AI tools are increasingly used in self-appraisals to aid workers' evaluations of their performance. They can help address biases and subjectivity in traditional performance reviews. Human oversight is still crucial, especially due to privacy concerns, researchers say. Performance reviews are not usually something many people look forward to. Evaluating ourselves is hard, and it can feel like a massive effort to sift through a year's worth of work to find the highlights. Women can find it...

A former Facebook executive said employees once let Mark Zuckerberg win when playing a board game. The incident sparked a debate about the potential pitfalls of playing a game with your boss. Business Insider asked workplace gurus how competitive you should be in such situations. A new memoir by former Facebook employee Sarah Wynn-Williams included a claim that workers let Mark Zuckerberg win a game of Settlers of Catan. Her former colleague, who was also there, hit back and denied the...

MrBeast said on a podcast that his enormous success has meant sidelining his mental health. He lives in "hard mode," but the pressure of working all the time and being so famous has a cost. Workplace professionals warn neglecting mental health for success can lead to burnout and bad choices. The world's biggest YouTuber doesn't prioritize his mental health — and thinks he wouldn't be as successful if he did. Jimmy Donaldson, better known to his 364 million YouTube subscribers as MrBeast,...

Some Gen Z workers are finding it hard to get into the workforce due to the demands of "entry-level" jobs. Leaders should value Gen Z's creativity and entrepreneurialism, not base decisions on "young-ism." Zoomers can push back against stereotypes by going into the office and listening to older colleagues. Plenty of entry-level jobs are no longer entry-level. Mona Mourshed, the CEO of the employment nonprofit Generation, said many employers are now looking for two to three years of work...