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Record Debt Forces Many Retirement-Age Americans to Work Longe
Retirement-age Americans are learning to live with less and work longer due to record debt. In a conversation thread around retirement plans on Reddit, users were quick to share their ongoing financial struggles, particularly connected to retirement. Some have...
CEO Of Dropbox Has 90/10 Rule For Remote Work
Drew Houston, the CEO of the file-storage company Dropbox, is continuing to tout a predominantly remote work culture, even as business leaders increasingly call for their workers to return to the office. He told Fortune in an interview published Sunday...
Americans Will Part With Pay To Work From Home
What value would American workers place on the privilege to work from home? The answer: either $4,600 or $6,000 a year, depending on how you do the math. Three years into the remote-work revolution, research increasingly suggests that telework is a commodity, a...
What Happens When Nurses Are Hired Like Ubers
Shawnika Howell has been a nurse for 13 years, primarily in long-term care, but around the time of the winter 2021 COVID-19 surge, she decided to find some extra work through something new: an app called Clipboard. The app lets nurses and nurse aides book...
In The Gig Economy? Here Are Insurance Coverages You Need To Have
Insurance is vital for gig workers because they lack consistent employer-provided benefits. The gig economy refers to a labor market characterized by the prevalence of short-term contracts or freelance work, as opposed to permanent jobs. In this economy, workers are...
Over Half Of Employees With Children Considering Changing Jobs For Better Benefits
Pandemic-era childcare subsidies expired on Sept. 30, affecting over 200,000 nationwide childcare providers that depend on those funds to pay their workers. Without the support, over 70,000 centers are at risk of closure, forcing the parents of...
Self-Awareness Vital For Success In Business, Leadership
There are things you see in yourself that everyone else sees. There are things you see in yourself that nobody else sees. You have a shot at addressing both of these kinds of things if they get in the way. There are things you don’t see in yourself and others also...
Gen Z Longs For A Coach At Work – Many Can’t Find One
How would those dead poet society (or high schoolers) know they liked poetry if Robin Williams as a teacher didn’t demand they stand on a desk? And how would Matt Damon's Will Hunting ever believe in himself if Williams didn’t pop up again as a new...
