Leadership
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Gen Z workers say showing up 10 minutes late to work is as good as on time—but baby boomer bosses have zero tolerance for tardiness, research reveals
Chances are, how you feel about running 10 minutes late at work is a good indicator of how old you are. While it may be a sign of disrespect among baby boomers, Gen Zers don’t see the big deal. In fact, according to 2024 research, the youngest generation of workers believes 10 minutes late is…
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‘Did we learn nothing?’ Synchrony is hybrid, the Best Company to Work For, and puzzled by the return-to-office push
Synchrony is the country’s largest provider of store credit cards, and a stalwart member of Fortune’s Best Companies to Work For list. The company just claimed the No. 1 spot, rising from No. 37 just five years ago, and marking its ninth consecutive year on the list. It is the first financial services firm to…
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GameStop wants to buy eBay for $56 billion. Wall Street has one big question
It’s easy to see why GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen wants to get his hands on eBay so much that the company is offering $56 billion to buy the e-commerce player at a 20% premium. Cohen made the unsolicited offer for eBay, which is multiple times larger than GameStop by both revenue and market capitalization, over…
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Investors endorse Greg Abel—even as Berkshire crowd thins without Buffett as CEO. ‘This was definitely the meeting with the deepest insights’
At Greg Abel’s first annual meeting as Berkshire Hathaway CEO this weekend, the arena was about half as full and the tone was more business-focused—but by and large, investors gave the new CEO a thumbs up. After 60 years as CEO of the conglomerate which owns everything from Dairy Queen to insurer Geico, Warren Buffett…
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Hugh Jackman advises new grads that the most powerful career cues are ‘often disguised as failure’
You can be an Oscar-nominated actor; the face of one of the most prolific and highest-grossing action-movie series in history; a well-regarded theater actor and all-around social do-gooder—and still suffer from imposter syndrome. For college graduates, wide-eyed and uncertain of their futures, Hugh Jackman has some comforting words: you’re going to fail, and you’re going…
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Occidental Petroleum’s CEO transition puts a spotlight on the foreign post advantage
Occidental Petroleum’s next chief executive began his career far from the Houston headquarters. On May 1, Occidental announced that COO Richard Jackson will succeed Vicki Hollub as CEO upon her retirement in June. Hollub, who became CEO in 2016, was the first woman to lead a major U.S. oil company, a landmark appointment in an…
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He started as a part-time Starbucks barista at 17. Now he’s an exec designing the menu
For most people, a part-time barista job while studying is a means to an end: something to top up their bank account and pad their résumé before landing a “real” job. Sam Henderson thought the same when a friend convinced him to apply for a role at a Starbucks in Leicester, U.K., at 17. He…
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Diary of a CEO founder says he hired someone with ‘zero’ work experience because she ‘thanked the security guard by name’ before the interview
Job-seekers may believe that an Ivy League degree or Fortune 500 work experience will land them a gig—but who they thank while walking into an interview could be more important than their professional pedigree. Steven Bartlett, the founder and host of The Diary of a CEO podcast, took a chance on an applicant with a…
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Trump wants to cut federal loans from college programs that don’t pay off. College cosmetology, fine arts, and music programs are at risk
Colleges and universities may soon have to give students a blunt warning: some of their programs might not pay off. Earlier this month, the Department of Education proposed a new rule that would cut off federal student loan access to college programs whose students earn too little after they graduate. For undergraduate programs, those diploma…
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Eventbrite CEO sold her company for $500 million—without a job for the first time since 15, she’s playing chess with a robot and eyeing internships
Twenty years ago, Julia Hartz ditched a budding career at MTV and FX, drove up the coast of California, and bootstrapped ticketing platform Eventbrite with her two cofounders. Now, the longtime CEO wakes up to a blank outlook calendar; Hartz sold her company in a $500 million exit, and is deciding on her next chapter…