Axios
Almost half of the U.S. population does not have a job
The percentage of Americans who are employed sits at just over 50%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ …
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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.
The New Yorker
How the Coronavirus Will Reshape Architecture
What kinds of space are we willing to live and work in now?
Life WorkLos Angeles Times
Black and brown tech workers share their experiences of racism on the job
Some of the common experiences detailed in survey responses: enduring daily microaggressions; feeling targeted by superiors …
WorkOneZero
Why You're Constantly Misunderstood on Slack (and How to Fix It)
Because we haven’t been talking on Slack for hundreds of years, there aren’t foundations guiding our behavior and …
WorkMarker
Now Is a Great Time for Your Company to Cancel Fridays
By the end of the pandemic workweek, it makes sense to assume that many employees are burning out. A lack of control over …
Remote Work WorkForge
The Return to the Office Will Only Succeed Through Radical Transparency
For workers making a safe transition back to the office — a situation that I acknowledge is an extremely fortunate one to be …
WorkFortune
What do workers fear most about going back to the office? Each other
As coronavirus lockdowns begin to ease, the biggest fear among white-collar workers in the U.S. about returning to the office …
WorkCityLab
Even the Pandemic Can't Kill the Open-Plan Office
Even before coronavirus, many workers hated the open-plan office. Now that shared work spaces are a public health risk, …
WorkThe Cadence Blog
Your daily standups should be async. Here's why
While the daily stand-up was created with good intentions, they’re more productive and better for the team when done …
Productivity WorkMarker
The Office Is Dead
From startups and tech giants to more old-school Wall Street firms, businesses are rethinking the role of office space and …
WorkThe New York Times
The Pandemic May Mean the End of the Open-Floor Office
As businesses contemplate the return of workers to their desks, many are considering large and small changes to the modern …
Workdiesdas.digital
Notion encourages busy-work and I'm tired of it
This post contains my observations on Notion, the no-code champion that’s eating up the productivity tool space.
Productivity WorkThe New York Times
Why Zoom Is Terrible
There’s a reason video apps make you feel awkward and unfulfilled.
WorkGlimmer
Conference Tools Weren't Designed to Be Social Networks
Does Zoom actually have the right tools to let people communicate in these new ways? Does any video conferencing tool have …
WorkBBC
The reason Zoom calls drain your energy
Video chat is helping us stay employed and connected. But what makes it so tiring - and how can we reduce ‘Zoom …
WorkMarker
Companies Don't Need to Lay People Off to Survive
How one CEO saved his 12,000-person company without a single layoff.
WorkBloomberg
Companies Are Firing the Wrong People
The wave of layoffs is a slow-rolling catastrophe, warn MIT professors Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee.
WorkThe Correspondent
Why hard work and specialising early is not a recipe for success
Which is better: a generalist or a specialist? Conventional wisdom says the earlier you specialise, the greater your chances …
WorkForge
Why Walking Meetings Actually Work
J. K. Rowling said, “There’s nothing like a nighttime stroll to give you ideas.” Charles Dickens worked in …
WorkBBC
The boss who put everyone on 70K
In 2015, the boss of a card payments company in Seattle introduced a $70,000 minimum salary for all of his 120 staff - and …
WorkNPR
Enjoy The Extra Day Off! More Bosses Give 4-Day Workweek A Try
Companies around the world are embracing what might seem like a radical idea: a four-day workweek.
The concept is gaining …
WorkVulture
Why do corporations speak the way they do?
One thing I did not miss about office life was the language. The language warped and mutated at a dizzying rate, so it was no …
WorkBetter Programming
Why Do Incompetent Managers Get Promoted?
Dr. Peter found that “an employee is promoted based on their success in previous jobs, until they reach a level at …
Work@adlrocha Weekly Newsletter
What does happiness at work mean?
I consider myself significantly happy at work, but I have always wondered, can we objectively measure and quantify the …
Career WorkThe Atlantic
Corporate Buzzwords Are How Workers Pretend to Be Adults
If there’s anything corporate America has a knack for, it’s inventing new, positive words that polish up old, …
WorkHarvard Business Review
Research: Gender Pay Gaps Shrink When Companies Are Required to Disclose Them
We have just conducted the first empirical study on the impact of mandatory wage transparency. That study’s results …
WorkThe Glowforge Blog
You Aren't Communicating Nearly Enough
If you are a new employee, in a new role, or on a new team, overcommunicate and make it easy for your manager and teammates …
Career WorkThe Startup
How to Double Your 9–5 Salary in 12 Months
Strategies for staying at your current company or moving on that avoid the typical advice offered by popular career websites. …
Career WorkBBC
How the Japanese are putting an end to extreme work weeks
Employees in the country whose brutal office culture has led to several deaths are beginning to rethink the tradition.
WorkABC
People no longer believe working hard will lead to a better life, survey shows
The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer - now in its 20th year - has found many people no longer believe working hard will give them …
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