Former 6-figure tech worker earns $22K baking pastries in France

Valerie Valcourt has lived all around the U.S. in Seattle, New York City and Washington, D.C. But she made her biggest move yet last year when she quit her six-figure Big Tech job to go to pastry school in France. Valcourt, 34, tells CNBC Make It she started the process in 2020 when, while earning … Read more

Employers and workers are at odds over work-life balance

MoMo Productions | DigitalVision | Getty Images At the end of last year, Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah had a clear message for workers heading into 2024: “Winning takes hard work.” “Working long hours, being responsive, blending work and life, is not anything to shy away from,” Shah wrote in an email to employees first obtained … Read more