Entry-Level AI Workers Now Need Senior-Level Skills, PwC Says
AI is reshaping the career ladder. Entry-level roles now demand senior skills like judgment and leadership, while AI-driven layoffs accelerate.
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Report: Education Department's Student Loan Office Lost 40% of Staff
A new inspector general report reveals the depth of staffing cuts at the Department of Education and their growing impact on student-loan borrowers.
Five Workplace Questions: Criticism, Conflicting Priorities, and Second Jobs
This week: speaking up about workplace inequality, managing conflicting boss priorities, navigating a second job, and more.
How Tacotarian Grew by Marketing Beyond the Vegan Audience
Tacotarian co-founder Kristen Corral built a six-location brand by marketing plant-based food to everyone — not just vegans.
When a Side Project Follows You Into the Workplace
A manager's real account of handling a part-time employee's product push shows exactly where professional boundaries need to hold firm.
Coworker Passed Out in My Bed and Four More Questions
Five workplace dilemmas: a coworker who slept in your bed, quitting over a toxic boss, and repeated hostile rejections for an internal job.
Update: Should I Ask My Company to Paint Over the Anne Frank Mural?
A letter-writer with Holocaust family history updates their situation with an office mural — and shares how reader comments completely changed their thinking.
Microsoft's June Update Breaks OLE Automation for Office Apps
A June 9 Microsoft update broke OLE automation, preventing Word, Excel, and other Office apps from opening when called by third-party software.
Extreme Workplace Obstinance: Real Stories From the Office
Workers share jaw-dropping stories of colleagues who dug in their heels over dress codes, software updates, and ice cream policies.
Coworker Food Comments, Homophobic Slurs, and Toxic Senior Jobs
Five workplace questions answered: food comments, a homophobic slur, a toxic exec role, saving coworker contacts, and following up after an interview.
Reader Updates: Forgiveness, Mood Disorders, and Medical Leave
Four letter-writers share what happened after their workplace questions were answered, from navigating a student's forgiveness to managing mood changes at work.
Update: Attending a Conference Solo Led to a Promotion
A reader with PTSD-related night terrors worried about a conference hotel situation. He ended up going alone — and it changed his career.