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[ad_1] Business Insider recently asked readers to tell us their biggest gripes with the job search.They told us that things like a lack of pay transparency and poor work-life balance were red flags in a job post. And once you get to an actual interview, new issues can arise.Here’s what you told us about the red flags that stick out to you in a job interview:PunctualitySome of it boils down to the basics, like being punctual.As the saying goes, if you’re early, you’re on time, and if you’re on time, you’re late. What do you call it if you’re late?…
[ad_1] Anduril founder Palmer Luckey’s new digital bank, Erebor, told prospective investors in a fundraising memo that it expects federal banking regulators to approve its plans by late 2025 — a speedy timeline that it says is possible because of Luckey’s “political network” and the bank’s close ties to regulators.The memo said the bank anticipated receiving a charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency “less than 6 months” after it submitted its application, which happened in June.The startup is in part banking on Luckey’s political ties to clinch the approval required to become a regulated bank in…
[ad_1] 2025-08-08T09:03:53Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Sweetgreen reported disappointing financials, but the company has a turnaround plan. Out: ripple fries. They’re too complex. In: bigger chicken and tofu portions, and some cheaper dishes. Sweetgreen is having a tougher time selling $15 salads.On Thursday, the Los Angeles-based salad chain cut sales guidance after reporting disappointing…
[ad_1] Apple, which has historically been the quietest of the Big Tech companies when it comes to dealmaking, set off a guessing game in Silicon Valley last week when CEO Tim Cook said he was on the hunt for deals.”We’re very open to M&A that accelerates our road map,” Cook said on the company’s earnings call, referring to mergers and acquisitions. “We basically ask ourselves whether a company can help us accelerate a road map. If they do, then we’re interested.”Apple’s stock is down about 10% this year, partly out of investor concern that it has fallen behind in the…
[ad_1] 2025-08-08T08:13:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Business Insider ranked the pay of engineering and architecture jobs that don’t need a bachelor’s degree. Most typically needed an associate degree, and pay ranged from about $52,000 to about $80,000. These jobs included different kinds of technicians, technologists, and drafters. Even if you don’t have a bachelor’s…
[ad_1] Jim Sullivan is taking the wheel at Smashburger as the fast food chain’s latest CEO. The name of the game is to “refresh” the burger chain’s identity and “reclaim” its footing in a flooded market, he told Business Insider.Sullivan, who has worked at Smashburger since June of 2024 as the brand’s chief development officer and, since February, its president, was appointed to the role of CEO on Tuesday. He replaces Denise Nelsen, who left the company in February after less than a year in the role.Sullivan is the sixth person to hold the title of CEO since Smashburger’s 2007…
[ad_1] Homeownership feels like an ever more distant dream these days. But if a bipartisan group of senators has its way, a key type of affordable housing could become cheaper and more abundant.In late July, all 24 members of the Senate Banking Committee voted for the biggest federal housing policy reform package in a decade.Housing policy wonks are particularly excited about one long-sought provision that would end a burdensome and outdated requirement that manufactured homes have a permanent steel trailer frame, called a chassis. That requirement adds cost, limits functionality, and isn’t necessary for the transportation of these mostly non-mobile…
[ad_1] Just over two and a half years ago, Mira Lane was asked during an informal discussion with someone at Google what she wanted to do with her life. Unsure of how to respond, she said, “Let me get back to you,” and went home to think about it.She told Business Insider that she put together a “one-pager” about an AI prototyping lab that explores the impact of tech innovation on society, and sent it to the Googler who would eventually become her boss.The gamble paid off and she was brought on to spearhead Google’s Envisioning Studio, an AI innovation…
[ad_1] Robert Keele said this week that he has stepped down as xAI’s head of legal after just over a year, saying he wants to spend more time with his children. In his announcement, Keele also acknowledged “daylight between our worldviews” with boss Elon Musk, who hasn’t commented on Keele’s exit. “I love my two toddlers and I don’t get to see them enough,” Keele wrote, posting the news on both X and LinkedIn. Despite calling his time at the AI startup “incredible” and working with Musk “the adventure of a lifetime,” he said he couldn’t keep “riding two horses…
[ad_1] Star Wars actor Gina Carano has settled her lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm after she was fired from the franchise’s spin-off, “The Mandalorian.”Terms of the agreement were not made public.Carano, who played Cara Dune in the Disney+ series, was fired in 2021 after she made comments comparing being a Republican in the US to being a Jew during the Holocaust. Lucasfilm condemned her comments in 2021 for “denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities”.In February 2024, the former mixed-martial arts fighter filed a lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm in California, alleging harassment and bullying as a result…