One of the oldest rules in tech pay still looks like one of the smartest. Levels.fyi, a company that tracks compensation across the industry, recently analyzed what would have happened to the same senior Microsoft software engineer pay package in two scenarios. In one, the employee sold their stock as it vested and reinvested the
But there’s another critical group keeping planes moving on time—and they’re facing a dire shortage: aviation maintenance technicians. Some 83% of technicians are expected to retire or leave the profession globally over the next decade, according to the 2025 CAE Aviation Talent Forecast. By 2034, that translates to a need of about 416,000 new aircraft
As the Trump administration continues to purge hundreds of thousands of workers from the country, Americans aren’t simply taking their places. Instead, their jobs appear to be disappearing with them. The economy lost 23,000 jobs last month, yet the unemployment rate went down as the workforce shrank. America’s emerging deportation economy may account for the
Weight-loss drugs are becoming a popular employee perk, with almost a third of workers saying they’d switch jobs to get GLP-1 coverage. Now, Bank of America is spending $250 million or more yearly on the drugs for its staffers—and CEO Brian Moynihan says the upsides are well-worth the eye-watering cost. “What we see is a
Employees have long been sold the idea that working hard and outperforming their peers would lead to sizable pay hikes and title upgrades. But now, some companies are ditching merit-based wage bumps in favor of “peanut butter raises”—and it’s hurting employee morale. Around 36% of U.S. companies say they gave out standard, across-the-board pay increases
A lottery player who accidentally binned a €1m (£857,158) winning-ticket may be the luckiest man in Italy after refuge workers found the missing slip. The anonymous player disposed of the ticket in a shop in Bitonto, southern Italy, after checking his numbers and being told it was “non-payable”. The man only realised he threw away