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☆ TikTok's growth rate has collapsed. 'Life' may be getting in the way for its younger users.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This is especially true for young users who are now entering a new busy time of life known as adulthood. AdvertisementAfter demolishing the competition from 2020 through the first half of 2022, TikTok's DAU growth rate has collapsed. One interesting theory is that TikTok users are growing up and taking on new responsibilities that leave less time to watch videos. If some of TikTok's core users can no longer afford to spend an hour a day on the app, that's not good for business. This is not just meThe Wall Street Journal recently interviewed a few TikTok users in their 20s.

Persons: —, TikTok, it's, Brielle, There's, I'd, she'll, Keilah Bruce Organizations: Service, Evercore, YouTube, Facebook, Street Journal, Intelligence, Street Locations: TikTok

☆ Jodie Foster's not the only one who thinks Gen Z workers are 'annoying.' They say they're misunderstood.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-08 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewJodie Foster recently called Gen Z "annoying" in the workplace, causing a stir on social media. Gen Z has gained a bad reputation as workersSome X users came to the defense of Gen Z, saying their young colleagues are very productive. But many agreed with Foster's comments about the generation, arguing the Gen Z workers they know lack work ethic and discipline, yet expect a lot. Gen Z has long been depicted as lazy and ill-equipped to do their jobs. In referring to Gen Z as "annoying" in the workplace, Foster has aligned herself with the many critics of the generation in the workforce.

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☆ A Gen Z musician is pleading with people to stream her music as she can't imagine having to work a 9-to-5 job
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Charissa Cheong | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

One Gen Z musician is urging people to listen to her music so she doesn't have to work a corporate job. AdvertisementWynns then began promoting her music, seemingly viewing this career path as an avenue to avoiding the 9-to-5 schedule. In early December, Wynns' post went viral on X, after it was reshared by an account with 1.9 million followers called "End Wokeness," which often shares provocative right-wing talking points. "My take is that most of this new generation (not all) lack that hard work ethic we were raised by bc they grew up in the instant gratification era. They don't take pride in hard work.

Persons: Zers, —, Zer, Zoe Wynns, Smashwords, Wynns, Gen Zers, Brielle Asero, Rolling Stone, Wynn Organizations: Service, Instagram, University of North, LinkedIn Locations: University of North Carolina, Chapel

☆ TikTok offers Gen Z advice on how to survive a 9-to-5 job
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Young people are growing tired of their 9-to-5 jobs calling it "soul-crushing" and "depressing." Several TikTokers have acknowledged the pains of the 9-to-5 routine and are posting their own corporate survival guides. AdvertisementOther advice included setting boundaries by working the contracted hours only to ensure you have free time after work. Advertisement"All corporate jobs are not bad but you need to make sure you're a good fit in a corporate environment. Take screen breaks every hourJessica Ollerenshaw provided her "top tips to stay sane" in a 9-to-5 job earlier this year on TikTok .

Persons: —, Slack, Tim Whitehead, Jessica Ollerenshaw, Ollerenshaw, Suzy Welch, they're, Welch Organizations: Service, Microsoft Locations: TikTok

☆ Ending the 40-hour workweek is possible, but it'll require sacrifices from all of us
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today's big story, we're looking at the internet calling for changes to the "soul-crushing" and "depressing" 9-to-5 workday. The 40-hour workweek is facing a reckoning after a recent grad's viral TikTok emotionally questioning how people have time for a personal life while working a full-time job. AdvertisementAdvertisementSo yes, upending the 9-to-5 is possible — and worth considering — but only with a bit of sacrifice from all of us. Earnings today: Uber, eBay, H&R Block, Nintendo, and other companies.

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☆ 'Soul-crushing' and 'depressing': The 9-to-5 is facing a reckoning on social media as users rally against the outdated work schedule
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The discussion around whether the 9-to-5 work schedule is outdated is going viral on social media. People are saying they're exhausted and that they have no time or energy to do anything after work. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe longstanding custom of working 9-to-5 is facing a reckoning on social media, with some users saying they feel like they're wasting their youth on what they perceive as meaningless work. These videos have been making the rounds on social media and have sparked a discussion around whether the 40-hour work week is outdated. As a result, some workers are pushing back on hustle culture and corporate life and seeking alternatives like four-day work weeks and greater work-life balance .

Persons: —, Brielle, I'm, I've, Andra Berghoff, Suzy Welch, University's, Z, Welch Organizations: Service, Twitter, University's Stern School of Business Locations: Minnesota, New

☆ Experts weigh in on recent college grad's viral complaints about 9-to-5 schedule: 40-hour workweek is 'a historical accident'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

In a viral TikTok, a recent college graduate bemoaned the demands of a 9-to-5 work schedule. Historically, there is precedence for this change, says Ben Hunnicutt, a historian who focuses on why companies abandoned shorter workdays. "The 40-hour workweek, from 9-to-5, is not a universal mandate from God, it's a historical accident," he says. Gen Z workers, like Brielle, might be the ones to facilitate a shift in company expectations. "There is a tendency now in younger folks to value their time more than advancement at work," Hunnicutt says.

Persons: Brielle, doesn't, I'm, they'd, Ben Hunnicutt, Gen, Hunnicutt Organizations: UAW

☆ X users slam millionaire venture capitalist who 'has not had a traditional 9-5 job' in decades after he mocks Gen-Zer venting about work-life balance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Millionaire VC Jason Calacanis is catching flak for mocking a woman venting about her 9-5 on TikTok. Users on X, formerly Twitter, said he was punching down and noted he hadn't worked a 9-5 in decades. Some commenters said the woman was unprepared to enter the workforce; others agreed 9-5 jobs leave little room for work-life balance. "I want to be able to talk for this next generation and explain that a 40-hour work week plus commute is not necessary for productivity," she said. Period," one person said on X.AdvertisementAdvertisementMany users agreeing with Brielle expressed their support for a 4-day work week.

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☆ Biden in Utah to mark anniversary of toxic burn pit legislation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Nandita Bose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - President Joe Biden will visit a Utah veterans’ medical center on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the signing of legislation providing aid to veterans sickened by gases from military toxic burn pits. 1st Class Heath Robinson, stand by in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2022. The U.S. military used burn pits to dispose of waste on foreign bases until the mid-2010s. Under the law, certain cancers and ailments, including hypertension, are presumed to be connected to the burn pits and the need for veterans to prove they were connected was eliminated. Biden has said he believes there may have been a connection between the brain cancer that killed his son Beau Biden at age 46 and the burn pits that Beau was exposed to during his military service.

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☆ Biden marks anniversary of toxic burn pit legislation during Utah trip
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Nandita Bose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - President Joe Biden visited a U.S. veterans’ medical center in Utah on Thursday to mark the one-year anniversary of the signing of legislation that provides aid to veterans sickened by gases from military toxic burn pits. 1st Class Heath Robinson, stand by in the East Room of the White House, in Washington, U.S., August 10, 2022. The U.S. military used burn pits to dispose of waste on foreign bases until the mid-2010s. Under the law, certain cancers and ailments, including hypertension, are presumed to be connected to the burn pits and the need for veterans to prove they were connected was eliminated. “The PACT Act means today’s veterans and their families won’t suffer the same painful frustrating delays and denials,” Biden said.

Persons: Joe Biden, Heath Robinson, Danielle, Brielle Robinson, Kevin Lamarque, Biden, invigorate, George E, Orange, ” Biden, “, ”, Beau Biden, Beau Organizations: LAKE CITY, White, REUTERS, Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical, Reuters Locations: U.S, Utah, Washington , U.S, American, Salt Lake City, Vietnam

☆ Homes for Sale in New York and New Jersey
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Jill P. Capuzzo | Claudia Gryvatz Copquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Maria Hayes, Diane Turton Realtors, 718-702-2048, dianeturton.comCostsTaxes: $16,464 a yearProsThe unfinished basement includes a temperature-controlled wine cellar that can hold 2,000 bottles. The house is just up the street from the Manasquan River Golf Club. Despite the name of the road it is on, this house is well inland from the ocean and has no water views. Given the fast pace of the current market, some properties may no longer be available at the time of publication. For weekly email updates on residential real estate news, sign up here.

Persons: Maria Hayes, Diane Turton Organizations: Diane Turton Realtors, Golf Locations: Monmouth, Brielle, N.J

☆ Genetic study details complex ancestry of East Africa's Swahili people
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-29 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Radu Sigheti/File PhotoMarch 29 (Reuters) - A study of centuries-old DNA has deciphered the complex ancestry of coastal East Africa's Swahili people, revealing how a cosmopolitan and prosperous medieval civilization arose thanks in large part to women from Africa and men arriving from Persia. After around 1500 AD, the bulk of the Asian genetic contribution shifted to Arabian sources, the study showed. "However, in this case, because Bantu populations in East Africa often have more matrilineal tendencies, African women likely had more autonomy in choosing their partners for building a family. It may be, the researchers said, that the African women and their communities chose to form families with Persian princes or traders, reinforcing trade networks of African and Persian merchants. The evidence of Indian ancestry adds a surprising new layer to the history of the East African coast, Brielle added.

“We were using Facebook Messenger to communicate with her parents and coached them through the delivery, so I watched her being delivered on my cellphone," Blackburn told NBC News. Davon Thomas with his wife, Erica Thomas, and their newborn, Devynn Brielle Thomas. Erica and Davon Thomas were trapped in their house by snow when Erica suddenly went into labor, Blackburn said. She had also instructed him to help his wife take a hot shower to ease her pain and help her move around “to get the gravity going,” Blackburn said. Moments later, Erica squatted down and when the baby came out, Davon Thomas was there to receive his daughter with towels in his arms.

☆ Biden signs bill to expand benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Rebecca-Shabad-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Rebecca Shabad | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden signed legislation on Wednesday expanding health care benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. The bipartisan bill, known as the PACT Act, is the most significant expansion of veterans' health care and benefits in more than 30 years, a White House official said. Danielle Robinson was a guest of first lady Jill Biden during the president's first State of the Union address when he called on Congress to pass burn pits legislation. Biden has said he believes Beau’s cancer was linked to exposure to burn pits during his deployment. The legislation increases veterans' access to medical care and disability payments for exposure to burn pits.

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