I take quiet vacations from my $300,000 Wall Street job because the work isn’t fulfilling. Here’s how I get away with it.
I work in tech for a Wall Street bank, and I quiet vacation. I don’t do it too often — maybe once every few months. My day job is analyzing data for traders. My salary is $250,000, and my average bonus is $75,000, so I make over $300,000 a year. I travel to different cities…
Amazon’s RTO commandment and the office work shibboleth
“Office mandates are never going to work.” Thus spoke Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff in 2022. In those ancient times, tech companies embraced remote work as an unstoppable innovation revolution. Now, they’re getting all biblical about in-office work. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy just issued the most extreme commandment: All corporate employees must come to the office…
Bill Gates’ daughter Phoebe says friends have cut her off because of vaccine conspiracy theories about her dad
Phoebe Gates told her dad, Bill Gates, about some of the crazy conspiracy theories she’s seen about him online in the Microsoft cofounder’s new documentary. Conspiracy theories about Bill Gates have run rampant online for years, sometimes spilling from the sphere of the internet into his daily life. The most pervasive of these conspiracy theories…
Mark Cuban says billionaires show why America is special — and it’s patriotic to get obscenely rich then pay big taxes
Mark Cuban said it’s patriotic for an American to get “filthy, stinkin’ rich” then pay some back in taxes. Mark Cuban says billionaires are a product of boundless opportunity — and people should take pride in creating wealth as the money flows back into society. Furing an interview for a new Netflix series titled “What’s…
These Mormon influencers turned their shocking scandal into a reality TV show. It’s been good for business.
One day in January 2022, TikToker Taylor Frankie Paul took a break from her regular content like modeling Shein tops and doing sponsored day-in-the-life videos to get sentimental. “I’d love to see people’s love story. Here’s mine,” she captioned a 30-second video, encouraging her followers to turn the idea into “a new trend.” The TikTok…
History says these 5 sectors are poised for double-digit gains within a year after the Fed cuts rates
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues are in the spotlight this week. Investors have waited years for interest rates to fall. On Wednesday, their patience will be rewarded, though that’s one of the only sure bets. Markets know that the Federal Reserve will lower rates at its September meeting, but there’s an unusual…
I work at Amazon and I plan on ‘coffee badging’ instead of working from the office 5 days a week
Amazon announced a new return-to-office mandate on September 16, 2024. Amazon notified all employees on Monday about the new return-to-office mandate requiring us to come into the office five days a week from January. My entire team was very shocked and worried. Some people want to leave the company. This is a betrayal to many…
GM’s EV drivers are finally getting access to the Tesla Supercharger network
GM drivers now have access to Tesla Superchargers. General Motors is the latest car company to grant its drivers access to Tesla’s vast Supercharger network. The company announced Wednesday that GM electric vehicle drivers, including those from brands like Chevrolet and Cadillac, can charge at any of Tesla’s 17,800 Supercharger stations using a $225 adapter.…
Jamie Dimon says TikTok and Facebook are a ‘total stupid waste of time’ and people should read books instead
“For most of you guys, turn off TikTok, Facebook. A total stupid waste of time,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon told students attending the Georgetown Psaros Center for Financial Markets and Policy’s annual Financial Markets Quality conference. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says young people should spend less time on social media platforms and more time reading…
