Pooja Tripathi might not have become a successful comedian if she hadn’t quit her corporate marketing job in the middle of a meeting in 2018. By then, Tripathi had spent five years working in the fashion industry, but felt defeated after dealing with a toxic boss, she says. One morning, in a last-minute meeting, her…
President Donald Trump has tried to justify firing former Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer by claiming that her agency’s gold standard employment reports were “rigged” in order to harm him politically. Trump has provided no evidence to support his allegation, even amid mounting criticism that the removal will undermine trust in the data…
Mo Gawdat, former chief business officer at Google X, the company’s innovation lab, says AI is likely coming for your role — whether you’re in the C-suite or an entry-level worker. The idea that artificial intelligence will create jobs is “100% crap,” Gawdat said Monday on the “Diary of a CEO” podcast, using his own…
It’s no secret that artificial intelligence has changed the way people find information, talk to their peers and even plan their weekly to-do lists. The technology also has the power to change your job responsibilities — or get rid of them altogether. Take Microsoft’s new report, “Working with AI: Measuring the Occupational Implications of Generative…
U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards reporters from Marine One at at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on August 03, 2025 in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images President Donald Trump and one of his top economic advisors on Monday stoked baseless conspiracies about federal jobs data, suggesting without evidence that Friday’s weaker-than-expected employment…
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on August 3, 2025 as returns to the White House from his Bedminster residence, where he spent the weekend. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump plans over the next several days to name replacements for two…
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | Digitalvision | Getty Images Health care remained a resilient sector for jobs in July even as the broader labor market showed further signs of slowing, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday shows. Health care and social assistance saw 73,300 jobs added last month, far and away the…
The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee called President Donald Trump‘s firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Erika McEntarfer on Friday “the act of somebody who is soft, weak and afraid to own up to the reality of the damage his chaos is inflicting on our economy.” “Bottom line, Trump wants to cook…
President Donald Trump on Friday fired the Bureau of Labor Statistics commissioner, hours after the agency reported that job growth in the U.S. had slowed to a near-halt. In a Truth Social post that also directed even more fire at Fed Chair Jerome Powell, Trump accused BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer of being a political appointee…
The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 26, 2024. Adam Glanzman | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moderna on Thursday said it plans to slash roughly 10% of its global workforce by the end of the year, as Covid shot sales continue to dwindle and the company grapples with uncertainty in the vaccine market. …
