By Michael Grothaus December 05, 2023 If you googled “remote jobs” this year, you’re not alone. In August 2023, U.S.-based users entering that search hit an all-time high, Google Trends data reveals. In fact, “remote jobs” searches spiked to then-highs at two specific times: in January 2023, right after the December 2022 holiday period, … Continue reading ‘Remote jobs’ Google searches hit a record high, but the top 5 occupations might surprise you
By Chris Morris November 28, 2023 Reddit’s long on-again, off-again plans to go public might be on yet again. Bloomberg reports that the social media giant has once more begun holding talks with potential investors, with optimism rising about a possible window for public debuts. A Reddit IPO could come as early as the … Continue reading Reddit’s long-awaited IPO might finally be happening soon
By Sarah Bregel November 08, 2023 Despite workplace practices improving in many environments, toxic bosses are not a thing of the past. According to a new Harris Poll report, they’re everywhere. Nearly three-quarters (71%) of workers have had a toxic boss at one point or another, and about a third (31%) are currently working … Continue reading If you do any of these 9 things, you might be a toxic boss
By Sam Becker October 31, 2023 Joe Biden seemingly has two things in its sights lately: Malarkey and junk fees. A few weeks after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a new rule targeting junk fees—described as “hidden and bogus fees that can harm consumers and undercut businesses”—the Biden administration is zeroing in on … Continue reading Retirement planners might soon need to retire some of the sneaky ways they do business
By Emily Price September 19, 2023 When it comes to hybrid work and working from home, the jury is still out for many employers on what the “right” solution might be in a post-pandemic world. But according to survey data released by the site Fiverr on Tuesday, the generation that is most interested in … Continue reading In the work-from-home debate, the generation most against RTO might surprise you
By Shalene Gupta September 13, 2023 In the wake of lockdowns, employers have had to reimagine work. Yet few have hit upon a winning formula—and it shows. Ernst & Young (EY) released its Work Reimagined Survey, which draws upon data from 17,050 employees across 25 different industries and 20 countries. It found a growing … Continue reading Leaders, your Gen Z and millennial employees might quit in 2024. Here’s why
By Ross Rubin September 01, 2023 AI that creates essays, art, and even code, rivaling human output, could obviate many time-honored professions. But it has also threatened the jobs of some nonhuman workers: specifically, voice assistants. In the mid-2010s, as Siri, Alexa, and the Google Assistant proliferated, the initial buzz rivaled the excitement over … Continue reading Generative AI just might save Siri and Alexa from oblivion
By Rebecca Barker July 11, 2023 The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered Bank of America earlier today to pay over $250 million for unlawful practices, including “double-dipping” on overdraft fees, using customers’ information to open accounts without their knowledge since 2012, and failing to fulfill rewards bonuses that had been explicitly promised to … Continue reading Bank of America has to pay $100 million to harmed customers. You might be one of them
By Nate Berg Let’s sit down and sign a contract. It will last for 10 years, and it will cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions. What you’ll get out of the deal will be an office. Yes, an office: the physical real estate that was deemed unsafe by the pandemic, … Continue reading Why now might actually be the best time to sign a long-term office lease
By Nicole Gull McElroy Daniel Zimmer’s job at legacy tech company SAP is to improve the experience of the developers and engineers working there. When the pandemic hit, Zimmer was in the middle of reimagining SAP’s Bay Area footprint, which included leases in San Francisco, San Ramon, and Palo Alto. The 50-year-old tech company … Continue reading The office-as-playground is dead. You might prefer what comes next
