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The average worker would need to save for 52 years to claw their way out of the middle class and be classified as wealthy, research reveals
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, research reveals
By Orianna Rosa RoyleNovember 8, 2026
A worker in a green jacket operates a welding tool.
Economy
U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since at least 1947—and the lowest ever recorded
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 31, 2026
Trump’s farmworker pay cut moved $2.5 billion a year from workers to growers. A judge says it’s illegal, and back pay could follow
Law
Trump’s farmworker pay cut moved $2.5 billion a year from workers to growers. A judge says it’s illegal, and back pay could follow
By Molly A. WallaceOctober 28, 2026
Newport Restaurant Group is 100% owned by its workers—and has paid them $33 million since 1995: ‘Nobody else gets the benefit’
Future of Work
Newport Restaurant Group is 100% owned by its workers—and has paid them $33 million since 1995: ‘Nobody else gets the benefit’
By Muskaan ArshadOctober 21, 2026
Satya Nadella went from H-1B worker to Microsoft CEO. The Trump administration just shut that path for his employees
Politics
Satya Nadella went from H-1B worker to Microsoft CEO. The Trump administration just shut that path for his employees
By Andrew McGowanOctober 12, 2026
Nvidia built a $5 trillion company while making employees pay for their own lunch—but they get far more lucrative perks like stock discounts
Big Tech
Nvidia built a $5 trillion company while making employees pay for their own lunch—but they get far more lucrative perks like stock discounts
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezOctober 10, 2026
Vice President JD Vance speaks as Stephen Miller, White House deputy chief of staff, from left, and Attorney General Todd Blanche listen during a news conference on the Fraud Task Force inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus.
North America
Trump admin suspends green cards to Microsoft as Vance accuses the company of replacing laid-off workers with ‘foreign indentured servants’
By The Associated Press, Seung Min Kim, Rebecca Santana and Barbara OrtutayOctober 8, 2026
Brian Chesky, the cofounder of $95.8 billion Airbnb
Success
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky says he wishes he were 26 again because the opportunities post-ChatGPT ‘are so much more powerful’
By Emma BurleighOctober 8, 2026
Woman at home looking at her laptop screen
Future of Work
Wharton researchers studied 760 employees—and found an inconvenient truth about remote work
By Bilin LinOctober 5, 2026
Linda Hubbard
Success
Carhartt CEO warns schools are steering Gen Z students away from a lucrative career path: Skilled trades can pay 32% more
By Preston ForeSeptember 30, 2026
Multimillionaire author Bill Perkins says parents should give kids their inheritance in their 20s when it can transform their lives—not when they die
Personal Finance
Multimillionaire author Bill Perkins says parents should give kids their inheritance in their 20s when it can transform their lives—not when they die
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezSeptember 23, 2026
Zoom CEO Eric Yuan
Success
Zoom’s CEO agrees with Bill Gates, Jensen Huang, and Jamie Dimon: A 3-day workweek is coming soon thanks to AI
By Emma BurleighSeptember 20, 2026
Mary Barra
Success
GM CEO Mary Barra says America has a ‘societal problem’ with skilled trades—and is putting $200 million behind training Gen Z to work with their hands
By Preston ForeSeptember 17, 2026
The new American retirement fear: working until you die
Economy
The new American retirement fear: working until you die
By James LaForgeSeptember 13, 2026
John Stankey
Success
Like Jamie Dimon, AT&T CEO says if you attend a meeting, you need to show up prepared—he ‘craves’ people who don’t just sit back and observe
By Preston ForeSeptember 6, 2026
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