It’s no secret that knowing the right people can open doors. Now, Gen Zers are attempting to get a fast-track ticket to success by dating people in high places—or “throning,” as the viral trend is being called. The new slang term essentially means dating someone who boosts your social status, and nearly 30% of singletons have been using it as a leg up the hierarchy, according to the dating app Plenty of Fish. A separate study published in the journal Science Advances found that dating app...

While working remotely during the pandemic, many Gen Zers grabbed the opportunity to hold down multiple jobs—or polywork—often behind their employers’ backs. But now baby boomers have taken a leaf out of Gen Z’s book. New research shows that they’re now the generation most likely to be pulling a second or third after-work shift. The remote-working services platform Startfleet analyzed U.S. labor statistics and found that some 1,303,000 people aged between 55 and 64 worked multiple jobs at...

Amazon has become the latest major company to order staff to return to the office five days a week, effectively ending working from home at the $1.99 trillion tech giant. Just like JPMorgan, Boots, and Goldman Sachs’ bosses, Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy cited strengthening company culture as one of the main reasons behind raising its in-office requirements from three days to full-time. However, a new report from PwC suggests that the move to full-time in-office work could have a different effect...