Workplace/Jobs

Remember how people were switching careers left and right early in the pandemic? Here’s one update, years later.

Dishing with colleagues can have some surprising benefits. But in an age of remote and hybrid work, there are fewer spaces for it.

Unemployment insurance claims dropped more than expected last week. The number of people filing for jobless benefits for the first time fell to 205,000, the lowest level since January.

The Fed is charged with promoting a strong economy by maintaining stable prices and maximum employment, but the latter could be a challenge with a job market that’s slowing.

“There's a very, very strong idea that dentists are very, very wealthy,” said Dr. Katherine Sislow. “You know, ‘My crown is just paying for your next boat payment,’ right? And I'm like, ‘You haven't even touched the cost of my rent for this month.’”

The rate of people either working or looking for work in the U.S. ticked down to 62%.

“When I started this job with trivia, I initially envisioned it very much as a part-time sort of side hustle,” said Andrew Anderson in Columbus, Ohio. “And now I really do think of it more as a second job.”

The latest jobs report showed a loss of 92,000 jobs in February. After months of easing unemployment, that number crept up too, to 4.4%.

The outlook for the job market — and the entire economy — is presently being clouded by war in the Middle East.

Friday’s jobs report will almost certainly show a year-over-year decline in employment in the manufacturing sector, which lost more than 90,000 jobs in 2025.