Workplace Culture
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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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Starbucks is winning customers back after investing $500 million in workers and stores
Starbucks on Tuesday reported quarterly sales growth in the U.S. that blew past Wall Street’s expectations, and its operations chief credited more staffing in its stores and enhanced employee benefits for the coffee chain’s quickly improving fortunes. “It really comes from the coffee houses and the partners who empower them, which has been a focal
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Your job can actually kill you: More than 840,000 people die annually from health conditions linked to work stress, ILO report says
We all agree to the unwritten contract when we enter the corporate world: put in long hours, toil twice as hard as the next guy, and forgo sleep and a social life long enough for you to climb the ladder. And sure, you put up with intense stress from tight deadlines, anxiety about the office
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‘The disfavored groups, No. 1, obviously, would be white males’: Ron DeSantis is still signing anti-DEI legislation
White men have been discriminated against through diversity, equity and inclusion programs, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday after signing legislation which prohibits counties and cities from funding or promoting DEI initiatives. The Republican governor defined DEI at a news conference as “an ideological construct that is designed to promote a particular political agenda, particularly
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The power has swung back to employers—and workers are paying for it in benefits, flexibility, and leverage
Employers have regained their power over employees, and the effects are already showing up. During the peak of the Great Resignation in November 2021, 4.5 million workers left their jobs voluntarily. As of last month, that number was about 3 million as employees hesitated to leave their jobs at a time when job searches can
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‘I’m not going to force you’: Duolingo CEO backs off from evaluating employees on their AI usage
Using artificial intelligence is becoming a prerequisite for many jobs, but some companies are rethinking its value when it comes to assessing employees’ performance. Nearly a year after announcing Duolingo would evaluate AI use in performance reviews, CEO Luis von Ahn said the company has let that metric go. On April 28, 2025, he announced
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Jamie Dimon says the best teams work like Navy SEALs, not sprawling ‘flat’ corporations
Corporate America has entered the era of the megamanager. For years now, employers have assigned more and more workers per boss in an effort to minimize the cost of managers and accelerate decision-making. But there’s one titan of industry bucking that trend: JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. In his letter to shareholders, published Monday, the
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JPMorgan has 300,000 employees, but Jamie Dimon says the bank wins by deploying small teams like Navy SEALs
Jamie Dimon believes that to win big, you often have to think small—or at least in small teams. In his annual shareholder letter published Monday, the longtime JPMorgan Chase CEO said the company’s “real competitive battles” are fought on a more granular scale. Despite JPMorgan having more than 300,000 employees worldwide, he claimed the best