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Elon Musk, wearing a black jacket and standing outside, looks down with his hands clasped.
Politics
DOGE reportedly fired the FDA employees who were reviewing clinical trials for Elon Musk’s Neuralink
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 18, 2025
Worker comes into office late and happy
Success
High performers are the notable exception to strict return-to-office rules. Their colleagues aren’t happy about it
By Emma BurleighFebruary 9, 2025
Workday logo
Success
A workforce management giant will lay off 1,750 employees to make way for AI
By Emma BurleighFebruary 7, 2025
Elon Musk at the inauguration of Donald Trump
Success
2 million government employees received an email with the same ominous subject line Elon Musk sent to Twitter staffers in 2022
By Emma BurleighFebruary 5, 2025
Trump Justice Department says it has fired over a dozen employees who were involved in prosecutions of president
Politics
Trump Justice Department says it has fired over a dozen employees who were involved in prosecutions of president
By Eric Tucker, Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated PressJanuary 28, 2025
Corporate worker is fired, leaves office with desk belongings.
Success
Workers hitting their KPIs still aren’t safe from performance-based layoffs—here’s how bosses find other ways to fire you anyway
By Emma BurleighJanuary 15, 2025
Businesswoman being fired in the office
Success
Microsoft and Amazon are using performance reviews to decide who gets laid off—experts warn these surefire mistakes will get you cut
By Emma BurleighJanuary 13, 2025
Photo of Sam Altman
Success
Sam Altman says Airbnb’s CEO and a ‘legendary’ VC saved OpenAI and ‘stopped me from making several mistakes’ after he was briefly fired in 2023
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 6, 2025
Workers upset during performance review.
Newsletters
Annual performance reviews are riddled with flaws—here’s how workplaces could reimagine employee evaluations
By Azure Gilman and Brit MorseDecember 27, 2024
An exterior view of Party City store
Retail
Party City to wind down operations, fire employees, CEO says
By BloombergDecember 20, 2024
Worker is frustrated during performance evaluation with her boss.
Leadership
Annual performance reviews are outdated and it’s time for bosses to rethink the fraught tradition
By Emma BurleighDecember 20, 2024
An overworked businessman experiences stress and frustration while working late at home.
Success
This CEO fired 90% of his staff for missing a morning meeting. He stands by the choice
By Jane ThierNovember 25, 2024
Gita Gopinath, First Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Newsletters
Here’s what the top business leaders are saying about AI: ‘You need to be prepared for anything’
By Emma BurleighNovember 15, 2024
Sima Sistani
Leadership
WW’s ousted CEO gets executive coaching services in exit package
By Jo Constantz and BloombergSeptember 29, 2024
Alan Shaw, dressed in a blue suit and orange tie, looks intently in front of a microphone at a hearing on Capitol Hill.
Finance
An affair cost Alan Shaw his job and severance. Will Norfolk Southern also try to claw back his pay?
By Greg McKennaSeptember 15, 2024
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By Sydney LakeJune 25, 2026
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As Big Tech showers employees with perks to win the talent war, Nvidia built a nearly $5 trillion company by making people pay for their own lunchplaceholder alt text
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 1, 2026
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