No one knows how much they should care about work right now

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Many workers dispel the belief that young employees are lazy, according to a Fishbowl post.

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I'm a Gen Zer who bumped my salary up by 40% with a career pivot to data analytics — and I learned the skills for free on YouTube

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Elijah Butler made a career pivot to data analytics a few years ago, and is enjoying remote work, higher pay, and more job satisfaction, he told Insider.

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The Great Resignation is giving way to the 'Big Stay' as job-hopping slows down

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Allyson LaRocca, manager of The Berkshire Family Restaurant, carries orders of food to customers, on September 29, 2020.

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Meet a teacher who quit her job to avoid returning in person — and found a position at a remote-only public school

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While many students have returned to in-person learning, nearly 60,000 public-school students in New York haven't.

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I'm a millennial who's quitting my job because I'm overworked and underpaid — and feel underqualified to grow my career

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A meat cutter in Seattle told Insider that he's ready to quit his job.

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Black Americans are more likely to be working than white Americans for the first time on record

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A hot labor market "incentivizes employers to reach out to pools of talent they've historically overlooked," Daniel Zhao, lead economist at Glassdoor, told Insider.

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Gary Vaynerchuk to managers: Forget a 4-day workweek. If you want to make your people happy, fire the jerks.

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Gary Vaynerchuk has made a number of TikToks warning companies that they need to find new ways to attract Gen Z workers if they want to keep them.

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The perilous fantasy of work-life balance

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As workers return to the office, striking the right work-life balance is getting harder than ever.

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Too much will burn you out. Too little can leave you lonely.

Call it the Great Cash Out: Almost half of job switchers are making the mistake of cashing out their retirement savings when they go

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Under most circumstances, the IRS imposes a 10% penalty on those under the age of 59.5 who choose to cash out their retirement savings.

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Considering a career change? Here's what you need to know before you take the plunge.

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Before taking the plunge, consider how the change might affect your personal life and the time you spend with your family.

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