white-collar
adjective
white-col·lar
ˈ(h)wīt-ˈkä-lər 
: of, relating to, or constituting the class of salaried employees whose duties do not call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing compare blue-collar
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Anthropic’s Dario Amodei initially warned us that AI could eliminate up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs within five years.
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William Arruda, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
That the white-collar compact — Richardson’s ADP data makes visible in real time how the white-collar compact of weekends off, autonomy, and a career that lived in your head rather than your hands increasingly looks like an accident of timing.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 May 2026
But those same companies signal in countless ways that their ideal worker is somebody unencumbered by family obligations who can adhere to the kind of demanding daily schedules and career trajectories that were standard for white-collar white men 70 years ago.
—Beth Kowitt, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Big Tech CEOs say this is only the beginning, predicting that AI will soon automate most white-collar tasks.
—Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Time, 27 May 2026
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William Arruda, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
That the white-collar compact — Richardson’s ADP data makes visible in real time how the white-collar compact of weekends off, autonomy, and a career that lived in your head rather than your hands increasingly looks like an accident of timing.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 May 2026
But those same companies signal in countless ways that their ideal worker is somebody unencumbered by family obligations who can adhere to the kind of demanding daily schedules and career trajectories that were standard for white-collar white men 70 years ago.
—Beth Kowitt, Mercury News, 27 May 2026
Big Tech CEOs say this is only the beginning, predicting that AI will soon automate most white-collar tasks.
—Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Time, 27 May 2026
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