SF News Gov. Brown Orders State Hiring Freeze For his third executive order since taking office in January, Governor Jerry Brown has ordered all state agencies to "freeze hiring" in an effort to reduce further spending. "We have a $25 billion
SF News UC Berkeley Cuts 150 Jobs Days after Gov. Jerry Brown proposed cutting $500 million from the UC system next year, UC Berkeley plans to prune 150 managers and support staff this year. This comes on top of the
SF News Peter Hartlaub Rides His Old Chronicle Paper Route Back before print publishing turned into a creepy fetish for navel-gazing journalists looking to emulate their leader, there was a time when people used to purchase and then have delivered their e-information in
SF News Supes Pass Local Hiring Ordinance In an effort to create more jobs for San Franciscans, the Board of Supervisors voted 8-3 last night to approve an ordinance that requires contractors to hire city residents for municipal construction projects.
SF News Facebook Ranked Best Place To Work Facebook, according to "professional community site Glassdoor.com," ranks as the top place to work among the 50 best places to work this year. According to The Chronicle, "To qualify for a ranking,
SF News Fired Macy's Santa Claus Hired By Lefty O'Douls By now we all know the tale of John Toomey, the Union Square Macy's Santa Claus who was fired after telling a barely risque joke to a couple of horrible old people. Well,
SF News Working At Google: Now Better Than Ever Before Google employees have much to smile about today after it was announced that all company employees will receive a tasty pay bump. AP reports, "Google Inc. is showing it still knows how to
SF News UC Berkeley to Prune 200 Jobs Uh oh. UCB plans to slice an addition 200 jobs next year in order to save money. "Chancellor Robert Birgeneau says a consulting firm hired to help the system save money concluded that
SF News Clorox Relocates Jobs from Oakland to Pleasanton, Sells Auto Care Business The Clorox Co., one of the largest employers in Oakland, announced this week that they're relocating their research and development operation to Pleasanton, thereby moving between 500 and 700 workers out of the
SF News San Bruno Fire: One More Thing... A thank-you sign is posted in front of a saved home about a block from destroyed homes in San Bruno, Calif., Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, where a pipeline exploded on Thursday. The tragic
Arts & Entertainment SFist Seeks Music Writers SFist seeks aurally-inclined, open-minded, and talented souls to steer our music voice. We are looking for writers with a strong interest in the local, national and worldwide (but mostly local) music/club scene.
SF News S.F. Unemployment Numbers Still Awful Second verse, same as the first: San Francisco's unemployment rate skipped from 9.6 percent in June to 9.7 percent last month. Although, as SF Weekly reports, we're not the worst in
SF News 80 Oakland Police Officers to Lose Jobs at 5 p.m. In an effort to reduce a $31 million deficit, a whopping 80 officers from the Oakland Police Department will lose their jobs today. "Hopes appear to be fading but they are not gone
SF News HP Job Cuts Loom Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard plans on exfoliating some 9,000 jobs this year to save "about $500 million to $700 million a year" via the implementation of automated data centers. Associated Press (via CBS
SF News Don't Have Your I.D.? You Can't Vote on a Regular Ballot, Says Initiative 80 initiatives and referenda and are out and about around the state with advocates trying to collect enough signatures so they can qualify for an upcoming election ballot. You might see people at
SF News Tesla's New Palo Alto Plant Will Create 1,600 Bay Area Jobs The federal funding of $465 million which Tesla Motors scored in June of last year is now officially official. The first $100 million is dedicated to building Tesla's powertrain while the remainder will
SF News Redwood City's Electronic Arts Slashes 1,500 Jobs Someone on the contribute page chided us about not covering this story, so here you go, folks: Redwood City's Electronic Arts, creator of such awesomeness as SimCity, The Sims, and Rock Band --
SF News Sun Microsystems Cutting Up To 3,000 Jobs Over the next year, and due to Oracle's takeover, Sun Microsystems plans on eradicating over 3,000 jobs. According to CBS 5/BCN, "They are the latest in a series of job cuts
misc MGMT Tickets for Job Offer Want to see MGMT's sold-out show at the Independent tonight? Well, this Craigslist ad, which came to us via SFist's contribute page, might help: Trading MGMT Independent tickets for job offer - $1
SF News SF to Use Federal Funds to Provide 1,000 Jobs for Unemployed Parents for One Year Yesterday, Mayor Newsom's office announced a new initiative called JOBS NOW!, which aims to fund jobs using federal stimulus money for 1,000 San Francisco residents who have at least one child and
SF News Kaiser Permanente to Slash 1,200 Jobs Kaiser Permanente plans to eliminate about 1,200 Northern California jobs due to the tanking economy. The primary areas affected by this most recent slash include "housekeeping, pharmacy techs/clerks, unit assistants, transcription/
SF News Map: Northern California Unemployment View Northern CA Unemployment in a larger map SFGate's 'Scavenger' came up with the above handy Google map, denoting the 20 northern California cities with the highest unemployment rates. While it's not a
misc Help an SFister Land That Sonoma Wine Job News of Sonoma County’s “Really Goode Job” first hit SFGate on April 28. Since then, hopefuls coveting the $10,000/month, half-year gig for Murphy-Goode have been applying online and uploading videos
SF News Yahoo to Slash More Jobs Ailing Sunnyvale-based Yahoo Inc. suffered yet another setback this week after "lackluster' first-quarter results were announced. As a result, anywhere from 600 to 700 jobs will be cut. This makes the company's third
