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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nicole Wen, 25, who works at AT&T. It has been edited for length and clarity.My dad got a job at AT&T more than 26 years ago. After college, he told me about the company’s amazing internship programs. I ended up doing three summer internships there throughout college, so that’s how I got my foot in the door with the company.Today, we’re both at AT&T. He is in a leadership position within sales, and I am a principal project program manager.When I first started my full-time job about two years ago, I…

Customers order at a Starbucks in Manhattan Beach, California, on July 19, 2024.Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAs Starbucks aims to bring back customers and assuage investors with its turnaround strategy, it is also winning over its store managers with promises to add more seating inside cafes and promote internally.Since CEO Brian Niccol’s first week at the company, he’s been pledging to bring the company “back to Starbucks” to lift sluggish sales. That goal was in full view at the company’s Leadership Experience, a three-day event in Las Vegas for more than 14,000 store leaders this week.Starbucks unveiled a…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldUS accountants and lawyers are mounting a furious lobbying effort on Capitol Hill to head off a tax rise targeted at professional services firms, which is buried in Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill”.The giant tax and spending package lawmakers are negotiating would shut down a tactic firms used to cut partners’ federal income tax, if the pressure campaign on Republican leaders in the US Senate fails.The American Bar Association this week wrote to senators calling the measure “fundamentally unfair” for…

When job-hopping, make sure not to accidentally bring your old company’s culture along for the ride, said Bob Baxley, a former director of design at Apple.”I think my own particular mistake, and I’ve seen this with some other Apple executives as well, is we went directly from Apple — I left Apple on a Friday and I started Pinterest on a Monday,” Baxley said on a recent episode of Lenny’s Podcast. “And I didn’t give myself time to recalibrate to the Pinterest culture.”After leaving Apple in 2014, Baxley went on to work as the head of product design at Pinterest,…

Last week saw Elon Musk and President Donald Trump go from bromance to breakup.The scale and potential repercussions of the argument between the commander in chief and the world’s richest man, who was until recently a special government employee and White House advisor, were much different than those of the average person.But, while the pair’s relationship is not analogous to the everyday superior and subordinate, the conflict raises the familiar question: how do you navigate a tense relationship at work?Business Insider spoke with five experts in workplace culture and conflict resolution, from career coaches to behavioral neurologists, to get their…

A new golf comedy called “Shanked,” which follows the hijinks at a country club where employees clash with pampered members, made its debut this month. The first episode runs about 20 minutes and resembles a low-budget comedy you might have once seen on Comedy Central.But it’s not on cable. It’s on YouTube.Welcome to 2025, when the big question in Hollywood isn’t whether YouTube can work in the living room, but rather, how much of the entertainment landscape can it conquer.”Shanked” isn’t the only scripted show on YouTube, with top creators like Dhar Mann and Alan Chikin Chow making TV-like series…

You’ve no doubt heard it before: The best time to look for work is when you already have a job.The problem, of course, is not tipping your hand to your current employer as you look for your next one. You might take an interview on your lunch break or even use a sick day for it.But well before that point in your search, you have to make yourself visible to recruiters without appearing to do so to your current boss. It’s a delicate dance being visible to the right people in your job search — and invisible to everyone else.Fortunately,…

As a kid, I ran from field to field for soccer tournaments with back-to-back games, and woke up before the sun was up for lacrosse tournaments that were a long drive away.I’m not alone. It feels like nearly everyone in the US has some connection to youth sports, either through their own kids, their childhood experiences, or through siblings and other family members. Over 27 million children in the US — 54.6% — played organized sports, according to the most recent data from the National Children’s Health Survey, which covered the 2022 and 2023.And investors ranging from venture capitalists to…

The Boeing 787-9 civil jet airplane of Vietnam Airlines performs its flight display at the 51st Paris International Airshow in Le Bourget near Paris, France. (Photo by: aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)aviation-images.com | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesKelly Ortberg’s first Paris Air Show as Boeing CEO was set to be relatively upbeat.Under his leadership that began in August, the company has made strides in ramping up production of its bestselling 737 Max jets, increasing cash-generating deliveries of new planes, and indicating that it’s turning a corner from a series of manufacturing and safety crises and years of lost…

Country roads, take me to vacation.The open road is a preferable getaway this summer for Americans who discovered a love for road trips during the pandemic, are feeling economic uncertainty, or want to take advantage of tumbling gas prices. Road trips also offer a degree of certainty — you won’t find yourself abroad as tariffs or border policies change, or the latest flight chaos strikes.James Willamor, 45, is setting out on a 4,500-mile road trip to kick off summer. It’s become a passion for him; he estimates he spends between 30 and 40 nights a year camping on both short…