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☆ Meet the typical gig driver: A millennial earning up to $40 per hour who doesn't have another job and depends on your tips
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Gig drivers are likely to be dependent on the job for their main income, and need your tips. Omar FordIf the economy takes a turn for the worse and unemployment rises, the number of gig drivers could increase even further. The typical gig driver earns between $20 and $40 an hourSergio Avedian. The typical Uber driver earns $35 per active — or utilized — hour, the company said in February. In September, four ride-hailing drivers told Insider that they earn between $22 to $40 an hour after expenses.

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☆ David Solomon’s Goldman remix is audibly off-key
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( John Foley | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK, Oct 17 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Having given up a side-gig in DJ-ing, Goldman Sachs (GS.N) boss David Solomon has one less distraction. Goldman reported a one-third year-on-year drop in earnings on Tuesday, in a quarter riddled with one-off charges. Those included a hit related to buy-now-pay-later lender GreenSky, which Goldman bought only two years ago, and is selling. Absent all that, Goldman would have made a return on equity of just over 10%. Goldman made a 7.1% return on equity in the quarter, on an annualized basis, which would have been 10.2% without one-off charges.

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☆ DJ D-Sol out! Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon steps away from controversial spinning gig
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Goldman Sachs chief executive (and noted party DJ) David Solomon will no longer perform at high-profile events, picking Wall Street over South Beach, a representative from the second-largest investment bank confirmed to CNN. Solomon, who performed under the alias DJ D-Sol, began spinning tracks at festivals and in night clubs a few years ago. “David [Solomon] doesn’t work to play diplomat,” Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, who runs Yale School of Management’s Chief Executive Leadership Institute, recently told CNN. And while shares of Goldman Sachs (GS) may be down by more than 8.4% this year, they’re still up by about 40% since he took over in 2018. Goldman Sachs announced third-quarter results on Tuesday morning, reporting earnings of $5.47 per share, which beat the $5.31 expected by analysts.

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☆ Working in Silicon Valley used to be fun. Now it's just another miserable corporate gig.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Aaron Terrazas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

For the first time in a long time, tech workers are in a funk. This rare combination of generous compensation and a reasonable work-life balance kept tech workers happier than employees in other industries. Economy wide, there were on average 6.6 front-line workers per manager in 2018 and 2019, but post-pandemic, the ratio dropped to 6 to 1. It's possible that as tech companies have grown into more complex organizations, more management layers are necessary. Fundamentally, it's about listening to and elevating the voices of front-line employees.

Persons: —, Kristi Coulter, Aaron Terrazas Organizations: Linkedin, Tech, Wall Street, Federal Reserve, Microsoft, Amazon, California Bay, Austin , Texas —, Ford Motor Company, Intel Locations: Wall, California, California Bay Area, Austin , Texas, neckties

☆ Insider Today: Tech workers are bummed
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAdvertisementIn today's big story, we're looking at why some tech workers don't love their jobs anymore. Many factors led to the shift, from significant layoffs in Big Tech to in-office mandates and financial pressure due to high interest rates. AdvertisementAdvertisement(Interestingly enough, Terrazas writes that workers in non-tech roles — like human resources and marketing — report the highest job satisfaction at Big Tech companies.) But it feels like tech workers themselves will end up having to do a bit of recalibration. Working in Big Tech has become a job like any other corporate gig.

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☆ I've made thousands of dollars writing trivia questions as a side gig. It helps me pay my rent and makes socializing so much easier.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Noah Sheidlower has made thousands writing and editing trivia questions for school competitions. To be fair, I don't often write the one-liner, pub-style trivia questions that trivia enthusiasts and beer lovers alike play every Tuesday night. Outside of journalism, I write and edit trivia questions for various high-school and college competitions as a side gig. And they've helped many in the quiz bowl community want to learn more and become more inquisitive about the world. AdvertisementAdvertisementUsing trivia to inform my reportingSometimes as I learn new facts through writing questions, I notice that hidden within them are stories.

Persons: Noah Sheidlower, It's, —, I've, I'm, they've, Jane Austen, Frederick the Great Organizations: Service, Columbia University

☆ Michael Caine retirement: actor confirms 'The Great Escaper' will be his last film
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Michael Caine, the British film star whose career has spanned eight decades and featured movies from “The Italian Job” to “The Dark Knight,” has confirmed his retirement from acting. The two-time Oscar winner, who is 90, made the announcement on BBC Radio 4’s “Best of Today” podcast on Saturday. What am I going to do to beat this?”"The Great Escaper," which was released in October, is the last film Caine will star in. “We had a great time on the movie and I thought, you know, why not leave now?” Caine added. Paramount/Getty ImagesOriginally called Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, Jr., he adopted the screen name Caine – taken from the 1954 film “The Caine Mutiny” – and later made it legal.

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☆ A fake job listing for an 'owl trainer' for the Duolingo mascot has gone viral. It includes hilarious tasks like bathing the bird in Evian water and coordinating his Nobu meals.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A fake "owl trainer" job post for Duolingo's famous mascot lists some hilarious responsibilities. Language-learning software company Duolingo is advertising a job opening for an "owl trainer" to work with its iconic mascot. The candidate should be prepared to deal with the "sassy, unhinged, and downright extravagant lifestyle" of Duo the owl, the job post says. We need your help…please help us," the job post reads at the end. Duolingo also wants "30+ years of experience in an identical position" for the owl trainer.

Persons: —, shouldn't, Duolingo, hasn't, Jocelyn Lai, Luis von Ahn's Organizations: Evian, Service, Dua Locations: Evian, Dua Lipa

☆ Elon Musk’s worst nightmare
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

It's hard to tell, for a simple reason: The data on the safety of robot cars sucks. Until robot cars have traveled for hundreds of millions of miles, there's no way to get a statistically significant, unequivocal conclusion. If the data on robot cars is equivocal or incomplete, then those rules should keep them off the road. In a sense, she's Elon Musk's worst nightmare. To her, the safety of self-driving cars is not an abstract question.

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NEW YORK (AP) — From auto production lines to Hollywood, the power of labor unions is back in the national spotlight. The tightest U.S. labor market in decades is adding to leverage workers feel they have to challenge their employers. UNION RATES HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR DECADES. That came around the same era that states also began to pass labor laws for their own public workers. Generally, states in the Northeast, upper Midwest and West Coast adopted more expansive collective bargaining laws — reaching all different categories of public employees, Vachon explains.

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☆ My Uber rating was higher than my GPA. I landed my first job after tweeting that at Uber.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Cherylyn Wee is a 32-year-old sales director who landed her first job after tweeting at Uber. That's when I tweeted at Uber, "My @uber rating is higher than my GPA. And my Uber rating was 4.9 out of 5. And that's how a tweet helped me land my first job, as a marketing coordinator at Uber Singapore. AdvertisementAdvertisementBe intentional with what you write onlineWee on her last day at the Uber Singapore office in 2018, which was also the day Uber exited the country.

Persons: Wee, tweeting, —, Cherylyn Wee, Uber, Cherylyn, I've Organizations: Service, Uber, Uber Singapore, Twitter Locations: Singapore, Uber Singapore

☆ How 27-year-old Nick Simpson built the freelancing tax tool he wished he had and then raised $7.5 million in venture funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Madeline Renbarger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

WorkMade is a new startup that lets freelancers keep track of their earnings and pay taxes. Frequent freelancer Nick Simpson founded WorkMade in 2022 and scaled the startup to 12 employees. Now, the startup is launching publicly with $7.5 million in venture capital funding to date. AdvertisementAdvertisementWhen it comes time for a freelancer to pay their taxes, WorkMade manages that process too, including the payment without any forms, mail or extra calculations. According to Statista, there are an estimated 73 million freelancers working in the US this year, and that number is projected to grow to over 90 million by 2028.

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☆ Warehouses Are Calling In the Gig Workers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Liz Young | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How Many Credit Cards Should I Have?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Gerri Detweiler | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +17 min

Use this guide to identify what kind of credit card user you are—and how many credit cards you should have. A secured credit card can be a smart option if you don’t have a very good credit score. Most small business credit cards require a good personal credit score and sufficient income from all sources, not just the business. However, many business credit cards don’t appear on consumer credit reports, which means they don’t impact your credit scores as long as you pay on time. Similar to choosing a personal credit card, pick your business credit cards based on your spending habits.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby knows a little — OK, maybe more than a little — about being hockey's next big thing. He will see a mentor well-versed in the unique crucible Bedard — born two weeks before Crosby arrived in Pittsburgh and himself chosen No. “I think he’s a guy that’s more than ready at this point,” Crosby said. I think, at this point, he’s just ready to finally start and get all of that over with. “He’s such a good role model for everyone, the way he carries himself on and off the ice,” Bedard said.

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☆ How Karol G went from a Latin music star to a fashion icon
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Robb Young | Graciela Martin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

With 66 million followers on the platform, Karol G ranks 70th in terms of follower count but 6th when it comes to engagement rates. But the label’s enthusiasm for its Karol G campaign a half-year after its release is telling, nonetheless. Karol G attends the #BoF500 Gala during Paris Fashion Week at Shangri-La Hotel Paris on September 30, 2023 in Paris, France. By the time Karol G entered the scene in a big way, fashion, luxury and sportswear giants were still warming up to her male counterparts. People aren’t as fixated on that anymore.”Indeed, it is the shift in attitudes toward language that appears to have helped Karol G secure the Loewe deal.

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☆ Assistants at companies like Netflix and Disney are 'waiting for the light at the end of the tunnel' as their careers stall and they can't get promoted: 'I don't see a way up'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Trying to maintain a career in Hollywood was "not something that was feasible for me to continue," this person told Insider. Insider spoke with eight current and former assistants at Hollywood companies, plus a former creative executive at a midsize film studio. Many hopefuls can't find jobs in an industry that's been wracked with head count reductions and budget cuts. Netflix's website lists just one open assistant job — a role in a non-creative vertical. At Paramount, which cut 25% of staff from its US cable networks earlier this year, there appear to be no open executive assistant jobs in entertainment capacities .

Persons: —, strivers, that's, David Heger, Edward Jones, Heger, Bob Iger —, there's, WBD, they've, they'd, I'm, Reed Alexander Organizations: Hollywood, Netflix, Paramount Global, Disney, Warner Bros . Discovery, Paramount, Media, Writers Guild of America, Challenger, Warner Bros, Discovery, Entertainment Locations: Hollywood, Los Angeles and New York

☆ Walmart Spark Drivers Spend Over an Hour Waiting for Orders in Lots
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Drivers for Walmart's Spark delivery service are waiting an hour or more in parking lots for orders. According to conversations with four Spark drivers, wait times have become an issue for the drivers as the service has grown. The same Walmart associates responsible for Spark orders also bring items out to customers waiting in parking lots. Spark drivers told Insider that the wait times at Walmart make it hard to know which orders are worth taking. In August, Walmart started asking Spark drivers to deliver orders in batches of up to three orders each.

Persons: —, he's, Walmart's, Doug McMillon, Jeff Greenberg, I've, I'm, gabriellew13 Organizations: Service, Walmart, Getty, Costco Locations: Alabama, Nevada, Indiana

The pickle-wardrobe mania is emblematic of what sets TikTok Shop apart from e-commerce competitors like Shopify and Amazon. Just like TikTok's non-shopping content, TikTok Shop is built around viral videos, be it a surge in viewer interest in pickle-jar sweatshirts or a mad rush to buy freeze-dried Skittles . For UK sellers, chasing virality still seems to be the defining characteristic of the TikTok Shop experience. Jessica Slone runs TikTok shop Bad Addiction Boutique, which has sold tens of thousands of pickle-jar sweatshirts. "TikTok Shop is kind of this roller coaster, and right now it's on this amazing uphill journey.

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☆ This simple tactic helped a CEO sell his business for $1 million at age 21—here’s how to do it
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Specifically, his teenage solution to his family's financial woes — a dry-cleaning company — sold for $1 million in just three years, setting him on the path to serial entrepreneurship, Henry said. As a doorman, he connected with a resident who ran a different dry-cleaning company, and offered to teach him the economics behind the business, he said. After getting fired from his doorman gig, Henry realized he was learning more at the dry-cleaning company than at school, so he dropped out, he said. Pleased with the work, the wardrobe supervisor recommended Henry's dad to NBC's "Law and Order." After three years, Henry sold the company to one of its vendors for $1 million, Forbes reported in 2016.

Persons: John Henry, Henry, LinkedIn's, —, presser, NBC's, Forbes Organizations: Insurance, CNBC Locations: New York City, Dominican Republic, New, Harlem

☆ Our crisis of loneliness, the new bet investors are going after
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Rebecca Ungarino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Not long after founding the startup, Gaon shared his vision with famed venture capitalist Marc Andreessen. It was notable to Gaon at the time that Andreessen — "one of those investors who's known for seeing where the market is going" — appeared to have pinpointed loneliness as its own market. That moved her parents, Cindy and Anne Jordan, who had sold their first healthtech company years before, to found the Arizona company Pyx Health. "The loneliness crisis is bigger, and more urgent, than anything I've worked on before," Nyborg wrote in a blog post. Inspired debuted a thesis in 2020 that identified loneliness as a key focus for the firm to invest in.

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☆ Caroline Ellison was 'terrified' of Sam Bankman-Fried when she started working at Alameda
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Caroline Ellison worried she'd made a huge mistake within weeks of starting at Alameda Research. She told Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman-Fried's biographer, that she was "terrified" of the CEO. AdvertisementAdvertisementBefore Caroline Ellison warmed up to dating Sam Bankman-Fried, she was afraid of him. Ellison told Lewis that SBF would say he felt conflicted about having sex with her, yet he would continue to do so before ignoring her for months. Her work at Alameda Research catapulted her into scrutiny when her boss and onetime boyfriend's trading empire imploded.

Persons: Caroline Ellison, she'd, Michael Lewis, Sam Bankman, Ellison, SBF, —, Jane, Lewis, Tara Mac Aulay, Mac Aulay, Fried Organizations: Alameda Research, Service, Bankman, Jane Street, Wall Locations: Alameda

☆ Millennial and Gen Z gig workers are earning a lot more than their older peers
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Older generations were overrepresented among those earning less than $1,000 per month, given they were much less likely to note that gig work is their primary income source. Among those who use gig work as their primary income source, half are millennials. A working paper from May 2023 found that the number of platform gig workers increased from 1.8 million in 2019 to 4.9 million in 2021, corresponding to a 170% increase. Nearly one in four gig workers have been victimized by fraud or identity theft while using gig platforms — more than double the rate of those not using gig platforms. Given real income is growing, some gig platforms are struggling to attract new workers while keeping services affordable.

Persons: —, Gen Z, Tracey Lazos, Gen, X, Lazos Organizations: Service, Boomers, of Labor, Labor, Survey

☆ Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Meta, Warby Parker, McCormick and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

McCormick spices are displayed on a shelf at a supermarket in San Anselmo, California, on March 28, 2023. Warby Parker — The eyewear maker popped 3.4% after Evercore ISI upgraded shares to outperform from in line. Rivian Automotive — Shares of the electric vehicle maker lost 8.3%, even though Rivian's deliveries topped estimates and showed sustained demand. Earlier in the day, Evercore ISI added a tactical outperform rating on the stock, noting it appears oversold near term. However, Evercore ISI reiterated a long-term in-line rating on Ally and trimmed its 12-month price target.

Persons: McCormick, Warby Parker, Trex, Goldman Sachs, Eli Lilly, Morgan Stanley, KeyBanc, McCormick —, Roth MKM, Alex Harring, Brian Evans, Samantha Subin, Jesse Pound Organizations: ISI, Rivian, EVs, StreetAccount, Meta, Union Facebook Locations: San Anselmo , California, U.S

☆ I resell tickets online and make up to $32,000 in profit a month. Here's how I do it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Sasha Weilbaker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

After selling a few tickets to make a hockey game more affordable in 2014, he continued to resell. Now 65% of the tickets that I resell are to sporting events, while 35% are events including concerts, Broadway shows, and comedy events. My favorite selling platform is TickPick because I find that it has the best pricing for purchasing, and its customer service is excellent. Pricing depends on each sellerI know many sellers who try to price their tickets for as cheap as possible. In May, I sold 850 tickets for just under $121,000 in sales, which equaled about $32,000 in profit, but this number ranges from month to month depending on the season.

Persons: —, Shiraz Mawani, Bruno Mars, Katy Perry, I'm, it'll, there's, it's Organizations: Service, NHL, Craigslist, Broadway Locations: Shiraz, Toronto

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