Insider the strange, secretive rise of the 'overemployed'

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Remote workers are "double dipping" — taking two or more full-time jobs at the same time — without their bosses knowing.

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Zoom boomed during the pandemic, but the return-to-work drive means it's ready for a radical change

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Zoom CEO Eric Zuan
Zoom reaped huge success during the pandemic.

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The remote work era may be coming to an end — if companies can afford to keep their offices open

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My husband was forced to return to the office. Life got harder and more expensive when all of the parenting duties fell to me.

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Marquita and Jaime Wright with their sons, Jaimeson and Marley.

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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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Gen Z is forcing a workplace reckoning that should have happened years ago

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United Auto Workers members pushed the Detroit Three for better pay and a four-day workweek.

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Young people who work remotely are 'probably not going to become CEOs' and make tons of money, an NYU business professor says

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Suzy Welch is an NYU Stern School of Business professor.

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A Gen Xer who worked from home for 7 years wants to go back to the office to combat loneliness

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Chris, who is not pictured, said isolation is pushing him to return to the office.

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America's cities are vying for a hot new title: best place to ride out the coming dystopia

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Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.
Once-forgotten cities in the Midwest and Northeast are trying to win people over with the promise of fewer climate-driven floods, fires, and storms.

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Gen Z is lonely. Going back to the office may be the cure for some.

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A lonely Gen Z employing looks languidly at their computer screen in the dark recess of their apartment. Their white silhouettes fades into numerous web window screens, tabs, Slack messages and Zoom calls.

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Ben Fitchett didn't realize how difficult it would be to work from the confines of his bedroom.

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