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Since losing his job in 2023, Scott had applied to 1,600 jobs, completed 78 interviews, and depleted his savings just to stay afloat. The constant rejection had become so unbearable that he went on antidepressants. So when a recruiter from a staffing company called with a job offer last December,…
I grew up in Los Angeles — Studio City, to be exact. My father was the chief audio engineer at NBC Burbank for 38 years. I met the stars he put on the air — Dinah Shore, Bob Hope, and Johnny Carson. I even sat in Tony Martin’s lap in…
My mom often brings up a story from my childhood that shows how little financial literacy I had. When I was about 7 years old, I wanted to buy a toy, so I asked my mom to buy it for me, and she said she didn’t have any money on…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sammy and Zach Wedemeyer. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… We knew we were in debt. When we ran the numbers around New Year’s, we realized our family was $214,000 in debt.We decided to make some…
If you’re an actor, your next role could involve performing for an AI company.Handshake AI is hiring performers, including those with improv skills, to record themselves responding to a “light prompt or scenario” with other actors, according to a job posting.The work is part-time, remote, open to workers with at…
Much of the debate about AI’s impact on the labor market focuses on whether — and how many — jobs it will eliminate. Loading audio narration… But Clara Shih, the former CEO of Salesforce AI, says the bigger risk for many workers is actually lower pay.”While full AI role displacement…
Major US airports are calling for donations of food and other essentials to TSA workers who are going without paychecks amid the partial government shutdown.In an X post on Wednesday, Denver International Airport wrote, “DONATIONS NEEDED.””Support the dedicated TSA employees working without pay by donating $10 and $20 grocery store…
Jack Conte, the CEO of creator subscriptions platform Patreon, has a bone to pick with the Big Tech AI models.It’s about compensation.”The creator economy is being left out, loudly and notably,” Conte told Business Insider in an interview. “And by the creator economy, I don’t mean companies, I don’t mean…
Survived the Block layoffs? You might be getting a hefty retention package, including a bonus.Naoko Takeda was a data scientist at Block’s Cash App for two years, per LinkedIn. After over 4,000 of her Block colleagues were laid off last week, Takeda wrote on LinkedIn that the company offered her…
Some contractors working for Handshake AI say the AI training startup has denied them up to several thousand dollars each for work they performed, after accusing them of breaking platform rules.Dozens of others who claim to have worked for Handshake have shared similar stories on Reddit, and the company has…
