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When Danielle Shultz has rehearsal at The Metropolitan Opera, she starts her commute from Philadelphia to New York City at 7 a.m. The 36-year-old professional dancer catches up on work emails on the...
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So much for bringing your whole self to work. Many workplace experts will tell you that sharing too much about your personal life on the job has never been a great idea. But in the years since the...
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In 2022, Luke was making six figures annually working remotely as an e-commerce professional based in the South. But he had a lot of downtime — and he's "not good with having a lot of downtime," the...
View ArticleI'm a recent college grad who landed my dream job, but it was a remote...
In the spring of 2020, my life felt like it was squeezed between the palms of an arm wrestling match. With graduation approaching, messages from our professors and parents relayed like narratives: Time...
View ArticleMy name is Taylor Swift. Sharing a name with the pop superstar has helped my...
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View ArticleThe world of government contract jobs is incredibly complex. Here are the...
The US is the nation's largest employer, according to the Department of Labor — and it needs a lot of goods and services. From supplying employees with basic needs like toilet paper to renovating...
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Rose Almond was over her 9-to-5 job as a mechanical engineer. "It was not a good place to be for a young female engineer," she told Business Insider. "It didn't really suit me being in the office...
View ArticleI quit my job as a delivery driver to be a Henry VIII impersonator. This job...
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with 24-year-old UK resident David Smith about his career as a Henry VIII impersonator. It has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider...
View ArticleI was too afraid to tell my boss 'no.' My burnout was so bad that one day I...
"Teresa, you can plan the office party, right?" My stomach tightened, and I felt lightheaded at the question. I went through a mental checklist of everything I was asked to lead. I tried to repeat the...
View ArticleHow Gordon Ramsay went from timid apprentice to celebrity chef with a huge...
If Gordon Ramsay had a dollar for every time he shouted the F-word … he'd probably still be the multi-millionaire he is today. The global celebrity chef places 19th on Forbes' list of the world's...
View Article3 ways to leverage LinkedIn for your job search, according to a recruiter...
For most job-seekers and recruiters alike, LinkedIn plays a huge role in the recruiting process. Employees have plenty of reasons to take a peek at their profiles, even for those not actively looking...
View ArticleI was put on a PIP at a top tech company. It was a much-needed kick in the...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with a 36-year-old former program manager-turned-entrepreneur in San Francisco. The source's name and employment history are known to Business Insider...
View ArticleHow much the typical worker makes at 19 retailers, from Amazon to Walmart
Retail workers' hourly wages have increased substantially in the last several years as major employers like Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe's, and more have plowed billions of dollars into pay...
View ArticleI work in the Alaska mining industry. I sometimes get paid in gold, but the...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Justin Peterson, a 41-year-old gold miner in Alaska who has built a TikTok following of more than 20,000 users. This essay has been edited for...
View ArticleI'm a Finnish CEO. Here's what it's like running a company in the happiest...
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Samu Hällfors, the CEO of Framery in Helsinki. It has been edited for length and clarity. In 2010, I worked at Logia Software Oy in an...
View ArticleI was LinkedIn's first head of HR. PIPs don't work — there's a better way to...
Over the past three decades, I've witnessed various approaches to performance-improvement plans (PIPs) as an HR executive across five different industries and three countries. Often, the traditional...
View ArticleThe top 20 fast-growing, high-paying jobs in the US
Spoiler alert: Software developers tops Business Insider's list of the top 20 high-paying and fast-growing jobs in the US. To get the top 20 job titles, Business Insider looked at jobs projected to see...
View ArticleI work from a cruise ship for 3 months a year. Here's how I stay productive...
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Walter Biscardi, a 59-year-old travel agent based in Orlando. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I used to work in film,...
View ArticleA woman said her tattoos got her rejected for a job, but experts say...
TikToker Ash Putnam was frustrated after T.J. Maxx denied her application — and she thinks her tattoos were to blame. Some of her visible designs include a skull with horns on her neck, solid black...
View ArticleMeet the typical new entrepreneur: A young woman living in the South who's...
Part of the American dream is the whisper that maybe, just maybe, you could make it striking out alone. And for many Americans, the siren call of entrepreneurship is one that's hard to resist. But...
View ArticleBelieve it or not, we're spending less time in meetings than we used to
We're spending less time in meetings than just a few years ago. Yet, like a dieter who's cut a few pounds but can't see it, our extra free time isn't always obvious. According to Reclaim.ai, which...
View ArticleThe TikTok ban is officially happening. So now what?
The US Senate passed a foreign-aid bill this week that contains a measure that would ban TikTok. President Biden signed it on Wednesday. Does that mean TikTok is getting closer to being banned in the...
View ArticleI got my dream job at Apple on my fourth attempt. Here's why I left the...
This is an as-told-to conversation with Corey Griffin, a 31-year-old former Apple employee and entrepreneur from Los Angeles. Business Insider has verified their employment and income. The following...
View ArticleI quit medicine for an entry-level corporate job. I felt behind but didn't...
This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Salaha Ashraf, 28, from Bolton, a town in the northwest of England. Ashraf went to medical school in 2014 but pivoted into a corporate...
View ArticleWalmart's CEO, who started on the company's loading docks, shares 3 tips for...
Doug McMillon is a rare phenomenon in modern business. Not only does his career span a remarkable four decades with the same company, he's on the short list of CEOs who started on the very bottom rung...
View ArticleJeff Bezos says work-life balance is a 'debilitating phrase,' and that work...
Jeff Bezos doesn't like the phrase "work-life balance" and has said in the past that he views work and life as a circle. The Amazon founder said in 2018, at an event hosted by Business Insider's parent...
View ArticleLiving the lux life
Luxury travel is the epitome of opulence, where every aspect of the journey is meticulously curated to provide the utmost comfort, exclusivity, and extravagance. From private jets and helicopters to...
View ArticleMeta's median pay for employees is $379,000 a year
If you're a tech worker at Meta, you probably make out pretty well for yourself. That's according to a recent SEC filing, where the company stated that its median employee made just over $379,000 in...
View ArticleWalmart's CEO made almost 1,000 times the median employee last year
The CEO of the world's largest company just had another very good year. Walmart's Doug McMillon received total compensation last year of more than $26.9 million, up $1.6 million from the year before,...
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