Bruce Crumley

Paris

Contributing Writer at Inc.

Writer at Freelance

Articles

Employees Fear the Stigma of Using AI at Work, According to a Study

3 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Bruce Crumley

Companies tell workers to use AI to do their work more efficiently. Many worry their colleagues will think of them as lazy. Source link
Employees Fear the Stigma of Using AI at Work, According to a Study

3 days ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Business owners who want their employees to integrate artificial intelligence (AI) applications and improve how they do their jobs may face a bigger challenge than their staff learning how to use those tools effectively. A new study indicates many workers hesitate to adopt the tech out of concerns colleagues will disdain them as being lazy if they do—and also that those negative perceptions are very much a part of today’s workplace.
Your Remote Workers Aren’t Happy. Here’s How to Keep Them from Quitting

3 days ago | businessandamerica.com | Bruce Crumley

A Gallup poll found that fully remote employees attain higher levels of engagement than hybrid and in-office colleagues, but isolation increases the risk they’ll leave for other jobs. Source link
Your Remote Workers Aren't Happy. Here's How to Keep Them from Quitting

5 days ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Balancing the best interests of your business with employees’ preferences for hybrid work is a delicate task for any company owner. But new data indicates executives face an even trickier challenge managing full-time remote workers. While they tend to be the most engaged people on staff, research shows they’re also the most prone to suffering psychological or emotional consequences from their isolation—increasing the risk of them leaving their jobs.
Small Business Owners Fear a Recession, but Aren't Backing Down, Surveys Say

6 days ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

What kind of person fears the direction the economy is headed in, yet remains resolutely upbeat about their business all the same? That would be the average American entrepreneur. In recent polls, small company owners said they were worried about a potential recession, yet overwhelmingly declared themselves happy leading their small companies.
Why U.S. Ports Are Emptying Out Before Tariffs Hit Harder

6 days ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Arguably the biggest questions now facing economists, investors, and business leaders are how hard President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs will hit the U.S. economy, and when. That uncertainty arises from import duty rates varying by country, and set to take effect at different times. With the heaviest of those taxes set to kick in over the next two weeks, some observers are trying to gauge their impact by analyzing the dwindling cargo ship traffic coming into U.S. ports.
Microsoft Follows Competitors Amazon, Meta, and Google In Employee Productivity Crackdown

6 days ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Microsoft may not be a trailblazer in the tech sector’s efforts to increase employee productivity—and shedding workers who can’t deliver. But it hasn’t hesitated to take pages from competitors’ playbooks amid an industry-wide push to produce more with less. The Seattle-area tech giant appears to be picking up its pace in adopting the austere personnel and organizational strategies that Amazon, Meta, Google, and more recently Dell, have put into place.
Uber CEO's RTO News Didn't Go Well. Here's What You Can Learn From It

1 week ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Most business leaders who decide to adjust pandemic-era remote working arrangements and set tighter return to office (RTO) rules expect to hear some employee disappointment, or even complaints. But Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi got more than he may have banked on when he assembled workers to explain increased in-person requirements and changes to a favorite company benefit, and received considerable blowback.
How DOGE Plans to Use AI to Cut 70,000 Jobs

1 week ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

Nearly two years ago, Elon Musk warned television audiences that artificial intelligence (AI) “has the potential of civilization destruction,” then soon joined the race among businesses to develop and market the tech. Now an entrepreneur working for Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) wants to deploy AI apps within U.S. federal agencies to take over work currently done by 70,000 civil service employees.
Here's How Businesses Are Avoiding Layoffs-for Now

1 week ago | inc.com | Bruce Crumley

The positive news from recent government job and GDP data is that layoffs aren’t sweeping the American workforce, despite three years of economic growth having contracted during the first quarter of 2025. At the same time, however, many companies aren’t replacing departing workers, either. Instead, some managers say their businesses are adopting defensive hiring strategies amid rising fears that a potential recession may be looming.