Settling for Less: the Tradeoffs of Job Hopping
More workers have accepted a smaller paycheck when changing jobs — and the trend predates the pandemic.
More workers have accepted a smaller paycheck when changing jobs — and the trend predates the pandemic.
An increasing share of restaurant worker income comes from tips (Square Payroll Index, 2024): The restaurant industry is about 10% of the total U.S. workforce, and the majority of its 12.4M workers rely on tips for significant income. These tips are becoming a larger share of restaurant worker income, but they are also more volatile due to changing consumer behavior and economic downturns.
Today women comprise 29% of the C-suite, way up from 17% in 2015. Yet improvement in representation has been notably slower at the entry and manager levels.
Tenure continues to decline since its high in 2012. Research shows that female workers, and younger workers overall, were more likely to be short-tenured employees.
Despite indications of Silicon Valley’s fall from grace as startup mecca, the reality is that the Bay Area has increased its share of tech startups in recent years.
Researchers assessed the feasibility of a current Large Language Model performing tasks based on specific skills. They examined over 2,800 skills in Indeed’s taxonomy. And guess how many of those skills were rated as “very likely” to be automated by GenAI? Zero.
Insights on worker sentiment, from the Glassdoor Employee Confidence Index (Daniel Zhao) – Sluggish hiring is likely dampening worker sentiment as laid-off workers and new hires find it difficult to get their foot in the door and even employed workers feel stuck in their jobs.
The premium earned by Americans with advanced degrees (Guy Berger, Ph.D.) – How much more does an advanced degree pay out? It’s the lowest premium since 2000.
Low-Wage Workers as Percent of the Workforce, by State (Visual Capitalist) – For the past 15 years, the federal minimum wage has remained unchanged, with its real value now at its lowest point in 67 years.
Mary Meeker, famous for her annual Internet Trends reports, has published a new report calling for the tech industry, government, and higher education to work together to advance AI during an inflection point “of epic proportions.”