American workers

A worker in a green jacket operates a welding tool.
Economy

U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since 1947, at least

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January 13, 2026
Outgoing Walmart CEO Doug McMillon
Success

Walmart’s CEO Doug McMillon out-earns the average American’s salary in less than 20 hours—during a typical 30-minute commute, he’s already made $1,563

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January 9, 2026
The typical American plan to study for 22 years and work for 40 ‘is broken,’ VC CEO says. Thanks to AI, employees can’t coast after graduation anymore
Future of Work

The typical American plan to study for 22 years and work for 40 ‘is broken,’ VC CEO says. Thanks to AI, employees can’t coast after graduation anymore

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January 7, 2026
Lonely young woman in office
Success

Staff at a major Swedish pharmacy chain are being paid to take time off with friends to combat loneliness—they can even text loved ones during the $100 ‘friendship hour’

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January 7, 2026
Man with laptop working on yacht deck.
Success

The average worker would need to save for 52 years to claw their way out of the middle class and be classified as wealthy, new research reveals

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December 23, 2025
Meet the American small town that’s becoming the ‘poster child for hard times’ as the largest employer shuts down
Economy

Meet the American small town that’s becoming the ‘poster child for hard times’ as the largest employer shuts down

By Jesse Bedayn and The Associated Press
December 22, 2025
Sheryl Sandberg says Silicon Valley’s hypermasculine rhetoric is ‘terrible’—contributing to ‘one of the worst’ corporate climates she’s ever seen
Workplace Culture

Sheryl Sandberg says Silicon Valley’s hypermasculine rhetoric is ‘terrible’—contributing to ‘one of the worst’ corporate climates she’s ever seen

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December 17, 2025
Jim Carrey almost returned a $20 million paycheck, with interest, for his hit role in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Arts & Entertainment

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December 16, 2025
JPMorganChase CEO Jamie Dimon says AI will eliminate jobs—and that soft skills will be more important than ever.
Future of Work

Jamie Dimon says soft skills like emotional intelligence and communication are vital as AI eliminates roles

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December 14, 2025
Fei-Fei Li, the "Godmother of AI," says she values AI skills more than college degrees when hiring software engineers for her tech startup.
AI

‘Godmother of AI’ says degrees are less important in hiring than how quickly you can ‘superpower yourself’ with new tools

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December 12, 2025
Apple CEO Tim Cook
Success

Apple CEO Tim Cook out-earns the average American’s salary in just 7 hours—to put that into context, he could buy a new $439,000 home in just 2 days

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December 12, 2025
Photo of Jamie Dimon
Banking

Jamie Dimon taps Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, and Ford CEO Jim Farley to advise JPMorgan’s $1.5 trillion national security initiative

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December 9, 2025
Construction workers are getting a salary bump for working on data center projects during the AI boom.
AI

Construction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom

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December 5, 2025
More than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’
AI

More than 1,000 Amazon employees sign open letter warning the company’s AI ‘will do staggering damage to democracy, our jobs, and the earth’

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December 2, 2025
Marc Benioff
Success

29-year-old founder spammed Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff 53 times—it worked and now he spends 30 minutes a week ‘hustling’ and shooting cold emails

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November 25, 2025

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