At least 10 times a day, Erika Becker, who works as a sales development manager at a technology company called Verkada, turns to her boss with questions. “Did I handle […]
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Back to news homeHow to Cope When You’re Shown the Door
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Goldman Sachs’ Marcus Consumer Banking Move Turns Costly
The combination of high interest rates and fast inflation has hit Goldman especially hard because of the slowdown in its most profitable businesses. In sales and trading, Goldman’s revenue last […]
Burned Out on Your Personal Brand
Younger workers embraced the idea of a personal brand as a way to get ahead, and carve out some power and security in their careers. But posting through it has […]
Railroad Workers Point to Punishing Schedules as Cause of Strike
To defuse a labor dispute that brought the nation to the brink of a potentially catastrophic railroad strike, negotiators had to resolve a key issue: schedules that workers say were […]
The Office’s Last Stand
Colleen McCreary recently gave managers at Credit Karma a message that could seem more apt for rising sixth graders than personal finance executives.“Back to school is coming,” Ms. McCreary, the […]
If the Job Market Is So Good, Why Is Gig Work Thriving?
Under this approach, while offering the flexibility of gig work, the staffing agencies usually serve as the employer and administer benefits. Workers are paid as W-2 employees, not independent contractors, […]
What Remote Work Debate? They’ve Been Back at the Office for a While.
Gabe Tucker, 26, is a lawyer with Fortif Law Partners in Birmingham, Ala., where the share of job listings that permit remote work is roughly half that of New York’s. […]
How Covid Did Away With the Sick Day
Many workers find themselves, consciously or not, mimicking the way their bosses behave. They witness managers answering emails from bed, and feel they should do the same.So some bosses are […]
Seeking a Return to Offices, Bosses Lost Leverage
What Barrett Kime’s boss said on the recent video call was straightforward. Could members of his team at NBCUniversal show up on the few days a week that they were […]