Noam Scheiber

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I cover workers for the NY Times. New Book: "Mutiny, the Rise and Revolt of the College-Educated Working Class." https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374610814/mutiny/

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"If you’re a white working-class guy in an elite profession, you’re also facing pretty serious barriers.” Some very persuasive evidence that the "class ceiling" is a huge problem for white-collar workers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/b...

nytimes.comThe Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations (Gift Article)Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large.
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Another example of the rancor that engulfed American workplaces after 10.7.23: The EEOC has found that Cisco likely allowed harassment of pro-Palestinian employees. Cisco denies the allegation. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/b...

nytimes.comCisco Likely Allowed Harassment of Pro-Palestinian Workers, EEOC Says (Gift Article)The finding by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said there was reason to believe that the tech giant subjected employees to a hostile environment.
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Among other things, Winant addresses the (very fair) critique of my argument about the possibility of a political coalition b/w college grads and non-graduates, based on their shared identity as put-upon workers.

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More and more college grads are moving home after graduation. It reflects the combination of a lousy job market, high rent and the easing of a social stigma www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/b...

nytimes.comMore Young College Graduates Are Living At Home. Is That a Bad Thing? (Gift Article)More young adults are living with their parents. The development suggests that they face a weak job market, but also that fewer face stigma in returning to the roost.
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From the Economic Policy Institute: "In the long run, the college degree is losing its edge: Unemployment for young college graduates has risen in historical terms, and the college wage premium has been flat or falling in recent years." www.epi.org/blog/class-o...

epi.orgClass of 2026: Young college graduates face a weaker labor market—but a more mixed picture than the headlines suggestOver the last couple of years, the overall labor market has slowly weakened—with many arguing that the weakening is most pronounced for young college graduates (whom we define as young workers ages 22...
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But whereas the well-staffed, well-trained Apple stores used to be an asset in ambitious new rollouts—like for the Apple Watch in 2015—this time the understaffed, poorly trained Apple workers turned into a liability. 11/

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It was hardly the only reason the Vision Pro flopped—the price tag didn’t help. Neither did the shortage of useful apps, the relatively heavy weight (~1.5 pounds), and the weird “persona” that showed up on people’s screens when you did a video call. 10/

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Within about a week, Apple abandoned the idea that Apple store workers should become fluent in the script, and let them read it from iPads. A far cry from the kind of showmanship Jobs was famous for. 8/

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“I got a 20-minute demo. I got maybe 30 minutes to review the script, did a demo on one person who had went to Cupertino, and was thrown from the nest,” said Sam Hernandez, a longtime salesperson at a flagship Apple Store in Chicago. 6/

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