Air travel will be a complete nightmare this holiday weekend. Here's what to do about it.
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Matt Turner,Jordan Parker Erb,Sarah Belle Lin
Jul 3, 2022, 18:39 IST
People wait in long queues for security at Heathrow Airport on June 1.Carl Court/Getty Images.
Hi, I'm Matt Turner, the editor in chief of business at Insider. Welcome back to Insider Weekly. Hope you're enjoying your holiday weekend — we've got some great reads for you today.
But first:Travel is a nightmare right now. Since many of you are hitting the skies or roads this weekend, we're taking a look at what's going on — and what you can do about it.
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Once considered a Silicon Valley success story, Cerebral had a bold mission: to democratize access to high-quality mental-health treatment. But more than 2,000 leaked documents and interviews with dozens of current and former employees suggest the startup operated in flagrant disregard of clinical standards.
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Let's admit it: Most managers are terrible. The Great Resignation and the rise of remote work has shown we need a better class of bosses. A recent survey found 85% of people believed they could do their jobs without a manager, while 82% would consider quitting because of a bad manager.
The connection between workers and bosses has become frayed, Ed Zitron argues. Zitron's proposal: Fire every manager who doesn't directly participate in the work alongside their employees.
After soaring house prices, rising rents, and bidding wars during the pandemic, the US housing market could head toward a slowdown, a housing research and investing firm told Insider. It's now concerned about weakened housing demand.
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On the surface, the $12 billion ultrafast delivery service Getir appears to have more experience than some of its rivals. But employees told Insider that hasn't translated to success in its US launch — and now, they say work has become dangerous.
"There's just zero future in getting a profitable model together that I could see," one employee told Insider.
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