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44% of Techies Feel Their Political Views Not Welcome at Work

The political opinions of Silicon Valley and those in the tech industry has been a hot topic lately. That’s why we decided to survey our community of tech employees about this. What we found was quite interesting. We asked them two questions: 1.) Is your company accepting of diverse

67% of techies think they are making the world a better place

67% of Techies Think They Are Changing the World

Founders and tech employees often talk about how their company or product is changing the world. We decided to ask our users to answer with either True or False to this statement: I believe my company is making the world a better place. The results are clear- tech employees overwhelmingly

22 Percent of Apple Employees to Delete Facebook Accounts, 20 Percent Already Have

22 Percent of Apple Employees to Delete Facebook Accounts, 20 Percent Already Have

In September, Facebook announced that 50 million users had their information accessed by hackers. On Friday, however, the company announced that the number of affected users was actually about 29 million. Hackers accessed information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers, and birth dates. When the data breach was announced

Welcoming Oath to Tech Lounge

Tech Lounge on Blind is an exclusive channel available to employees who work at top-tier tech companies. It consists of the FAANG companies (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google), along with Unicorn companies such as Uber, Airbnb and 200 others. But there’s room for a few more tech companies!

1/4 of Tech Employees Want Employers to Stop Spying on Them

1/4 of Tech Employees Want Employers to Stop Spying on Them

More companies than ever are monitoring their employees, but what impact does this actually have on employee morale and productivity? According to Lewis Maltby, president and founder of the National Workrights Institute, going to such great lengths to monitor employees might actually be having an adverse effect. The use of

tech employees against Trump's tariffs

76 Percent of Tech Employees Say Trump’s Tariffs Bad for Business

Are the recently announced tariffs good for business? We asked our users this question and the results were mostly one-sided. Yesterday, we posted the survey results from employees who work in the retail and e-commerce industry, and out of the 1,525 participants, 81.2 percent responded that

Retailers and E-Commerce Companies Overwhelmingly Say Trump's Tariffs Bad for Business

Retailers and E-Commerce Companies Overwhelmingly Say Trump's Tariffs Bad for Business

FEATURED IMAGE | Source: Teamblind Inc. Last Monday, President Trump escalated his trade war with China by imposing 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion worth of consumer products. The $200 billion comes on top of $50 billion worth of goods that were taxed beginning in June. The tariffs are meant to