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Jane Thier

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‘The system is not working for women’: Companies with return-to-office mandates are hemorrhaging female talent

Some things a woman in the White House can’t fix.

23.07.2024 10

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Grindr CEO says you have to be ‘arrogant and crazy’ to become a founder

George Arison, who grew up in the Soviet Union, is guided by the prospect of doing the impossible, he said at Fortune’s Brainstorm Tech conference.

18.07.2024 6

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A San Francisco politician has a plan to flip its ‘ghost town’ status—and it involves four days a week in the office

The Golden Gate city can’t get back on its feet if its most valuable earners keep logging on from home, mayoral candidate Mark Farrell says.

17.07.2024 10

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How the Celsius CEO turned a cult-favorite energy drink into a stock-market lightning rod with 6,000% growth

Celsius had 8 employees when John Fieldly took the reins. Now, it's nearing 800.

15.07.2024 7

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More than 1 in 3 Americans have a side hustle, but they’re spending that extra cash right away. Financial experts say that’s the wrong approach.  

Time is the ultimate luxury. Why are young people spending it driving for Uber if that doesn’t even get them ahead financially?

11.07.2024 6

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Why Zoom—yes, Zoom—went back to in-person work, according to its chief people officer

“Proximity bias certainly exists,” Matthew Saxon acknowledged.

09.07.2024 5

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What new Gen Z hires are missing, according to Zoom’s head of people: ‘They really need to understand how to create value’

Everyone plays a role in the ‘customer value chain,’ Matthew Saxon says.

08.07.2024 8

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Tom Brady ascribes his success to demanding to be treated like it’s his ‘first day on the job’

Everyone has the chance to criticize him—and he welcomes it, he said on a podcast this week.

02.07.2024 4

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How Hero Cosmetics’ CEO made once-shameful pimple patches a Gen Z status symbol

The Mondelez and Samsung alum used her corporate America know-how and her Korean skincare obsession to launch the category-defining Mighty...

30.06.2024 10

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Ellevest’s founder went to Wall Street after being rejected by her first choice. Now her $2 billion empire is helping women build their own wealth

The investing industry tends to look past women and mostly serve men, longtime Wall Street executive Sallie Krawcheck says. That's what led her to...

27.06.2024 10

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Rumors of American consumer strife are greatly exaggerated, Affirm CEO and PayPal cofounder says

Any customer’s inability to pay is a mistake on Affirm’s side, Max Levchin added. And he’s got the numbers to prove it.

26.06.2024 10

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Will A.I. really replace your job? Most CEOs don’t think so, says leader helping them navigate the shift

When it comes to AI and jobs, fewer CEOs than you think are buying the hype, strategic AI advisory firm chief says.

23.06.2024 20

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Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi thought she’d be an accountant. Now she’s a James Beard Award-winning pastry chef—and she urges ‘drinking failures up for breakfast’

Tosi, 42, counts Taylor Swift among the fans of her "modern classic" desserts, including famous birthday cake truffles.

20.06.2024 6

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Beware, finance bros: AI is coming for banking before any other kinds of jobs, Citigroup warns

AI will “profoundly change money,” Citigroup says, and create plenty of “losers” along the way.

20.06.2024 6

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Productivity theater is the biggest time suck among workers, study finds—'we’re in a system that, unintentionally, is set up to steal our attention'

Responding to incessant Slack pings is wasting 25 billion hours of work a year, a new Atlassian study finds.

12.06.2024 6

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Just 5% of the main skills job candidates need today will be the same in three years, McKinsey says

“This perfect person you’re looking for to fit the slot you had in mind—that person doesn't exist," one senior partner said.

08.06.2024 10

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Both a ‘skills tsunami’ and a ‘silver tsunami’ are set to hit the workforce at the same time, McKinsey says.

Only companies ready to battle through both will succeed.

07.06.2024 20

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AI isn’t yet capable of snapping up jobs—except in these 4 industries, McKinsey says

New tech won’t eliminate work for most employees, but certain industries are in real peril.

04.06.2024 8

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Chipotle's CEO was an executive by age 37. Here are his 3 tips for success

At least one of them involves brushing up on U.S. history.

30.05.2024 10

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A British sci-fi writer correctly predicted almost everything about modern living 60 years ago, from AI to remote work

“It will be possible—perhaps only 50 years from now—for a man to conduct his business from Tahiti or Bali just as well as he could from...

30.05.2024 30

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Wracked with 'goals dysmorphia,' the vast majority of Americans don’t think they will ever be financially successful—and being a millionaire is no longer the endgame

And almost 1 in 3 say they don’t think they ever will be successful, per new Bankrate data.

29.05.2024 30

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Want to make $250,000? You probably have to say goodbye to flexible work, new data reveals

There’s been a 95% drop in high-paying hybrid listings in the past year alone.

28.05.2024 20

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The CEO of the Best Company to Work For sets the record straight on how Gen Z really isn't that different from any other generation—including bringing your whole self to work

"We want to know how you think," Hilton CEO Christopher Nassetta says. "I don't always agree with it, and I might tell you I don't, but I want you to...

24.05.2024 10

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Restaurant wizard Danny Meyer says new grads should forget their college majors ASAP: 'You're your own boss right now'

“You learned a lot…but there may be something else inside of you that really wants to express itself.”

22.05.2024 40

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The tidal wave of AI-augmented work is coming sooner than you think, consultancy CEO says: 'Not even in the next five years, in the next year or two'

Breakthroughs in generative AI could infuse nearly $7 trillion into the global GDP in less than a decade.

21.05.2024 30

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The CEO of Crunch Fitness doesn’t think there’s such a thing as work-life balance. ‘That’s for somebody who's not fully committed.’

The Marine veteran also says there's no such thing as work-life balance.

20.05.2024 40

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Some of the most talented, high-ranking workers at Apple, Microsoft, and SpaceX jumped ship after return-to-office mandates, new study reveals

Senior people may leave after a RTO more often than entry- or mid-level workers, because they simply have more to gain.

16.05.2024 30

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The cost-of-living crisis is so bleak that some Gen Zers genuinely fear becoming homeless

A new study from fintech Acorns finds almost one in four Americans are concerned their dire financial outlook could lead to homelessness.

11.05.2024 30

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Why a $3 billion software firm is betting on a flexible-work future—'the focus for us is carrot, not stick'

Sarah Franklin, a 15-year Salesforce alum, helms Lattice with the best of her former boss’ flexibility practices close at hand.

10.05.2024 20

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How college dropout and SmartSweets founder Tara Bosch went from a McDonald's job to selling her company for $360 million

The 29-year-old, who has an estimated net worth of $200 million, is still the majority owner in her low-sugar candy company that made her a...

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Why a Benioff acolyte left Salesforce after 15 years to lead a $3 billion HR software firm she thinks might one day be its rival 

AI has ushered in “a great era of augmentation," and Sarah Franklin, Lattice's new CEO, is poised to crest that wave.

06.05.2024 50

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Here's how Pacaso CEO Austin Allison made his first million

The real-estate entrepreneur is focused on helping people own ritzy second homes — even just partially — in locales like Aspen, Cabo, and Miami.

06.05.2024 30

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Job candidates are getting 'ghosted' and 'love-bombed': Here's the 'rot at the core of recruiting,' according to a top careers site CEO

Even in a job market that ultimately favors applicants over firms, the hiring process remains a grueling ordeal.

02.05.2024 20

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Only 7% of CEOs appointed so far this year have been women

And a quarter of them won't stay in the role longer than two years, a new report suggests.

29.04.2024 7

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Google just dropped millions of dollars to teach more people how to use AI—and an exec says it could 'create a reinvigoration of the American middle class'

AI 101 courses could produce a massive ‘upleveling effect,’ one Google exec told Fortune.

26.04.2024 20

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Demand for office space is skyrocketing, especially in New York City and Los Angeles

For the ninth straight month, office space demand has shown positive year-over-year growth.

26.04.2024 10

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How the ordeal of getting an ear piercing pushed a 34-year-old mom to ditch her law career to launch the adult version of Claire's

The 39-year-old mom of two needs full night's sleep, every night. And no compromising on the small details.

25.04.2024 20

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Tech CEO on the merits of virtual work: 'To think we should work in the exact same way as our industrial forefathers just seems odd to me'

Marco Zappacosta, chief executive of home improvement site Thumbtack, points out that ‘cottage industries’ refer to pre-Industrial Revolution...

23.04.2024 10

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Want a four-day workweek? Head to Singapore.

Singapore’s government joins other forward-thinking countries like the UK in mandating companies take flexible-work requests seriously.

17.04.2024 10

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There’s a hidden penalty to going fully remote: A 'task tax' that stymies company growth, report finds

Remote workforces spend more time on menial tasks and require more training than their in-person counterparts, a new study finds.

16.04.2024 30

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Moved far from the city during Covid? Pray you don’t lose your job

Escape the appeal of ‘brain hubs’ like New York and San Francisco at your own risk, a Berkeley economist writes.

15.04.2024 20

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The Great Resignation is effectively over. We're now in the Great Talent Stagnation, where employers' biggest concern is the lack of qualified applicants

Companies are desperate for skilled external candidates, even while their current workers are eager for opportunities to upskill, per a new report.

12.04.2024 10

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Finance returns to office as Wall Street North (NYC) and South (Miami) blow other markets out of the water with cubicles over 80% full

Offices in Miami and New York are at around 80% of their pre-pandemic occupancy, per a new report.

11.04.2024 10

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$19 billion Land O’Lakes is halting churn by giving workers flexibility over their schedules—'it’s the one thing all the people can rally around'

Factory workers haven’t reaped the benefits from the flexible-work revolution like desk workers have, Land O'Lakes supply chain chief Yone Dewberry...

08.04.2024 10

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Barry Diller proposes a four-day workweek only a billionaire could love: Go to the office every day except Friday, when you can work from home

Remote work is useless for a job that involves “anything other than sitting and staring at a screen,” the billionaire said.

05.04.2024 10

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Billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen believes Fridays will be work-free once AI takes over—that’s why he's reportedly pouring millions into golf

The vast majority of people “will get an opportunity, I think, at some point, to have a three-game weekend,” Cohen predicts.

04.04.2024 20

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‘A four-day workweek is coming,’ billionaire Mets owner Steve Cohen declares—and you can thank the rapid rise of AI

Just don’t expect him to let any managers at his hedge fund dip out early.

04.04.2024 30

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Here's why it's taking you so long to land that new job

Recruiting and applying looks nothing like it used to, ZipRecruiter's quarterly report finds.

03.04.2024 20

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Entry-level workers haven’t been this anxious about the job market in almost a decade

Less than half have a positive outlook, mainly due to layoffs and their managers’ refusal to clear the way.

02.04.2024 10

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White men who have been bullied are more likely to be workplace allies

White men will call out bias in the office "only to the extent they recognize that such bias exists and are willing to act," a new University of...

02.04.2024 5

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