A millennial manager went viral after her Gen Z assistant picked up a work call while at the hair salon: 'Go off queen'

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Gen Z and millennials want more flexibility at work.

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Nvidia boss Jensen Huang believes CEOs should have the most direct reports

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Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, believes that more is more when it comes to direct reports.

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Steve Jobs once said the best managers are 'individual contributors' who aren't interested in managing people

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Steve Jobs once said professional managers he hired at Apple were "bozos."

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A lack of employee engagement at work could cost the economy nearly $2 trillion

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According to Gallup, Lack of employee engagement costs the economy $1.9 trillion.

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Almost a third of employees say their boss being in the office makes them avoid coming in, a survey found

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Employees don't want to return to the office because it's too expensive.

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Managers want to keep working from home more than employees do, survey finds

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A Checkr survey found that managers want remote and hybrid work to continue.

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Gen Z may be on track to kill middle management

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Gen Z in work, may kill middle management

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A millennial who regrets rushing to be a manager in her 20s explains what she wishes she knew then and why it's fine to never want to be a boss at all

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Kim Elizabeth James shared why she wish she waited a little longer before becoming a manager.

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Meet the millennials who don't want to be managers. They say the extra pressure isn't worth it.

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Business Insider talked to two millennials, not pictured, who are happy being individual contributors instead of becoming managers.

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The fight over return-to-office is getting dirty

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Return-to-office mandates indicate a failure of imagination on the part of management and a refusal to do the work necessary to create a positive company culture.

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