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Employers are quietly pausing 401(k) matches again. The last time this happened was the 2008 recession and Covid

Employers are quietly pausing 401(k) matches again. The last time this happened was the 2008 recession and Covid

After TTEC paused its 401(k) match for 16,000 workers, benefits experts say more employers may follow suit to avoid layoffs.

By Courtney Vinopal and HR BrewMay 18, 2026

Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit 2026 livestream

By Fortune EditorsMay 18, 2026

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Billionaire Ken Griffin used to dismiss AI as ‘garbage.’ Here’s why he changed his mind—and why he’s ‘depressed’

By Nick LichtenbergMay 18, 2026

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How a mom-and-pop car wash chain went from sticky notes to AI-powered operations that are upleveling every part of the company

By Sage LazzaroMay 18, 2026

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A record number of 18-year-olds are set to graduate into an economy designed against them

By Nick LichtenbergMay 18, 2026

A panel on Gen Z workers sit alongside Fortune's Kristin Stoller at the Fortune Workplace Innovation Summit.

AI in the workplace is stumbling. Fortune’s Workplace Innovation Summit will dive in to why

By Kristin StollerMay 18, 2026

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Commentary Musk vs. Altman: AI safety cannot be one man’s job

By Stavros GadinisMay 18, 2026

Pope Leo launches an AI commission days before he releases a papal letter alongside Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah

AI Pope Leo launches an AI commission days before he releases a papal letter alongside Anthropic cofounder Christopher Olah

By Catherina GioinoMay 18, 2026

John Ketchum, CEO of NextEra Energy, speaks during BlackRock's 2026 Infrastructure Summit in Washington, DC, on March 11, 2026. Photographer: Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Energy NextEra’s $67 billion Dominion takeover creates the world’s largest utility—just in time to win the AI data-center power surge

By Jordan BlumMay 18, 2026

Harvard University banners hang in front of a building

Crypto Harvard sold off its entire $87 million Ethereum stake just one quarter after buying it

By Jack KubinecMay 18, 2026

Not the Allbirds effect: Japan’s top bidet maker Toto has been quietly making chip supplies for decades, and the stock market finally noticed

AI Not the Allbirds effect: Japan’s top bidet maker Toto has been quietly making chip supplies for decades, and the stock market finally noticed

By Catherina GioinoMay 18, 2026

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Economy New York Fed warns about $69 trillion foreign investment ‘burden’ on U.S. economy

By Tristan BoveMay 18, 2026

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Cybersecurity 6.7 million people thought they were ripping apart an AI-generated Monet painting. But it was real

By Nick LichtenbergMay 18, 2026

President Donald Trump speaks to the media aboard Air Force One on May 15, 2026.

Economy While Trump insisted the Iran war would end ‘soon,’ an account in his name was buying millions in oil, defense and gold

By Eva RoytburgMay 18, 2026

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Commentary The college degree isn’t dead. But the wrong kind could cost you $2 million

By Jerry BalentineMarch 26, 2026

Commentary The one skill that separates people who get smarter with AI from everyone else
By David Rock and Chris WellerMarch 21, 2026

The scientist who helped create AI says it’s only ‘a matter of time’ before every single job is wiped out—even safer trade jobs like plumbing

Success The scientist who helped create AI says it’s only ‘a matter of time’ before every single job is wiped out—even safer trade jobs like plumbing

By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 26, 2026

‘Don’t leave’: the remote work guru who nailed the labor market during the Great Resignation offers job advice for 2026

Economy ‘Don’t leave’: the remote work guru who nailed the labor market during the Great Resignation offers job advice for 2026

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 25, 2026

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AI New college grad unemployment will spike to 35% in 2 years, senator warns, forcing ‘Dario, Sam’ to quit AI fear-mongering

By Jacqueline MunisMarch 25, 2026

JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon says remote work breeds ‘rope-a-dope politics’ and stunts young workers’ growth

Success JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon says remote work breeds ‘rope-a-dope politics’ and stunts young workers’ growth

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 25, 2026

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Success Women are gaining ground in traditionally male-dominated jobs like surgeons, airline pilots, and software developers—and earning well over $100,000

By Emma BurleighMarch 25, 2026

Success Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett being the ‘smartest person in the world’ isn’t the most important attribute for success
By Emma BurleighMarch 21, 2026

Workers are using AI to sneak out for spin classes and skip lunch meetings—and new research shows they’re clawing back 30 minutes a day

Success Workers are using AI to sneak out for spin classes and skip lunch meetings—and new research shows they’re clawing back 30 minutes a day

By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 25, 2026

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AI ‘You won’t be able to AI your way through an oral exam’: Colleges have an Ancient Greek-style solution to the Gen Z stare

By Jocelyn Gecker and The Associated PressMarch 25, 2026

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Economy Workers around the world are scared. A massive new survey shows just how much

By Nick LichtenbergMarch 25, 2026

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Success The job market is so bad that ‘reverse recruiters’ are charging $1,500 a month just to help people look for jobs

By Jake AngeloMarch 25, 2026

Origin cofounders Chris Bruce (left) and Pete Craghill.

Startups & Venture Exclusive: AI-powered benefits platform Origin raises $30 million in fresh funding to bring CHROs visibility into benefits usage and spend

By Jeremy KahnMarch 25, 2026

Commentary The entry-level job market is the worst it’s been in 37 years. Stop blaming Gen Z
By Janelle Jones and Nia LawMarch 21, 2026

The AI era has a message for every CEO: Adapt or die

Magazine The AI era has a message for every CEO: Adapt or die

By Beatrice NolanMarch 25, 2026

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Newsletters AI agents are getting more capable, but reliability is lagging—and that’s a problem

By Jeremy KahnMarch 24, 2026

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AI Billionaire OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla thinks 80% of jobs could vanish by 2030, and that ‘fear of AI’ put American politics in a chokehold

By Jacqueline MunisMarch 24, 2026

Aravind Srinivas, wearing a white sweater, lifts both of his arms in front of him.

Future of Work Perplexity CEO says AI layoffs aren’t so bad because people hate their jobs anyways: ‘That sort of glorious future is what we should look forward to’

By Sasha RogelbergMarch 24, 2026

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AI CFOs admit privately that AI layoffs will be 9x higher this year—and still a fraction of ‘doomsday’ predictions

By Jake AngeloMarch 24, 2026

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Success Palantir’s billionaire CEO says only two kinds of people will succeed in the AI era: trade workers — ‘or you’re neurodivergent’

By Preston ForeMarch 24, 2026

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Success JPMorgan has started monitoring the keystrokes, video calls, and meetings of its junior investment bankers—and they say it’s for employee well-being

By Emma BurleighMarch 24, 2026

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Economy 4 years after the ‘Great Resignation,’ workers do a 180 on whether it’s a ‘good time’ to find a job

By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated PressMarch 24, 2026

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Commentary AI’s disruption is a choice, not a forecast

By Alex StephanyMarch 24, 2026

10 a.m. could be your new start time, thanks to AI. Billionaire Mark Cuban says companies will cut the workday by an hour—and you’ll still get paid the same

Success 10 a.m. could be your new start time, thanks to AI. Billionaire Mark Cuban says companies will cut the workday by an hour—and you’ll still get paid the same

By Orianna Rosa RoyleMarch 24, 2026

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Success High Point University has turned ‘life skills’ into a magnet for the Wall Street elite with a 99.2% job placement rate

By Preston ForeMarch 23, 2026

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Future of Work ‘AI killed the cover letter.’ This Wharton economist says the hiring ritual’s days are numbered

By Catherina GioinoMarch 23, 2026

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Success Just like Gen Z, a young Mark Zuckerberg ‘had no concept of small talk’ and would ‘just stare at you,’ the VC behind Airbnb and Reddit says

By Preston ForeMarch 23, 2026

Reddit cofounder and CEO Steve Huffman

Success Billionaire Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says his company will ‘go heavy’ on hiring graduates because ‘they’re so much more AI native’ than older peers

By Emma BurleighMarch 23, 2026

How the Great Wealth Transfer could quietly disrupt corporate America’s leadership pipeline

C-Suite How the Great Wealth Transfer could quietly disrupt corporate America’s leadership pipeline

By Ruth UmohMarch 23, 2026

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Commentary Alibaba.com President: The one-person unicorn is coming. AI is making it possible

By Kuo ZhangMarch 23, 2026

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Commentary Gen Z is using ChatGPT to practice salary negotiations and tough conversations before they happen

By Phillip MillerMarch 22, 2026

AI may be helping more people start their own businesses, but without many employees

AI AI may be helping more people start their own businesses, but without many employees

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 22, 2026

OpenAI cofounder says he hasn’t written a line of code in months and is in a ‘state of psychosis’ trying to figure out what’s possible

AI OpenAI cofounder says he hasn’t written a line of code in months and is in a ‘state of psychosis’ trying to figure out what’s possible

By Jason MaMarch 21, 2026

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By Jake AngeloMay 12, 2026

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