white-collar
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At the start, Barclays focuses on comments from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei External link earlier this year, who said “AI will disrupt 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs over 1—5 years.”
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
It recently laid off 8,000 white-collar employees in part to fund those efforts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
In fact, the current commission president, white-collar attorney Rasha Gerges Shields, is the only remaining member of the commission that oversaw the months-long chief’s search that ended with McDonnell’s selection.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026
Unwritten rules govern all kinds of white-collar offices, but nowhere do they carry more weight than on Wall Street.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
That was why I was with a blue-collar agency instead of a white-collar agency.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
