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Return-to-office appears to be winning, with the proportion of people working from home dropping to its lowest level since the COVID-19 pandemic began

Tue, 10/17/2023 - 07:33

Young woman working from home — Only around 26% of households now have at least one regular remote worker, per Census Bureau estimates.
Alistair Berg/Getty Images

Careers, remote-work, work-from-home, return-to-office, trending-uk, Employment, Jobs

A McDonald's manager sexually harassed a 17-year-old worker until she was 'forced' to resign, a federal agency says

Fri, 10/13/2023 - 07:40

A McDonald's sign. — The McDonald's sign.
Associated Press

Retail, trending-uk, Crime, Retail, fast-food, Food, restaurant

A Chipotle manager repeatedly asked a teenage worker to remove her hijab and partially pulled it off when she refused to show him her hair, federal prosecutors say

Mon, 10/02/2023 - 06:36

Pedestrians walk by a Chipotle restaurant on April 26, 2022 in San Francisco, California. — The employee faced a "barrage of harassing conduct," according to the EEOC.
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Retail, Retail, chipotle, EEOC, Food, fast-food, Work

ThredUp says a 4-day week cut its corporate turnover in half — and 3 changes helped workers get ruthless about their time and productivity

Wed, 09/27/2023 - 04:48

man stepping from office to beach — Clothing consignment company ThredUp says having fewer meetings and more time for focused work helped smooth the transition to a four-day work week.
John M Lund Photography Inc/Getty Images

Careers, Strategy, Retail, Thredup, Productivity, 4-day-week, 4-day-work-week

Atlanta is the US city seeing the biggest surge in people setting up their own businesses, beating out the likes of Austin and Seattle, according to LinkedIn data

Mon, 09/25/2023 - 06:57

View of Atlanta skyline in August 2023 — null
Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images

Careers, Atlanta, Georgia, trending-uk, entrepeneur, Entrepreneurship, Work

Apple's Vision Pro and Meta's Quest headsets are poised to make the virtual workspace a reality — if they can get past the buyer hurdles on price and quality

Thu, 08/31/2023 - 15:15

Tech Insider : Economy

virtual reality — A Meta virtual-reality meeting shows what a workplace of the future could look like.
Meta

Tech Insider, Careers, economy, metaverse, Work, virtual-world, apple-vision-pro

Companies like Goldman Sachs may want workers back in the office full-time, but most US execs think hybrid working is here to stay, study finds

Thu, 08/31/2023 - 06:21

Tech Insider : Economy

Commuters in a train. — US management as a whole doesn't expect a return to pre-pandemic office life, study finds.
Getty Images

Careers, economy, return-to-office, remote-work, hybrid-work, Work, Employees

A Hooters restaurant in North Carolina has been accused of racial discrimination in a lawsuit, which said managers made jokes about Black workers' hairstyles and appearances

Fri, 08/25/2023 - 08:47

Hooters Restaurant in Los Angeles, California on September 11, 2017 — A branch of Hooters.
Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

Retail, Employment, Racism, trending-uk, Retail, hooters, Jobs

Undergrad enrollment in petroleum engineering has dropped 75% over the past 10 years — even though they make 40% more than computer science grads

Thu, 08/10/2023 - 11:41

Oil drilling — Petroleum Engineers typically make six-figure salaries, but data shows interest among undergraduate students is withering.
Grant Smith/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images

Tech Insider, Work, Employment, Employees, Employers, Salary, Oil

Chinese millennials are freaking out about the 'Curse of 35' — when they become too old for entry-level jobs, and too young and broke to retire

Tue, 08/01/2023 - 20:46

Tech Insider : Economy

A Chinese job seeker at a recruitment fair. — A Chinese job seeker at a recruitment fair.
Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images

economy, insider news, China, Youth, Jobs, Work, Employment

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