Find Your Next Job Offer Via Slack

Good morning. In this edition we’ll explore networking on Slack, why Gen Z workers are prioritizing money over mission as they job hunt and what employees at the biggest companies get paid.

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Network — And Get Hired — On Slack

Companies have embraced Slack channels to speed up office communication. Now, workers like Maria Velasquez are using the messaging tool to find professional contacts in their fields (but away from their employers) to fast-track their job hunts.

Read the full article here.

Google Paid Its Typical Worker $296,000

With a booming economy and a tight job market, median pay rose last year for most S&P 500 companies, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Find out what other big companies are paying their employees.?

Gen Z Workers Want Mission-Driven Jobs—And a Big Paycheck

For many 20-something workers and new grads, a sense of mission is butting up against the need to make money. Though they came of age under Presidents Obama and Trump and formed worldviews during times of powerful social movements, some are making compromises in the face of inflation that they might have criticized before entering the workforce.

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:

• Brr! Air-Conditioned Offices Give Chilly Reception to Returning Workers (Read)
• Elon Musk Orders Tesla, SpaceX Employees Back to Offices (Read)?
• Sheryl Sandberg’s Complicated Legacy of Leaning In (Read)

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This newsletter was curated by Lynn Cook, the Journal’s careers and work bureau chief, in Texas. Let us know what you think at [email protected].?

From top: Photo: Michelle Iljazi; Photo: Jason Henry for The Wall Street Journal; Illustration: Gabriel Zimmer for The Wall Street Journal