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  • Kohl's storefrontRetail

    Kohl’s considers replacing headhunter that found the CEO it fired

    By Lily Meier, Matthew Boyle, and others
  • NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 10: CEO of Taco Bell Corp. Brian Niccol rings the NASDAQ Opening Bell at NASDAQ MarketSite on June 10, 2015 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Marchant/Getty Images)Leadership

    Starbucks threatens to fire staff who don’t come back to office

    By Daniela Sirtori, Matthew Boyle, and others
  • Silhouette shadow of womanSuccess

    ‘Ghost jobs’ are rising in this bellwether for the white-collar economy

    By Matthew Boyle and Bloomberg
  • George KurtzTech

    CEO at cybersecurity firm that caused a global outage forgot to apologize

    By Matthew Boyle and Bloomberg
  • 22 June 2023, Hesse, Hofheim/Wallau: Strikers stand in front of the Ikea headquarters and store during a warning strike with a sign reading “We deserve it” in front of the Ikea lettering. The service union Verdi is calling for a national warning strike day at 20 Ikea stores. Across Germany, the regional collective bargaining rounds for the retail sector have stalled. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images)Retail

    Ikea’s boss solved the Swedish retailer’s global ‘unhappy worker’ crisis by raising salaries, introducing flexible working and subsidizing childcare

    By Matthew Boyle and Bloomberg
  • Christian SewingSuccess

    Deutsche Bank draws a new remote-work line in the sand, banning staff from working Fridays and Mondays at home

    By Matthew Boyle and Bloomberg
  • A general view of empty desks in an office in central London. Picture date: Monday January 3, 2022. (Photo by Kirsty O’Connor/PA Images via Getty Images)Success

    So few workers go into the office now that more than one-third of desks sit empty all week

    By Matthew Boyle and Bloomberg
  • Eric Yuan, founder and chief executive officer of Zoom Video Communications Inc., speaks during the BoxWorks 2019 Conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019. BoxWorks brings together leaders across the technology sector to define the future of work and build digital-first companies. Photographer: Michael Short/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    Zoom’s pandemic-era no-meeting Wednesday policy is no more because it’s a ‘barrier to collaboration’

    By Matthew Boyle, Brody Ford, and others
  • Kaz NejatianSuccess

    Shopify’s crusade against Zoom meetings now includes a cost calculator: ‘Most of the modern work environment is broken’

    By Mia Gindis, Matthew Boyle, and others
  • Bob Sternfels, global managing partner at McKinsey & Co., speaks during the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. The New Economy Forum is being organized by Bloomberg Media Group, a division of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News. Photographer: Bryan van der Beek/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesLeadership

    Under fire for its ethics, McKinsey is hiring more ethics experts to keep the firm out of trouble and will pay up to $314,000

    By Matthew Boyle, Irina Anghel, and others
  • Shot of a businessman with a waste paper bin on his headSuccess

    Remote work has failed to kill toxic office politics as rumor spreading, backstabbing and credit snatching remain eternal

    By Matthew Boyle and Bloomberg
  • Salesforce TowerFinance

    Remote work gains momentum despite return-to-office mandates from high-profile CEOs

    By Alex Tanzi, Matthew Boyle, and others
  • Jamie DimonSuccess

    Wall Street CEOs like Jamie Dimon talk about how going remote ‘doesn’t work,’ but most banks are actually flexible

    By Matthew Boyle and Bloomberg
  • Slough, EnglandSuccess

    Investors are measuring return to office rates by how much employees are drinking at the water cooler as the remote work wars rage on

    By Matthew Boyle and Bloomberg
  • Tired freelancer sleeping on her deakSuccess

    The global white-collar burnout picture: Americans are less burned out at work but pencil pushers abroad are more miserable

    By Matthew Boyle and Bloomberg