the four-day week — and actually made it work