Work

The Wall Street Journal

Companies Are Cutting Back on Maternity and Paternity Leave

Many employers dial down how much paid time off they give new moms and dads.

The Wall Street Journal

Americans Are Breaking Up With Their Work Friends

Millions of workers have switched jobs or gone remote—a big reason many employees say work friendships are harder to forge …

Future Forum

What is a nonlinear workday?

Nonlinear workdays support employees to fit work into their lives, instead of the other way around.

The Economist

Why employees want to work in vilified industries

Workers for demonised firms are often proud to be on the payroll.

The New York Times

What Remote Work Debate? They've Been Back at the Office for a While.

Cubicles are largely empty in downtown San Francisco and Midtown Manhattan, but workers in America’s midsize and small …

American Compass

Pursuing the Reunification of Home and Work

The conflict between responsibilities at home and at work is largely the result of economic transitions to which we …

Webworm

Anonymous Review Site Glassdoor Not So Anonymous

It turns out posting anonymously on anonymous review site Glassdoor may be a thing of the past.

An American judge has just …

Curbed

The 3-Day Return to Office Is, So Far, a Dud

What workers appear to want, more than luxurious amenities, free lunch, or even Lizzo concerts, is to know why they’re …

Hacker News

6-hour workdays more important than 4-day workweeks IMO

I got nothing against 4 day workweeks - I myself work part time, but I rather work 2-4 hours for even 6 days a week and …

Reuters

Pandemic tempts U.S. technology workers away from Silicon Valley

Smaller cities aim to lure newly-remote tech workers with perks ranging from cash handouts to free babysitting.

The New York Times

What Your Younger Employees Are Really Thinking

In the latest Times Opinion focus group, 12 millennial Americans — ages 26 to 33 — discussed how the pandemic had upended and …

Airbnb

Airbnb's design for employees to live and work anywhere

In response to this trend of newfound flexibility, Airbnb today announced our approach to allow employees to live and work …

The Guardian

'Bossware is coming for almost every worker': the software you might not realize is watching you

Computer monitoring software is helping companies spy on their employees to measure their productivity – often without their …

Harvard Business Review

Research: More Powerful People Express Less Gratitude

If you feel underappreciated at work, you’re not alone: 59% of employees say they have never had a boss who …

Hacker News

Is Hybrid Working a Ruse?

We’ve been asked to return to the office for two days a week “mandatory”.

I’m convinced that this is …

BBC

The simmering tension between remote and in-office workers

Companies are calling employees back to the workplace – but not all of them. This is stoking resentment among workers and …

Bloomberg

Employees Are Returning to the Office, Just to Sit on Zoom Calls

Those at companies pushing for in-person work are asking: What’s the point, if we’re still meeting online?

The Hustle

Millions of Americans retired early. Now they want to work again

A wide range of factors are pushing retirees back into the workforce.

The Atlantic

This Is What Happens When There Are Too Many Meetings

Last week, Microsoft published a study that offers an eerie reflection of my working life. Traditionally, the researchers …

David Bauer

How to work with me

If you start working with a new person, wouldn’t it be nice if you had some sort of user manual that gives you a basic …

John Whiles

Maybe you should do less 'work'

Working in tech, I’ve observed developers who work as hard as possible when they don’t need to. I’m here …

The Independent

Meet the Japanese man paid to do nothing

Shoji Morimoto has built a cult following by offering himself as a warm body who can simply be there, liberating his clients …

Mad Ned Memo

The Sunny Side of Firing Someone

Here are three different scenarios that I have run into, over the many years I’ve spent in the engineering world. None …

Freakonomics

Why Are There So Many Bad Bosses?

People who are good at their jobs routinely get promoted into bigger jobs they’re bad at. We explain why firms keep …

The Atlantic

The Five-Day Workweek Is Dying

America is slowly returning to normal. Stadiums are packed. Travel has bounced back. Restaurant reservations are surging.

But …

McKinsey & Company

A military veteran knows why your employees are leaving

She also knows what you can—and can’t—do about it. Here are three surprising lessons from a veteran of the wars in Iraq …

Euronews

Belgium approves four-day week and gives employees the right to ignore their bosses after work

Workers in Belgium will soon be able to choose a four-day week under a series of labour market reforms announced on Tuesday.

Harvard Business Review

In a Hybrid World, Your Tech Defines Employee Experience

One of the big questions many leaders are facing now is: how can we meaningfully communicate, collaborate, and connect in a …

The New York Times Magazine

Tech Companies Face a Fresh Crisis: Hiring

Recruiters in tech are desperate for workers. But candidates are the ones who hold all the power.