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‘The Pitt’ star thought he’d ‘die’ with $80K in student debt—he was working 3 jobs, ready to ditch acting and move to the Alaskan wilderness
Patrick Ball may play senior resident Dr. Frank Langdon on The Pitt, the hit HBO medical drama, but off-screen, his financial reality looked nothing like his character’s steady climb toward a six-figure salary. Before his breakout role, Ball came close to walking away from acting altogether—overwhelmed by student loan debt he feared would follow him
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United Airlines CEO judges candidates by whether pilots would want to go on a four-day trip with them—if not, they don’t get hired
CEOs who have climbed to the top of their industries have an eagle eye for talent who drive success—and many have developed their own tricks to find the right hires. In finding the right workers to steer the business to success, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has implemented an unusual test to find the right
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Eva Longoria says she refused to be a ‘struggling actor’—so she worked part time as a headhunter, closing deals from her soap opera dressing room
Most actors arrive in Hollywood with nothing but a headshot and a tolerance for instant noodles. Eva Longoria arrived with one rule: her dreams would not come at the expense of her bank account. Before she became a multimillionaire TV star, sipping rosé on Wisteria Lane as Desperate Housewives’ Gabrielle Solis, Longoria refused to rough
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JPMorgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon says don’t make big decisions when you’re tired—especially if it’s a Friday
No worker, from front-line employee to CEO, is immune to the end-of-week brain fog that comes after a string of intense days on the job. Over the course of his Wall Street career, JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon has learned to avoid making big decisions when the weekend rolls around—fried nerves will only lead to poor choices.
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Zoom CEO predicts a 3-day workweek is just five years away—and he’s happy about it: ‘I hate working 5 days’
Zoom ushered in the remote era—cutting commutes, reshaping office culture, and giving millions of workers more control over their schedules. Now, as artificial intelligence begins to redefine productivity standards, Zoom’s CEO Eric Yuan is predicting an even bigger shift on the horizon: a dramatically shorter workweek. “I hate working five days,” Yuan told the Wall
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Gen Z doesn’t want your full-time job. They want several part-time roles, and it’s reshaping the entire workforce
The full-time job is often the most coveted form of work for employees; it often ensures stability, benefits, close relationships, and with time, it often guarantees more freedom. But Gen Z is ditching that workplace ideal. A new study from workforce management firm Deputy entitled “The Big Shift 2026” found that poly-employment, or what the
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75% of Gen Z equate desk jobs with burnout and instability—and 1 in 4 are picking up a toolbelt instead
Desk jobs were once the golden ticket to steady pay, job security, and a career you could build a life around. But Gen Z isn’t so sure anymore. They’ve watched millennials do everything right, and still end up ground down, in debt, or laid off. And to top it off, they’re consistently being warned that
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Self-made billionaire MrBeast says his work-life balance is nonexistent and calls it a ‘miracle’ if he works less than 15 hour days: ‘I live to work’
Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, has spent the past decade climbing to the top of online content. Now one of the most popular creators in the world, he boasts a record 476 million subscribers on YouTube alone—fueled by increasingly extreme stunts from spending a week living in a cave to even being buried in
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Housing is so expensive, even a $87 billion Wall Street bank is giving workers $6.5K in cash to get on the property ladder
American workers are up against a housing crisis so dire that many have written off their dream of homeownership altogether. Now, one Wall Street employer is stepping in to help their wish come true with thousand-dollar payouts. The oldest bank in the U.S, $87 billion financial services firm Bank of New York (BNY), has just
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Only 22% of people felt their jobs were safe in 2025—manufacturers, warehouse workers, and women are the most scared
The labor market is growing more uncertain: companies are laying off staffers in droves, job openings have screeched to a halt, and unemployment has been ticking up. It’s left very few workers confident that their livelihoods are on solid ground. Only 22% of workers globally strongly agreed that their jobs were safe from elimination in