All articles tagged with #performance metrics
The traditional focus on work-life balance is fading as companies like Amazon and JPMorgan Chase enforce return-to-office mandates and shift towards a more hardcore, performance-driven culture, requiring employees to adapt to new expectations for in-person work and performance evaluation.
Companies like AT&T and Amazon are shifting towards a more hardcore work culture, emphasizing in-office presence and performance over traditional work-life balance, prompting employees to adapt their approach or seek new opportunities if they prefer a different environment.
Social Security has ceased publicly reporting its processing times, call wait times, and other customer service metrics, reducing transparency about its performance and customer service struggles.
The article ranks all 32 participants of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup based on performance metrics, financial strength, fan engagement, and historical success, highlighting the diverse range of teams from amateur clubs like Auckland City to football giants like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, and discussing their prospects and backgrounds.
Researchers have observed that large language models (LLMs) exhibit sudden leaps in ability on certain tasks, which has been described as "breakthrough" behavior. However, a new paper from Stanford University suggests that these abilities may not be as unpredictable as previously thought, attributing the sudden appearance to the way researchers measure LLM performance. The study argues that the emergence of abilities is more gradual and predictable than previously believed, and that the choice of metric used to evaluate LLMs plays a significant role in determining their perceived capabilities.
The Department of Veterans Affairs has renewed its multibillion-dollar contract for a new Electronic Health Record (EHR) with Oracle-Cerner, with new terms meant to hold the vendor accountable for persistent outages. The renegotiated contract includes larger fines Oracle-Cerner will need to pay VA if the EHR doesn’t meet performance targets. The new contract includes 28 performance metrics for Oracle-Cerner to meet or exceed and includes a higher standard for reliability and uptime. The VA has obligated about $9.4 billion on the EHR modernization program since fiscal 2018.