A C-suite executive retiring at 62 with $1.8 million in a traditional 401(k), $400,000 in RSUs, a nonqualified deferred compensation (NQDC) plan still paying out, and a brokerage account full of appreciated stock does not have a retirement income problem. The problem is that every one of those assets carries a different tax treatment, and without a model showing all of them in a single view, they will collide in ways that make a zero-tax year structurally impossible. READ MORE
How Working in America Became So Joyless
For employees at a Dell Technologies office, mornings used to start with a tiny dose of joy. The office coffee machines doled out free daily espresso shots, a small perk that workers relished.
Then came the buzz kill: Last year the company started charging staffers a fee every time they used the machine. READ MORE
How to Become an AI Engineer Fast (Skills, Projects, Salary)
n AI engineer is the new “hot” role in the tech scene, and many people are desperate to land this job.
I see so many posts online saying how you can become an AI engineer in a few months. READ MORE
AI as a performance requirement? Employees, managers are divided
As AI use in the workplace explodes, companies like Google, Meta and Amazon are baking AI utilization into performance management. But a recent survey found that managers and employees are far apart in their understanding of how AI utilization factors into positive performance evaluations.
Background screening company Checkr surveyed 3,000 workers—split evenly between managers and non-managers—to understand how AI is reshaping the workplace. Fifty-eight percent of managers said AI use is becoming an “unspoken performance requirement” at work—yet only 29% of employees agree, and 37% say they genuinely aren’t sure. READ MORE
GOAT or Scapegoat: AI May (or May Not) Be Reason for Layoffs
According to recent news reportsOpen in a new tab, artificial intelligence (AI) was the stated reason for more than 50,000 layoffs in 2025, but some experts suggest that organizations are disingenuously blaming AI for layoffs, or “AI washing.”
But according to John Bremen, the managing director and chief innovation and acceleration officer at consulting firm WTW, only a small percentage of early AI implementationsOpen in a new tab are showing meaningful return on investment (ROI). READ MORE
Iran war unlikely to trigger global supply chain crisis, Goldman Sachs says
The war in Iran is pushing oil and gas prices higher, and while the world economy faces a shock from energy prices, an analysis by Goldman Sachs finds that the conflict is unlikely to lead to a broader supply chain crisis like what occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Economists at Goldman Sachs found that the Iran war is expected to lead to higher oil prices that will reduce global economic growth by 0.3% of GDP while increasing headline inflation by about 0.5 to 0.6 percentage points over the next year, with a smaller 0.1 to 0.2 percentage point boost to core inflation. READ MORE
US recession by end of 2026?
This market will resolve to “Yes” if either of the following conditions is met: 1. The seasonally adjusted annualized percent change in quarterly U.S. real GDP from the previous quarter is less than 0.0 for two consecutive quarters between Q2 2025 and Q4 2026 (inclusive), as reported by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). 2. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) publicly announces that a recession has occurred in the United States, at any point during 2025 or 2026, with the announcement made by the time the BEA releases the advance estimate for Q4 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No". READ MORE
Should you be using AI for performance reviews?
During the last decade, digital innovations have produced a range of recruitment and evaluation tools: now, whenever you first apply for a job, you are less likely to be judged by humans and more likely to be assessed by AI. Before you can even get the opportunity to impress a human interviewer, you will first need to impress the algorithm! READ MORE
When Feedback Crosses the Line
Most leaders believe that being direct and honest with negative feedback helps employees improve. And it can—when done thoughtfully. Our research shows, however, that when feedback comes across as belittling or humiliating, it often backfires, impairing performance rather than enhancing it. READ MORE
How Employers Can Manage Risk When Using AI for Employee Performance Management
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used by employers to support employee performance management. While AI has the potential to improve talent matching and expand opportunities for growth, it raises significant legal and compliance considerations that employers must take into account before deploying. This Insight will provide an overview of the ways in which you can use AI for performance management, summarize the inherent risks, and provide a list of steps you can take to address that risk. READ MORE
Amazon data centers damaged by drone strikes in the Middle East
Drone strikes damaged Amazon Web Services data centers in the Middle East, disrupting cloud operations and prompting the company to urge customers to move critical workloads out of the region.
AWS confirmed that two of its data center facilities in the United Arab Emirates were directly struck, while a separate strike near a site in Bahrain also caused infrastructure damage. The attacks disrupted power systems and caused structural damage, impairing two of the three data center sites that make up AWS’s UAE cloud region. READ MORE
Private sector added 63,000 jobs in February, above expectations
Companies in the private sector added 63,000 jobs in February, payroll processing firm ADP said Wednesday.
The figure is above economists’ estimates of a gain of 50,000 jobs. The prior month's payrolls number was revised lower to a gain of just 11,000 from an initially reported gain of 22,000. READ MORE
JPMorgan CEO: AI has ‘displaced people … and we offer them other jobs’
At JPMorgan Chase’s February investor meeting, CEO Jamie Dimon said something that most corporate leaders have carefully avoided: His company has already displaced workers because of AI.
“We already have huge redeployment plans for our own people; in fact, we spoke about it today, and we have to up that a little bit,” Dimon said during his Q&A session with analysts. “We can take people who are displaced—and we have displaced people from AI—and we offer them other jobs. They’re usually well-trained and highly talented, and very good at things.” READ MORE
Record CEO turnover is rewriting who gets the top job
In just the last year, CEOs at Walmart, Target and Disney have either announced their exits or begun actively planning handoffs, while Apple’s board is reportedly accelerating its own succession timeline.
It turns out, these are not isolated stories. They are the most visible examples of a pattern in which boards are replacing CEOs faster, often turning to first-timers homegrown inside the company, and putting unprecedented pressure on succession planning, leadership pipelines and the CHROs who steward them. READ MORE
Myth vs. fact: Is AI really killing entry-level jobs?
A prevailing narrative at the moment is that AI is reshaping entry-level roles so rapidly that it is significantly altering annual hiring numbers for early-career talent. In short: the end of entry-level roles is nigh.
There’s no denying that AI is automating routine, repeatable tasks that have historically formed foundational skills for many early career roles (e.g., junior analysts, paralegals, basic coding roles, customer service representatives, etc.). But is the perception of radically reduced opportunity for early career talent, in fact, reality? READ MORE
Last year, Accenture trained 550,000 workers in AI—now it’s warning senior staff to use it or don’t get promoted
Bosses have long warned staffers who are slacking in AI adoption that they will get overtaken by their tech-savvy coworkers—and now, having the skill can make or break a career.
Consulting giant Accenture just told its associate directors and senior managers that they need to consistently use its AI tools in order to be considered for high-level promotions, according to a recent Financial Times report. READ MORE
Is corporate America breaking up with DEI or just taking its relationship underground?
The second Trump administration has been marked by blowback to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs among American companies. It's a welcome change, according to XX-XY Athletics CEO Jennifer Sey, who calls such programs and hiring practices "excessive."
"Excessive focus on DEI, whether it's through hiring practices or public marketing, actually can have an adverse effect on [a] company's performance," Sey told Fox News Digital. READ MORE
OpenAI didn't contact police despite employees flagging mass shooter's concerning chatbot interactions
A new report from the Wall Street Journal revealed that employees at Open AI, the artificial intelligence company known for creating ChatGPT, raised alarm about transgender Canadian mass shooter Jesse Van Rootselaar's interactions with its chatbot but did not alert authorities.
Around a dozen employees reportedly were aware of the concerning interactions months before Van Rootselaar killed multiple family members and school-aged kids in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. The interactions, first flagged by an automated review system, included violent scenarios involving gun violence over the course of multiple days, people familiar with the matter indicated to the Wall Street Journal. READ MORE
Supreme Court strikes down Trump’s sweeping tariffs, upending central plank of economic agenda
The Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s far-reaching global tariffs on Friday, handing him a significant loss on an issue crucial to his economic agenda.
The 6-3 decision centers on tariffs imposed under an emergency powers law, including the sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs he levied on nearly every other country. READ MORE
Mark Cuban on 2 types of AI users: you're either using it to 'learn everything' or 'so you don't have to learn anything'
Mark Cuban says there are two types of people who use AI. Which one are you?
"There are generally 2 types of LLM users, those that use it to learn everything , and those that use it so they don't have to learn anything," Cuban said of large language models in an X post on Tuesday.
The "Shark Tank" billionaire has been bullish about AI and said that companies need to embrace it. READ MORE