This company plans to keep a 4-day working week because it makes staff happier – and stops them leaving

Rent a Recruiter says staff are happier and less likely to leave because it offers a four-day week. Rent a Recruiter Employees got more sleep and felt less stressed in a trial of a four-day working week. Barry Prost, who runs Rent a Recruiter, says it offers a “competitive advantage” for small firms. Prost told…

2 friends who are both almost 6 foot 4 inches tall launched an app to make train journeys more comfortable – without costing an arm and a leg

Iain Griffin and Dirk Stewart launched Seatfrog in 2017. Seatfrog Iain Griffin and Dirk Stewart wanted to improve train travel in the UK. They would sneak into first class or negotiate with tickets guards to get cheaper upgrades. They realized there must be a better way, so decided the launch the Seatfrog app in 2017. …

I was laid off from DoorDash and was depending on it for my H1B visa. I’m mentally struggling to process the shock of looking for a new job.

DoorDash laid off 1,250 workers on November 30. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images DoorDash laid off 1,250 employees on Wednesday to help cut costs. Insider spoke to a worker who was let go and needed to find a new job before their visa expired.  The worker said finding out they’d been laid off was the biggest challenge…

Bill Ackman’s latest short is a ‘smart lottery ticket’ bet against the Hong Kong dollar – here are 7 of his biggest trades

Bill Ackman is shorting the Hong Kong dollar for his latest trade. Richard Drew/AP Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is shorting the Hong Kong dollar for his latest trade. It’s a ‘smart lottery ticket’ bet that the currency’s dollar peg will break as interest rates rise, veteran trader Boaz Weinstein said. From making $2.6 billion during…

I quit my tech job in Seattle because I was miserable — here’s how I moved to Los Angeles and started over as a freelancer and content creator

Dayana Sabatin said she knew she’d made the right choice to leave her old life behind and move to LA, even though she didn’t have a job or apartment lined up right away. Courtesy of Dayana Sabatin Dayana Sabatin was working in tech in Seattle and feeling miserable with her career. She decided to make…