Supercommuting almost 5 hours a day has become much more popular in expensive cities like New York, Phoenix, and Washington, DC

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More Americans are opting for longer commutes.

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4 reasons to convince your boss to let you miss work for the total solar eclipse

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Don't end up stuck at work during the total solar eclipse on Monday! It's an event you won't want to miss.

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The average workday shrank by nearly an hour over the last 3 years, study finds

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Workers are putting in fewer hours a week at work, though many are increasingly disengaged.

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Nearly 50,000 tech workers have been laid off — but there's a hack to avoid layoffs

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Nearly 50,000 tech workers have lost their jobs since the start of this year. Now, Gen Zers are looking at a different sector for job security.

A 20-year-old was labeled spoiled for saying she doesn't want a 9-to-5. She's determined to prove the critics wrong.

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Zoe Wynns told BI she wishes people had more "sympathy and empathy" towards her.

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A Gen Z musician is pleading with people to stream her music as she can't imagine having to work a 9-to-5 job

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"Life is going to be hard for her generation," one X user wrote in response to Wynns' video.

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Billionaire businessman says young Indians should work 70 hours a week

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N.R. Narayana Murthy said that young Indians should be working 70 hours a week to turn the country into a global economic leader.

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What Wall Street is telling employees about returning to the office, from Goldman Sachs to JPMorgan and Blackstone

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