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What makes for a ‘good’ severance package?
Severance depends on industry, tenure, and other factors. But here’s how to ensure you’re getting the best deal possible when leaving your job.
Why Maryland’s ‘zombie coal plant’ has to stay open—even though everyone wants to shut it down
Brandon Shores Power Plant is a clear example of how poor grid planning hurts climate progress.
What companies lose out on when they ‘quiet fire’ staff
If you’ve been avoiding a hard conversation with a direct report, you could be hurting them—and the rest of your team.
Why the airport of the future will include a chat with a celebrity hologram
The towering display at JFK’s Terminal 4 is only the beginning of the hologram takeover.
BBDO Americas CEO Nancy Reyes takes our career questionnaire
The advertising veteran says she is her own style icon.
How to survive a toxic boss, step-by-step
Make an exit plan, rebuild your confidence, and lean on your community to get through this difficult time in your career.
Carpe DM: How new sites are monetizing our parasocial relationships
New platforms like Fanfix and Passes are profiting from ‘intimate’ bonds between creators and fans.
How the founder of Starface pimple patches is building an empire of Gen Z brands
With Starface, Julie morning-after pills, and Blip nicotine gum, Julie Schott’s brands make it trendy to embrace your flaws.
How the world’s best memorizers remember things
Hint: It involves more creativity than you might think.
The rebrand is dead. Welcome to the age of the brand ‘refresh’
There’s a reason brands don’t want to rebrand anymore.
Canva has a new product geared at making HR teams’ lives easier
Canva’s latest tool—Work Kits—shows how HR has become increasingly tech-powered, as People teams are asked to do more.
Democrats rely on this platform for grassroots donations—maybe they shouldn’t
ActBlue has become the default fundraising machine for the Democratic Party. Here’s why that’s dangerous.
How Stephen Miller brought the ‘war on woke’ to small businesses
The former Trump aide’s America First Legal is suing fintech platform Hello Alice over racial discrimination. The diversity of American business is at stake.
Tech bro podcasts are obsessed with alpha men, and it’s dangerous for the rest of us
From Lex Fridman to the ‘All-In’ besties, a new media category is emerging, and it’s enthralled with 21st century ‘Great Men.’
This startup is making steel with lasers
Limelight Steel wants to make steel production less carbon intensive—so it’s turning to an unlikely source.
Pregnant and laid off: How tech’s mass layoffs left new mothers behind
While pregnancy discrimination can be notoriously difficult to prove, the majority of the workers ‘Fast Company’ spoke with believed their pregnancies made them more vulnerable—and affected their ability to secure new employment.
Private equity is coming for your infrastructure
Architecture, engineering, and construction firms are the new hot ticket for investors.
How AI apps are moving beyond basic chatbots
Generative AI developers are using the technology for more than just basic chat—and sometimes leaving out the chat interface entirely.
How this baby formula startup is leading the charge on parental leave
After sharing a public playbook on its leave policy, Bobbie launched a grant program that provided hundreds of parents with stipends, to draw attention to the lack of federal paid leave.
