18 of the best major companies in the US for maternity leave

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Birthing parents at Amazon are offered up to 20 weeks of maternity leave.

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I just landed my first job post-college after 2 years of unemployment. I should be excited, but all I feel is survivor's guilt.

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The author just landed his first job post-college.

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What Sam Altman's lawyer learned from RBG and driving a cab

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William Savitt, a top attorney at Wachtell, is representing Sam Altman and OpenAI in a trial brought by Elon Musk seeking to dismantle the company.

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An Amazon worker balanced her day job and side hustle without burning out. She got laid off and had a backup plan.

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Rives bought a business with her husband in 2024.

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I'm the CEO of Headspace and a former Navy pilot. Here's a day in my life, from battling sleep issues to flying a plane.

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Tom Pickett is the CEO of Headspace and a former Navy pilot.

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I was laid off from my banking job at 55 and left corporate America to build my own AI consultancy. Here's what I learned in the process.

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Ryan Cohen tells us why he's serious about buying eBay — and what he thinks about his viral CNBC interview

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"I did not want to be the CEO of GameStop. I want to be the CEO of eBay," Ryan Cohen told Business Insider.

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My husband took over as CEO of the company I founded years ago. It wasn't a power grab, and it strengthened our relationship.

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The author's husband (right) took over as CEO of her company.

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I started building apps in high school. A cold email to a Stanford professor changed my life.

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Adrit Rao at the University of California, Berkeley, where he's a freshman.

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I graduated college this week without a job lined up. It feels like everyone else has their future figured out except me.

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Annie Tran says she feels like the only person in her circle without a postgrad job.

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