Culture Study
Who's Afraid of the Four Day Work Week?
This is the principle at the heart of the four day week: working less can actually mean working better. That idea is …
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Across our curated articles on work, you'll find a range of guides, stories, research studies and actionable tips on how to navigate the workplace, office culture and politics, meetings, open-plan offices, and a whole lot more.
BuzzFeed
These People Of Color Are Anxious About Racist Microaggressions When They Return To The Office
While experiences still vary, many people of color have found peace in the isolation of the pandemic, which has allowed them …
WorkThe Independent
World's largest ever four day week trial in Iceland 'overwhelming success'
The world’s largest ever trial of a four-day working week and reduced working time in Iceland was an …
WorkWIRED
The perfect number of hours to work every day? Five
Research shows that five work hours a day can improve productivity and bolster wellbeing. There’s only one thing …
WorkThe Atlantic
Americans Are Pretty Skeptical That Hard Work Will Pay Off
Moving up the economic ladder relies on more than self-motivation; it also requires opportunity.
WorkThe Mainichi
Japan gov't backs 4-day workweek, but experts split
Japan’s government plans to encourage firms to let their employees choose to work four days a week instead of five, …
Work Work-Life BalanceThe Atlantic
Kill The 5-Day Workweek
Reducing hours without reducing pay would reignite an essential but long-forgotten moral project: making American life less …
WorkThe Washington Post
Retail workers are quitting at record rates for higher-paying work: 'My life isn't worth a dead-end job'
Some 649,000 employees gave notice in April, the sector’s largest one-month exodus in over 20 years, a reflection of …
WorkThe Wall Street Journal
Forget Going Back to the Office—People Are Just Quitting Instead
As the pandemic clouds lift, the percentage of Americans leaving employers for new opportunities is at its highest level in …
WorkInsider Mag
Survey Shows People No Longer Believe Working Hard Will Lead To A Better Life
A growing sense of inequality is undermining trust in both society’s institutions and capitalism, according to a …
WorkAxios
"Great resignation" wave coming for companies
Workers have had more than a year to reconsider work-life balance or career paths, and as the world opens back up, many of …
WorkCNBC
U.S. workers are among the most stressed in the world, new Gallup report finds
U.S. workers are some of the most stressed employees in the world, according to Gallup’s latest State of the Global …
WorkBloomberg
Fewer Young Men Are in the Labor Force. More Are Living at Home
Are young men living at home because they’re not working? Or are they not working because they’re living at home? …
WorkAn Injustice!
We're All Paying for Someone Else's 4-Hour Work Week, Not Ours
Let’s get real about the actual prospects of making this plan work. We know some people pull it off. Everyone else? Not …
Digital Nomad WorkThe Verge
Amazon's newest euphemism for overworked employees is 'industrial athlete'
Amazon tells its warehouse employees to think of themselves not as overworked cogs in an enormous, soul-crushing machine, but …
WorkThe Economist
Why are American workers becoming harder to find?
Labour shortages are rising even though unemployment remains high.
WorkThe Wall Street Journal
Why I Stopped Hiring Ivy League Graduates
I’m not inclined to hire a graduate from one of America’s elite universities. That marks a change. A decade ago I …
Career WorkNPR
Overwork Killed More Than 745,000 People In A Year, WHO Study Finds
Working long hours poses an occupational health risk that kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, the World Health …
Health WorkHarvard Business Review
Stop Sabotaging Your Workforce
Our great work-from-home (WFH) experiment can offer us an opportunity to revisit how we work and redesign it for the better.
WorkThe Economist
Why tech firms are trying to run away from politics—and failing
As other firms become more political, some Silicon Valley companies are heading in the opposite direction
WorkBBC
Long working hours killing 745,000 people a year, study finds
The first global study of its kind showed 745,000 people died in 2016 from stroke and heart disease due to long hours.
The …
Health WorkThe Miscellaneous Stuff Blog
The Best Way to Deal with a Micromanaging Boss
When an employee is placed in a no-win scenario at work, he has few options. He can place the blame for failure on someone …
Career WorkBBC
Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork?
Overwork culture is thriving; we think of long hours and constant exhaustion as a marker of success. Given what we know about …
Health WorkTribune
Workplace Wellbeing Is a Scam
As conditions at work deteriorate, the number of ’employee wellbeing schemes’ is on the rise – but no amount of …
WorkGalaxy Brain
Executives don't decide if the company culture is good. Employees do.
In our reporting, we heard time and again that employees naturally shy away from being vulnerable around their employers. It …
WorkCulture Study
The 'Capitalism is Broken' Economy
Stick with me here, but what if people weren’t lazy — and instead, for the first time in a long time, were able to say …
WorkSifted
Why you should put salaries on your job ads
Every single job description should show a salary or salary range — and there are no excuses.
When a company offers a …
WorkThe New York Times
Unemployment Is High. Why Are Businesses Struggling to Hire?
Health concerns, expanded jobless benefits and still being needed at home are among the reasons would-be workers might be …
WorkBenji Weber
Don't hire top talent; hire for weaknesses.
Design your hiring process to find the right people to strengthen your teams’ weaknesses, rather than trying to find …
WorkHarvard Business Review
To Build a Diverse Company for the Long Term, Develop Junior Talent
For employers to make meaningful progress, they need to focus less on hiring and more on creating the internal escalators …
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