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Getting a job at Bending Spoons comes with no bonus, no fancy title, and a warning—800,000 people applied anyway

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What happened

The $18 billion Italian tech company’s head of people operations explains why it warns recruits its work ‘isn’t for everybody,’ and shares the reasons why so many people still want in.

Key facts

  • The $18 billion Italian tech company’s head of people operations explains why it warns recruits its work ‘isn’t for everybody,’ and shares the reasons why so many people still want in.
  • Reported by Fortune and published Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:33:40 UTC.

Why it matters

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What to watch next

  • Revisions to the initial figures once fuller data is released
  • How rate expectations and index futures respond
  • Guidance or commentary from the companies and policymakers involved

Coverage timeline

When each newsroom published on this story, oldest first — all times UTC.

  1. Getting a job at Bending Spoons comes with no bonus, no fancy title, and a warning—800,000 people applied anyway

  2. Jeff Bezos says a 3-day workweek and more single-income households are on the way thanks to AI: ‘It’s going to be difficult to hire people’

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