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Working at These Fortune 500 Companies Is a Snoozefest

PlayUSA.com ranks the most boring companies to work for

(Newser) - Working at a Fortune 500 company can have its perks, or it can bore you to tears. PlayUSA.com trawled through 2.4 million Glassdoor reviews to identify the 10 most mind-numbingly tedious places to work, reports Quartz . Their analysis named RTX (the company formerly known as Raytheon before its...

Guys, Welcome to the 'Pink Collar' Workforce
Guys, Welcome to the
'Pink Collar' Workforce
OPINION
Dec 12, 2024 9:45 AM CST

Guys, Welcome to the 'Pink Collar' Workforce

We should embrace men taking on caregiver jobs traditionally done by women, per NYT op-ed

(Newser) - When it comes to evolving over the past six decades or so, "Plastic Woman" ("American women who made miraculous social progress in the 20th century") outpaced "Cardboard Man" ("American men who stalled out"), according to two archetypes described by Jessica Grose in an op-ed...

2025's Job Forecast Looks Best in These States

New Hampshire tops WalletHub's list, while West Virginia comes in last

(Newser) - Since the end of the pandemic, employment in the US has been in a state of flux , swinging between strong jobs reports to high rates of continuing unemployment claims. But according to WalletHub , key indicators show which states will have the strongest employment prospects in the coming year. They used...

Young People Are Balking at Becoming Managers

Gen Z doesn't want the stress, per new Robert Walters survey

(Newser) - If you're worried that some young whippersnapper may someday become your boss, you may breathe a little easier at the latest finding: Young professionals really don't want that type of job. That's according to the latest research from headhunting and recruitment company Robert Walters, which found that...

All Those Jobs We Added? The Estimate Was Way Off

Preliminary revision moves count down by 818K jobs for 12 months ending in March

(Newser) - Each year, the Labor Department reconciles the monthly estimates of new jobs with the actual unemployment tax records that meander in from the states. This year's preliminary revision, for the 12 months ending in March 2024, is a sizable one: The US added 818,000 fewer jobs over that...

In Jobs Market, 'The Vibes Have Gotten Worse'

New York Fed survey shows churn in labor market with 1 in 4 respondents seeking new job

(Newser) - More Americans are looking for a new job and expecting to lose the one they have, according to the New York Federal Reserve's July consumer poll , released Monday. The survey, which has been polling roughly 1,000 Americans about work every four months since 2014, found 28.4% of...

Jobs Report Shows 'Another Healthy Month of Hiring'

America's employers added 206K jobs in June, a strong gain despite pullback from May's numbers

(Newser) - America's employers delivered another healthy month of hiring in June, adding 206,000 jobs and once again displaying the US economy's ability to withstand continually high interest rates. Last month's job growth did mark a pullback from 218,000 in May. But it was still a strong...

DOJ Hits Firm With Fine After 'Whites Only' Job Listing

Labor Department got involved, too, after ad posted by Virginia's Arthur Grand Technologies

(Newser) - In March of last year, Arthur Grand Technologies, a tech firm based in Loudoun County, Virginia, posted an ad for an open business analyst position within the company. That in itself isn't unusual, but the wording of the ad was a different story. "US Born Citizens [white] who...

These Cities' Job Markets Are A-Plus for Young Workers

Tucson, Arizona, tops LinkedIn list of best places for young workers seeking job opportunities

(Newser) - As young adults launch their work lives after graduation, where to start off is one of the biggest questions at top of mind. That could mean relocation is in the cards, notes Quartz —so enter LinkedIn , which just put out its 2024 "kickstarting your career" primer, including the...

Get Paid $100K to Throw Pool Parties All Summer

Swimply is looking for a CPO: chief pools officer

(Newser) - Wishing your summer could be one giant pool party? Imagine we told you it could—and that you'd get paid handsomely for it. For one lucky person, that prospect will become reality when they're hired for the CPO (chief pools officer) position now being advertised by private pool...

Here Are the Best (and Worst) Places to Kick Off Your Career

Atlanta tops WalletHub's list for those just starting off

(Newser) - With college commencement ceremonies currently taking place around the nation, lots of eyes are on where this latest slew of grads will end up working. WalletHub wanted to find out which US cities were the best places to kick off one's career, so it looked at more than 180...

People Are Happiest at Work Than Ever...Sort of

Conference Board's latest survey ranks job satisfaction higher than ever, but with a caveat

(Newser) - Morale is up for employees these days, at least according to Conference Board's latest report on US job satisfaction. Worker satisfaction hit an all-time high since the nonprofit research group began distributing the survey in 1987, with 62.7% of respondents reporting back that they're satisfied on the...

Job Seekers Get Callbacks Based on Their Names

A new 'Discrimination Report Card' is out, and white-sounding names seem to get more callbacks

(Newser) - In 2004, a study found that job applicants with stereotypically white-sounding names got callbacks for interviews 50% more than applicants with Black-sounding names. Now, scientists have rebooted that research, and while the results are better than they were two decades ago, they show that racial bias still appears to come...

Sony Slashes Gaming Jobs
Sony Slashes Gaming Jobs
Feb 27, 2024 12:01 PM CST

Sony Slashes Gaming Jobs

Company to drop 8% of workforce, close London's PlayStation Studio

(Newser) - Sony will cut about 900 jobs in its PlayStation division, or about 8% of its global workforce, becoming the latest company in the technology and gaming sector to announce layoffs, per the AP . Sony cited changes in the industry as a reason for the restructuring. "The industry has changed...

Site Closure Caps a Gloomy January for Media
Another News Site Goes Bust
Feb 1, 2024 11:05 AM CST

Another News Site Goes Bust

The Messenger shuts down less than a year after launch with big ambitions

(Newser) - Add another media casualty to the new year: The digital news site the Messenger abruptly went belly-up on Wednesday, after less than a year in business, reports the New York Times . The site founded by Jimmy Finkelstein, who previously owned the Hill and The Hollywood Reporter, launched in May with...

To Save $1B, UPS Cuts Thousands of Jobs

Company slashes 12K workers amid higher labor costs

(Newser) - UPS will cut 12,000 jobs and released a revenue outlook for this year that sent its shares down sharply at the opening bell, per the AP . The company also hinted that its Coyote truck load brokerage business may be put up for sale. The Teamsters in September voted to...

Oscar Mayer Has a Tremendous Career Opportunity for You

Apply now to drive the Wienermobile—just don't get your hopes up

(Newser) - If you're looking to travel the country in one of the doofier rides out there and make new friends with an appreciation for highly processed meat, well, Oscar Mayer has just the gig for you. As USA Today reports, one of the nation's biggest names in hot dogs...

This Is the Best City in America for Job Seekers

Arizona's Scottsdale tops WalletHub's list, while Newark, NJ, comes in last

(Newser) - New year, new you? If that new you includes scouting for a new job, WalletHub has narrowed down which cities in America are best for that hunt. The site looked at more than 180 of the country's most populated cities, using 31 key metrics in two main categories: a...

Spotify Staffers Walk Into Bad News on Monday

Company announces it's laying off 17% of its workers, the 3rd round of layoffs this year

(Newser) - Spotify is about to get smaller—17% smaller. The streaming music service announced its third round of layoffs this year in a Monday blog post from CEO Daniel Ek, who called the downsizing a "strategic reorientation," the AP reports. Ek noted that the new "leaner structure" would...

Job Hunting? Here's the Best Place in America for It

Washington state ranks No. 1 in WalletHub's ranking of the best states for employment

(Newser) - It can be grueling pounding the pavement in search of a new job, what with all of the resume prep, job board scouring, and interview processes. WalletHub wanted to see which parts of America were more job-hunter friendly, so it looked at nearly three dozen metrics in all 50 states,...

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