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☆ 4 social-media managers say the job requires long hours and unrealistic expectations. They share the breaking points that made them quit.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Jacqueline Gualtieri | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

While the social-media profession continues to grow in popularity, many social-media managers are deciding to leave their positions for greener pastures. According to Zippia, 29% of social-media managers stay in their roles for less than a year. Even though 70% of social-media managers wanted to be promoted, only 40% saw any possibility to advance where they were, according to the 2020 study. Insider spoke with four social-media managers about how they reached a breaking point in their corporate jobs and what they've chosen to do now instead. Through working with other social-media managers, she's seen how things have changed since her days of working in their shoes.

☆ Analysis: Goodbye, TINA: higher yields muddy outlook for struggling U.S. stocks
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Lewis Krauskopf | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Soaring interest rates are providing investors with attractive alternatives to stocks, complicating the picture for equities in an already-vicious year. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterThat calculus has drastically changed as the Fed hikes interest rates to stave off the worst inflation in decades, bolstering yields on everything from Treasuries to money markets. Money market funds took in $30 billion in the latest week, according to Refinitiv Lipper, while equity funds, taxable fixed income funds, and tax-exempt bond funds all had net redemptions. "We are definitely getting a resizing of that now.”Reuters GraphicsOf course, the alternatives to stocks are far from risk free. Still, the robust yields are likely to continue presenting a challenge to stocks, investors said.

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