The Daily Populous

Netflix Employees Are Happier With Their Job Than Facebook or Google Employees

Authored by inc.com

Are you interested in leaving your job?.

Not surprisingly, those two things were closely related.

Those companies that had the most employees unhappy with their pay also had the most employees interested in leaving.

There were a lot of other interesting tidbits revealed in the survey as well.

The employees happiest with their pay are not working at Google or Facebook, for example, they are at Netflix, followed by Dropbox.

Of course, this survey isn't representative of the companies -- it reflects only the opinions of employees who choose to use the Blind app.

But those opinions provide an interesting window into the mood, at least among some staffers, within tech's biggest companies. »

Alec Baldwin: 'I've bullied women'

Authored by wjla.com

Alec Baldwin admitted he had "bullied women" in the past and treated them in a "very sexist way" during an onstage discussion on Thursday.

Baldwin also admitted he was guilty of treating women badly in the past and that he hopes men's old-fashioned behavior towards women changes in the very near future. »

Scientists find key to unwanted thoughts

Authored by bbc.co.uk

The discovery may help explain why some people can't shift persistent intrusive thoughts - a common symptom of anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and schizophrenia.

Image copyright Newscast Online Image caption The study may help explain why some people can't shift persistent intrusive thoughts.

"Our study suggests that if you could improve Gaba activity within the hippocampus, this may help people to stop unwanted and intrusive thoughts. »

Exxon Quietly Researching Hundreds of Green Projects

Authored by bloomberg.com

One of the world’s biggest oil companies is working on hundreds of low-carbon energy projects, from algae engineered to bloom into biofuels and cells that turn emissions into electricity.

Exxon didn’t disclose the exact amount it’s spending on the green technologies.

Algae biofuels: Exxon is planning to harvest algae in ponds or oceans around the world and process it into a biofuel for regional distribution. »

Defiant Theater Owners Are Refusing To Play ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’

Authored by filmschoolrejects.com

We’re only six weeks away from the latest Star Wars film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and anticipation for the movie is building to a fever pitch.

For Rian Johnson‘s The Last Jedi, Disney is forcing theaters to agree to secret terms which many theater owners are calling “the most onerous they’ve ever seen.

Some theaters are pushing back against Disney’s demands by refusing to show The Last Jedi. »