Future of Work

New Opendoor Chairman Keith Rabois says he doesn’t know why the company has 1,400 employees: ‘We don’t need more than 200’

New Opendoor Chairman Keith Rabois says he doesn’t know why the company has 1,400 employees: ‘We don’t need more than 200’

Rabois said he also wants to bring employees back to the office.

By Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

September 16, 2025

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President Donald Trump, with a black background behind him, speaks at a hearing of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington.

Trump is leaning on an obscure 1970s-era budget loophole to keep $5 billion in foreign aid frozen

By Mark Sherman and The Associated Press

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Being called a ‘capitalist’ is the new ‘socialist’ among young people, new Gallup poll reveals

By Amelia Thomson-Deveaux and The Associated Press

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YC co-founder who backed Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit says high school isn’t the time to launch a startup

By Jessica Coacci

Rebecca Slaughter, commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), listens in a black suit and a necklace during a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, July 13, 2023.

Courts once again bend to Trump’s will, upholding his power to fire a FTC commissioner because he thought she disagreed with his ‘administration’s priorities’

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Germany is trialing a 4-day week like the U.K., U.S., and Portugal—but the country needs the opposite of a short week, senior economist says

By Prarthana Prakash

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Massachusetts governor leans into the skills-based hiring revolution by axing degree requirements for state jobs. The private sector is up next

January 26, 2024

Workers of all generations agree on one thing: They have no idea what the right rules at work are anymore

Workers of all generations agree on one thing: They have no idea what the right rules at work are anymore

January 23, 2024

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Each generation thinks they hold the power in the office—but it’s Gen X ‘quietly shifting’ the future of work

By Chloe Berger

January 23, 2024

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Managers’ latest complaints about Gen Z: They lack soft skills and have unrealistic workplace expectations

January 23, 2024

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$178K-a-year manager at the U.K.’s financial regulator ordered back to the office by judge, who agreed WFH is detrimental to her work

By Prarthana Prakash

January 22, 2024

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January 20, 2024

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI is both the biggest risk and biggest opportunity facing companies in 2024

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says AI is both the biggest risk and biggest opportunity facing companies in 2024

By Trey Williams

January 18, 2024

We asked the world’s leading experts and employers whether AI is a ‘Gray Rhino’ or ‘Black Swan’ for the future of work–and found we’re all about to get trampled by a herd of Gray Rhinos

We asked the world’s leading experts and employers whether AI is a ‘Gray Rhino’ or ‘Black Swan’ for the future of work–and found we’re all about to get trampled by a herd of Gray Rhinos

By Kelly Monahan

January 18, 2024

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Gen Z employees who want to succeed in the age of AI should come to the office more, accounting giant U.K. boss says

By Prarthana Prakash

January 16, 2024

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Bosses are using RTO mandates as a way to ‘blame employees as a scapegoat for bad firm performance,’ new research finds

January 13, 2024

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WebMD’s parent company goes nuclear on return to office in an uncanny leaked video: ‘We need you ready and present, and we need it now’

January 11, 2024

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Black workers could be shut out of AI wealth creation and lose out on more than $40 billion: ‘It can be the great leveler, but it can exacerbate the gap as well’

By Trey Williams

January 9, 2024

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Elon Musk and Jamie Dimon could be winning the remote work war as the rank and file admit they’re more productive in the office. Now they have to want to go in

January 6, 2024

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The rise of ‘little flex time’ and shorter work weeks: Trends that’ll reshape businesses in 2024, according to massive study of nearly 2.7 million job searches and 30,000 workers

By Orianna Rosa Royle

December 30, 2023

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CEOs will finally admit next year that return-to-office mandates didn’t move the productivity needle, future of work experts predict

December 26, 2023

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Remote work, AI, and skills-based hiring threaten to put our jobs on the chopping block—but experts say those fears are overblown

December 23, 2023

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4-day workweek trial threatened with funding cuts by U.K. lawmakers opposed ‘regardless of what the data is saying,’ local leader says

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December 18, 2023

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December 14, 2023

Boeing is reversing its hybrid policy and requiring thousands of workers to return to the office full-time

Boeing is reversing its hybrid policy and requiring thousands of workers to return to the office full-time

By Chris Morris

December 13, 2023

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By Orianna Rosa Royle

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By Jane Thier and Orianna Rosa Royle

December 7, 2023

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‘Work less and work better, this is the principle’: Lamborghini makes history by agreeing to a 4-day workweek for its production workers

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December 7, 2023

Lucid dream startup says engineers can write code in their sleep. Work may never be the same

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November 30, 2023

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AI should make the 4-day work week possible for millions of workers. The question is whether they’ll use the free time for leisure—or more work

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November 22, 2023

Bosses thought they won the return-to-office wars by imposing rigid policies. Now they’re facing a wave of legal battles

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