Mark O'Mara: There's a concern about companies starting to sort of game that process. And I think the bigger risk might be though this the bias piece, right? He says Amazon tried to create a system where it could find job candidates that it felt were going to be the strongest. Most of them, not surprisingly, we're talking tech, we're from men and so they penalized women who applied for jobs.
Bloomberg News Senior Editor Chris Anstey explains what layoffs in the technology industry mean for the broader US labor market. Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Joel Weber and Bloomberg News Senior Deals Reporter Ed Hammond provide the details of Ed's Businessweek Magazine story Activist Investors Find Big Companies Are Ripe Targets Again. Bloomberg Opinion Senior Columnist Beth Kowitt discusses how artificial intelligence has infiltrated decision-making on hiring, training and evaluations, and now it’s creeping into the layoff process as well. And we Drive to the Close with Sarah Ponczek, Financial Advisor at UBS Private Wealth Management.
Hosts: Carol Massar and Mike Regan. Producer: Paul Brennan.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.