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The Remote Year program that plucks employees from their work environment and sends them on a round-the-world trip, as they work remotely for jobs based thousands of miles away.
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Joshua Reeves, CEO of Gusto, has begun shadowing employees to learn nitty-gritty details of all the work that goes on at the company. He learns about the job, helps with some tasks, and brainstorms new approaches.
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To prepare for the flood of holiday orders just under way, Amazon.com has been using technology ranging from touch screens to robots to shrink the time it takes to train new hires at its warehouses to as little as two days.
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Elite law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP told its junior lawyers Monday that year-end bonuses will be the same as last year’s, a sign that law firms continue to tread somewhat carefully in the postrecession world.
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The conventional wisdom says it’s impossible. The facts say otherwise.
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Laws requiring employers to give workers more predictable and remunerative schedules are sprouting across the nation, drawing the ire of some employers as local governments wade into the debate over inequality.
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The J.C. Penney store at the Mall at Bay Plaza in the Bronx usually closes at 9 p.m. but will be open for more than 24 hours, until 10 p.m. Friday, to ring in the holiday season.
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As the U.S. labor market tightens and the population of undocumented immigrants shrinks, employers in industries such as hospitality, construction and agriculture are scrambling to fill jobs they say Americans don’t want.
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Google, Baidu, Facebook and others pursuing artificial intelligence are draining universities of top computer scientists who might otherwise be cultivating the next generation of AI researchers, say experts.
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Workers at the former appliance division of General Electric rejected a new contract this week, spurning an attempt by its new Chinese owners to cut costs at a massive factory complex in Louisville, Ky.
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In the “gig economy,” workers run the gamut from independent contractors to moonlighters.
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Getty Images/iStockphotoEmployers, take note: New research shows that those who (literally) sweat in low-stakes situations do better when the chips are down
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Nicholas Hunt/Getty ImagesDevils defenseman Yohann Auvitu is one of the oldest rookies in the NHL, one of only three Frenchmen in the league, and the (almost) owner of an advanced business degree. Oh, and he speaks five languages.
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As some students protest the election of Donald Trump and others rejoice, teachers are wrestling with how best to educate them on a significant event that has split the country.
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Ralph Lauren’s new CEO, formerly at Old Navy, hopes to revive the company by closing stores, trimming management and reducing discounts.
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Raj Nagra, international bartending competition judge and brand ambassador for Bombay Sapphire, never travels without a pepper grinder and an Hermès tie.
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Ralph Gardner Jr. views (and covets) architecture critic Paul Goldberger’s impressive collection of souvenir building models.
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Chef Michel Nischan is rarely far from his acoustic-electric guitar, even when at work.
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Sin City visitors show increasing interest in shows before sunset, where the tickets are cheaper, everyone’s sober, and the jokes involve guinea pigs.
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