Feeling Underpaid? These Jobs Pay $200,000 or More

Hello, and welcome back. In this edition we explore the impact of New York City's new pay transparency law. Plus, the elite M.B.A. programs that are going virtual, the latest tech-sector job cuts and how people who traded good jobs for better work-life balance are confronting inflation.

Is Your Colleague Earning More Than $200,000 a Year? Now You Can Find Out

If you want to make more than $200,000 a year in New York, the options may be more plentiful than you think.

From content director at Colgate-Palmolive Co. to the diversity, equity and inclusion business manager at Macy’s Inc., the list of jobs offering the chance to make over $200,000 includes careers in a wide a range of industries—one of the early revelations from New York City’s new salary transparency law.

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These People Quit Higher Paying Jobs for Better Work-Life Balance. Then Inflation Arrived

Many of the millions of people who switched jobs during the pandemic are feeling the bite of inflation especially hard, and for an often overlooked reason—they opted for pay cuts.

A sizable share of pandemic-era job switchers took pay cuts, according to new research. In a survey of more than 2,300 workers, 32% of those who changed jobs since early 2020 said they made less money as a result.

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Slack Notifications Can Be Easy to Miss or Overwhelming—Here's What to Do About It

If you’re an office worker, you’re probably no stranger to the following Slack message: “Sorry, I didn’t see this until now.”

You can improve the situation by entering Slack’s labyrinth of notification settings. WSJ personal tech writer Dalvin Brown explains in depth what drives Slack alerts, and which settings to change so you don’t miss a message.

Read the full article here .

Elsewhere in The Wall Street Journal

Check out some of the Journal’s other best-read stories on work life and the office over the past week:

• Wharton, Other Elite M.B.A. Programs Go Virtual (Read )
• Layoffs Hit Tech Sector With Force as Amazon, Lyft Warn of Economic Downturn (Read )
• Home Buyers Are Moving Farther Away From the Office Than Ever Before (Read )

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