Jul 10, 2024

What are you willing to do to avoid layoffs?

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Would you work weekends? Make a longer commute? Even take a pay cut? Some workers say they would.

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What would you do to try and avoid a layoff?

by Mitchell Hartman

Jul 10, 2024

Even with a comparatively low unemployment rate, layoffs are rising. A new survey lays out some of the sacrifices workers are willing to make to avoid that fate.

Between 30% to 40% of workers would be willing to take a demotion or a pay cut, make a longer commute or be relocated to avoid layoffs.

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Jett Holden, a Black, gay country artist, finally finds a home at Black Opry Records

by Jewly Hight

Jul 10, 2024

When Beyoncé conquered Billboard’s top country albums chart with Cowboy Carter, it threw a brighter spotlight on other Black artists who’ve been shut out of country success — including Holden.

Country musician Jett Holden at the CMA Fest 2024 in June in Nashville, Tennessee.

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