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Job-hopping got workers an 18% raise in 2022. Now it’s 8%—and Gen Z is hurt the most

The pay bump for switching jobs has shrunk to its smallest edge over staying put in seven years, just as more than half of Gen Z professionals say...

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Muskaan Arshad

Adam Neumann says a half-hour car ride with Masayoshi Son is when his ego took over—and WeWork’s $47 billion collapse began

The WeWork cofounder told Steven Bartlett that by the time he walked back into headquarters after SoftBank's multibillion-dollar offer, "I forgot what...

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A Great Depression-era cost-cutting trick is back: 4-day school weeks have spread to 26 states as fuel prices surge

Companies are asking workers to put in six days a week. Meanwhile, more than 2,100 schools have moved to four.

01.10.2026 10

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‘Skills nobody can take’: Meet a 20-year-old with a 4.5 GPA who skipped college for technical school to land an ‘AI-proof’ career

Alejandro Rodriguez was a gifted-and-talented student with a 4.5 GPA and every expectation of a four-year degree. He chose to become a Porsche...

22.09.2026 10

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Even Americans earning more than $155,000 now call themselves ‘working class’—a sign of how far the affordability crisis has spread

A new Pew study found 60% of U.S. adults identify as working class, up from 54% two years ago—and half of the country's top earners say the label...

14.09.2026 40

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Women hold more U.S. jobs than men—but still earn far less starting the day they graduate

Female workers are driving nearly all of America's job growth as men keep leaving the labor force. Their paychecks tell the opposite story—and the...

11.09.2026 7

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Meet a 55-year-old automotive technician in Arkansas who didn’t care if his kids went to college: ‘There are options’

Clint Crawford has a message for parents who are concerned about the shortage of white-collar entry-level work: open their minds to the possibility of...

21.12.2025 40

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Gen Z is open minded about blue-collar work and the Fords of the economy need them — but both sides are missing each other

Clinton Crawford, an automotive technician, said college was pushed on his kids. “That’s good, if that’s for you, but I don’t think it’s for...

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These Gen Z and millennial founders dropped out of college, took $200,000 from Peter Thiel, and have now built companies worth over $100 billion

The Thiel fellowship awards $200,000 to young people who skip or leave college to spend two years building a startup, with notable alumni including...

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