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How to navigate the seismic shifts in workplace rules and roles in 2024

Work Life

Standalone, on-site workers include banking clerks, retail, manufacturing, processing, and food prep jobs and are classic candidates for automation or simplification and outsourcing.  This includes developers, tech, finance, accounting, and back-office jobs.

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Mortification Week: the sleepover, the angry bees, and more

Ask a Manager

“I had an interview for a retail company. “Many years ago I was temping, doing data entry in an accounting department. It was, and I was hired, and over twenty-five years later I work for the same company, in the same finance and accounting department, and am myself a manager there. Again, it’s daytime.

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7 ways HR will look different in 2025

Work Life

This shift is already underway: A McKinsey report notes that AI could automate up to 70% of routine tasks in sectors like finance, retail, and customer service. Certain Entry-Level Roles Will Face Extinction What happens when machines take over entry-level jobs ? Automation is rapidly reshaping the labor market.