Flipboard 2025 Careers

You walk into work, and before you’ve even logged in, someone comments on your outfit. Another chimes in with a “joke” about your body. Everyone laughs, except you. It’s 2025—shouldn’t we be past this? Spoiler: we’re not.

Digital systems and smart machines are changing how work gets done. Roles based on repetition and standard procedures are the first to go, replaced by tools that can work 24/7 without fatigue or error.

Even if your company is having problems switching to a new payroll provider, its workers still have to be paid on time.

Once you've worked overtime hours, your employer can't rearrange your schedule to retroactively deny paying you the overtime rate.

A nurse performs a life-saving intubation outside the hospital—and triggers a licensing review. What professionals need to know about scope and liability.

At this point, winter feels personal. School keeps closing, your calendar keeps exploding, and your boss keeps saying no. You’re stuck at home, technically able to work—but being told to burn vacation days instead. Is that actually allowed, or just cruel management?

It didn’t take a corner office to get things going. Some of the most powerful companies today came to life in tiny spaces with big dreams. The early setups might surprise you more than the success did.

Promised a year of severance but lost your benefits instead? Here’s what to do when a job loss, medical bills, and an urgent root canal collide—and how to protect your finances and your health.

When your boss borrows your dog for a “client presentation” and refuses to give her back, things have gone way too far. This humorous yet practical advice column walks you through exactly what to do next—from setting boundaries and involving HR to understanding your legal rights and protecting your pet—while keeping the tone engaging, relatable, and reassuring.

Most people don’t expect to be yelled at while doing their job—especially not in front of customers. When a supervisor loses their temper in public and then labels the outburst as “coaching,” it can leave employees confused, embarrassed, and wondering what to do next.

For decades, careers followed a predictable rhythm that shaped education and ambition. That rhythm is breaking. Somehow, artificial intelligence is accelerating workplace change faster than most systems can adapt.

Remember when asking for fifteen bucks an hour seemed impossible? That battle changed everything. Now we're watching the biggest coordinated wage boost in modern history play out in real time across the nation.