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I was working around a lot of older assertive men, and I'm not a very big guy, so I never wanted confrontation," Turner says. But, it can be a challenge to manage up to senior leaders on a team when you have the least amount of experience. Turner remembers his comment undercutting his solution and being followed by a "contentious meeting." Tensions ran high, making a stressful situation worse.

engaging with industry on proposals to ensure all aspects of the pensions industry are supporting best outcomes for savers, including how to shift employer incentives away from low fees towards long-term pension investment performance welcoming the Financial Conduct Authority ( FCA) and the Pensions Regulator ( TPR) announcements on next steps towards implementing the Value for Money framework in the DC workplace pensions market The original non-explanation from OpenAI was that Altman had to go because he had not been “consistently candid” with other directors. Not fully candid about what? A benign (sort of) interpretation is that the row was about the amount of time Altman was devoting to other business interests, including a reported computer chip venture. If that is correct, outsiders might indeed be relaxed: it is normal for other board members to worry about whether the boss is sufficiently focused on the day job. His secret? "Learn your job well," he says. "Be very confident when you challenge somebody, especially somebody that's 20 to 30 years older than you that's been doing the job for so long. [Don't] be arrogant about it, but be confident in your knowledge."publishing an update that proposes placing duties on DC occupational pensions trustees to offer decumulation services and products at an appropriate quality and price when savers access their pension assets, either themselves or through a partnership arrangement A spokesperson for Hilton declined to comment on whether the suspension of 11:11’s ad campaign also meant the end of Hilton’s partnership with X. A spokesperson for X also did not immediately respond. A worker’s industry can make a difference, too. Some career paths do call for staying put for a decade or more to accrue necessary tenure for a new job title. “If you’re an accountant or a lawyer,” says McLaughlin, “I don't think there's as much negative connotation if you've been somewhere 10 or 15 years, moved up and made partner. In those professions, that's pretty much the route you take.”

In the end, trying to embarrass another colleague "wasn't the right approach," Turner says. "I figured that out." Of course, notes Kropf, these judgements are entirely subjective – there’s no universal answer to how all hiring managers will judge long-tenured employees. “One person may see loyalty in 15-plus years of service,” she says, “whereas another may see apathy.” It may be up to the applicant, then, to paint that long tenure as a strength, rather than a weakness. Turner ended up getting his budget, and the team was able to provide different ways of communication in case services throughout Arkansas were cut off. He and that senior leader even became friends down the line. Although there may be red flags around longevity, there are also nuances buried within the number of years on a CV. Plus, says Kropf, the world is constantly changing – and employees must keep up with new technology to stay competitive. Workers whose jobs evolve and offer them new skills don’t can get left behind.developing a fellowship course targeting mid-career science and technology Venture Capital ( VC) investors, similar to the Kauffman Fellowship in the US, to be operational in 2024 Yet the whole purpose of OpenAI’s weird governance setup was to ensure safe development of the technology. For all its faults, the structure was intended to put the board of the controlling not-for-profit entity in change. Safety came first; the interests of the profit-seeking subsidiary were secondary. Here’s Altman’s own description, from February this year: “We have a nonprofit that governs us and lets us operate for the good of humanity (and can override any for-profit interests), including letting us do things like cancel our equity obligations to shareholders if needed for safety.” Beyond the opinions of hiring managers, staying put too long can also have adverse effects on workers, particularly regarding salary.

But keeping eyes forward at the same time can be a good idea. McLaughlin says if you’re nearing the five-year mark, it’s worth it to assess where you are, and look at what else may be out there. If you’ve only been in one industry, in one business, it can make you a little bit one-dimensional,” says McLaughlin. “From a hiring manager's perspective, I’d question how diverse is their learning and development style? Are they willing to take risks or are they risk averse? Are they dynamic enough? You might look at that and go, how motivated is this person? Why haven’t they wanted to move?” The decision by 11:11 Media to pull its advertising campaign from X comes after at least half a dozen brands also paused their ad spending on X last week over concerns about pro-Nazi content and Musk’s embrace of an antisemitic conspiracy theory on the platform.Turner recalls once being on a big project to help protect several telephone facilities against a projected earthquake in the 1990s, which would impact their service area in Northeast Arkansas. "We were predicting disaster," he says.

consulting this winter on how the Pension Protection Fund can act as a consolidator for defined benefit ( DB) schemes unattractive to commercial providers That stands in stark contrast to, say, creative professions, where he argues moving around is often the best way to further skills and open career options. “When you move from one agency or team to another, your network changes, your client base changes, your boss changes, your learning and development changes. You're exposed to new challenges, new people, new ideas.”welcoming TPR’s announcement that they will implement a register of trustees and update the trustee toolkit If you found somewhere you love,” says McLaughlin, “and you're comfortable there, you feel you're looked after there, and you're paid well and respected, you don't need to move just for the sake of it.” For some employers, however, there is a point at which staying in one place can start to reflect poorly on a worker. “Eight, nine, 10 years, that's fantastic,” he says. “But 15, 17, 19 years... there's a big difference there. I think there is a window where the balance kind of tips a little bit.” For instance, being in one position for that long can signal that professional development has stalled, or that workers have a smaller network. Someone's been somewhere 15, 20 years, and you have to wonder, are they institutionalised?” says McLaughlin. “Are they just part of the furniture? How adaptable can they really be?” These questions, combined with existing biases about the inadaptability of older workers, has the potential to be damaging.