Senior correspondent for Business Insider (@thisisinsider) covering the economy, the workplace, and other things. Email: aito@businessinsider.com

Joined September 2009
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13 Nov 2023
I dove deep into the overemployed community, where tech workers trade secrets about juggling 2 or more full-time jobs. Lots of fun & outrageous details about how they do it, but the phenomenon also says something deeper about the nature of work today businessinsider.com/overempl…
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A must-read re: #AI from leading @MIT economist Daron Acemoglu. And like we’ve been saying, without very robust regulations we are completely fucked. But, US legislators are too busy cashing tech checks and making TikToks. businessinsider.com/ai-chatg…
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18 Sep 2023
You've probably read a 100 takes on what AI will do to our jobs. But if you were to trust a single person's predictions, you couldn't do better than the MIT economist Daron Acemoglu. I profiled Acemoglu and his dire warnings about our AI future. businessinsider.com/ai-chatg…
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25 Jul 2023
Thrilled to be recognized for my stories last year on America's changing relationship to work – and honored to be in such great company among all the recipients! Thank you @PressClubDC!
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@AkiIto7 of @BusinessInsider is the winner of the @nminow Award for Cultural Criticism for “The Rise of ‘Quiet Quitting.’” The series captures the human experience and provides insight into an ongoing conversation. businessinsider.com/quiet-qu…
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22 Jun 2023
I'll be on @KQEDForum at 10am tomorrow for the full hour to talk about the California job market! I'll be talking about the tech layoffs, still-very low unemployment outside of tech, coming generational shifts, WFH / RTO, AI, and more 🎙️🎙️
22 Jun 2023
As Baby Boomers retire, it's workers, not employers, who hold the power...FRI at 10 AM we'll take a pulse on the labor market. ❓ What's been your experience applying for jobs lately? 📧 Send a voice memo to Forum@KQED.ORG 📱 or call 415-553-3300 businessinsider.com/baby-boo…
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15 Jun 2023
Thrilled to be back at work today! So proud of the amazing contract we won, and thank you to everyone who supported us through these last two weeks. Now that our strike is over, please read our stories again! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Our unit will vote to ratify soon, but here’s some of what we won: -$65k salary minimum -Just cause -Layoff moratorium through the end of the year -Raises of over 10% during the term of the contract -Over $400,000 in healthcare cost reimbursements
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13 Jun 2023
The @InsiderUnion is holding the line! Join us and tell Insider management to remedy the ULP and settle a fair contract NOW! ⤵️ actionnetwork.org/letters/te…
Good morning on Day 12!!!! of our ULP strike!🪧 Thank you for all the support — we’re going strong and holding the line! Come picket with us at One Liberty Plaza if you’re in NYC. Let’s get this contract!!🥳 📸: @maddierenbarger
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13 Jun 2023
It's Day 12 of our @InsiderUnion strike. @thisisinsider doesn't pay us while we're withholding our labor. I can afford that – but not my younger colleagues. Please consider donating to our hardship fund while we hold the line: gofundme.com/f/support-insid…
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Good morning. Today is Day 8 of @InsiderUnion's strike. And, in case you hadn't heard, Trump has been indicted. @nichcarlson @hblodget the world is turning. Readers are not getting what they need from a skeleton crew. Our demands are reasonable. We can end this strike by EOD.
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Today, our bargaining committee sent two letters to groups with meaningful influence on Insider: Axel Springer and KKR. We asked them to encourage Insider to give us reasonable counters, a key move toward ending our ULP strike. Here are the letters and their key points: (1/6)
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There's a lot of news going on out there. @InsiderUnion is still striking for a fair contract — esp w/r/t wages and health care. @hblodget @nichcarlson, let's get a deal done. Your writers shouldn't have to choose bt crushing their beats and backing up their colleagues.
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It's official: THE INSIDER UNION IS ON STRIKE. Management failed to agree on a fair contract that settles our healthcare ULP and pays us what we're worth. Starting now, over 250 Insider employees are on indefinite strike. You want us back @thisisinsider? Settle the contract. ✊
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13 Mar 2023
Save the middle manager! They're often ridiculed as petty, powerless, thumb-twiddling bureaucrats – but middle managers (at least the good ones) are actually the people who make large organizations work. businessinsider.com/middle-m…
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9 Mar 2023
Thrilled to have contributed to this series, and a shout out to researchers like @am_kowalski who are trying to make warehousing a better job for millions of Americans. It's too often a dangerous, alienating job with unpredictable hours – but it doesn't have to be
Warehouse Nation, an edit project I helmed last year, picked up Insider's first @SABEW vs. very burly competition. Thanks to reporters @emmacos, @_katya_long, @AkiIto7, and to @lilykatzman @CadieThompson, @_bmturner_, @nichcarlson for time & support businessinsider.com/warehous…
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We’re live for our #TwitterChat with Insider’s Senior Correspondent, @AkiIto7. Follow along to learn about Aki, the latest chapter on “quiet quitting,” the future of the workplace, and much more! #TheInsideStory
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Associates are now “partners,” and everyone’s a “senior executive VP.” Why are job titles so fancy these days? @AkiIto7 explores the factors fueling the rampant title inflation. ⬇️ businessinsider.com/job-titl…
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Insider’s Senior Correspondent, @AkiIto7 will join us tomorrow at 2 p.m. ET for a new #TheInsideStory live Q&A. Read along to learn more about Aki’s career, how her work ignited the viral “quiet quitting” trend, and what she’s currently focused on.
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