Work

Los Angeles Times

Employers bow to tech workers in hottest job market since the dot-com era

There’s an air of desperation among tech employers this summer. Software talent, it seems, is in such high demand that …

ethena

Why Don't Tech Companies Pay Their Engineers to Stay?

The hard truth that many companies struggle to wrap their heads around is that they should be paying their long-tenured …

Alexey Guzey

Co-working

I no longer believe that it’s possible to achieve extremely high productivity sustained over long periods of time …

World Economic Forum

The surprising toll open-plan offices have on our mental health

We’ve found a significant causal relationship between open-plan office noise and physiological stress.

Our results show …

Forbes

Working 9-To-5 Is An Antiquated Relic From The Past And Should Be Stopped Right Now

Since remote work has shown that it is beneficial for both workers and management, it makes sense to see what other …

BBC

Pay secrecy: Why some workers can't discuss salaries

Transparency around salaries can arm marginalised workers and close the wage gap. But in the US, many workers still …

Index

Your Company's Post-Pandemic Work Plan, Explained

Hybrid Plus Plus is a true hybrid model, with a bit of home, a lot of workplace, and the freedom to be where you’re …

The Economist

First-class flights, chauffeurs and bribery: the secret life of a private tutor

Tutoring has become a weapon in the global arms race in education. There’s no limit to what some parents will pay.

BBC

The damaging effects of 'boreout' at work

Being chronically bored at work can have damaging consequences – and we need to talk about it more, say experts.

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 …

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 …

The 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 …

WIRED

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 …

The 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.

The 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, …

The Atlantic

Kill The 5-Day Workweek

Reducing hours without reducing pay would reignite an essential but long-forgotten moral project: making American life less …

The 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 …

The 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 …

Insider 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 …

Axios

"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 …

CNBC

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 …

Bloomberg

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? …

An 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 …

The 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 …

The Economist

Why are American workers becoming harder to find?

Labour shortages are rising even though unemployment remains high.

The 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 …

NPR

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 …

Harvard 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.

The 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