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WIRED

Science Explains Why We Should All Work Shorter Hours in Winter

People tend to get gloomy when night comes early and cold weather descends. But adjusting our workday to the season could …

TED

How to turn off work thoughts during your free time

Feeling burned out? You may be spending too much time ruminating about your job, says psychologist Guy Winch. Learn how to …

Bloomberg

Cheap Mortgages Deter Workers From Relocating for $250,000 Jobs

Manager recruits in the industrial Midwest are shunning offers to move to the American south — in part because they’re locked …

Gallup

Employing Others Is Linked to Wealth and Wellbeing

U.S. owner-employers have better life outcomes than other entrepreneurs.

Phys.org

Suppressing boredom at work hurts future productivity, study shows

Boredom serves an important purpose—it signals the need to stop an action and find an alternative project. But boredom …

Harvard Business Review

When New Hires Get Paid More, Top Performers Resign First

To attract new talent, employers often offer new hires higher wages than existing employees. But today, a combination of …

The Guardian

Longest sustained rise in people too sick to work since 1990s, says thinktank

Britain is going through the longest sustained rise in the number of working-age adults who are too sick to work since the …

NPR

These companies tried a 4-day workweek. More than a year in, they still love it

The four-day workweek is proving to be the gift that keeps on giving.

Companies that have tried it are reporting happier …

The Guardian

Four-day week made permanent for most UK firms in world’s biggest trial

Research shows 51% that took part permanently adopted the change, while 89% still operating policy one year on.

CNBC

Workers without degrees are not getting as many good job offers as it seems

Many of the market’s top companies from Walmart to Amazon, Apple, GM, Bank of America, Uber, Nike, Delta Air Lines and Target …

The Washington Post

No job? No shame. Younger workers are opening up about unemployment.

Whether they’re taping layoffs or documenting their job searches, Gen Z and younger millennials are bringing candor to …

The Washington Post

The U.S. economy is booming. So why are tech companies laying off workers?

Google, Amazon, Microsoft and a raft of others fired thousands of workers in January, continuing a layoff wave that began in …

Vice

Welcome to the New ‘Good’ Economy, Where Millions Get Left Behind

Prices aren’t coming down, wages for many aren’t catching up and rent is deeply unaffordable. But policymakers …

Working Assumptions

How to hire low experience, high potential people

It might seem insane to take a bet on inexperienced people, especially in the context of hiring them to work at a company in …

Adaobi's Newsletter

How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have any talent

This is a blog post aimed at people who want to do important work or make meaningful contributions to work, but feel they …

NPR

Nearly 25,000 tech workers were laid off in the first weeks of 2024. Why is that?

All of the major tech companies conducting another wave of layoffs this year are sitting atop mountains of cash and are …

The Wall Street Journal

IT Employment Grew by Just 700 Jobs in 2023, Down From 267,000 in 2022

Despite business and investor hype around generative AI last year, information-technology hiring slumped as companies laid …

Inc.

27 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said the Best Employees Focus on Content, Not Process. Research Shows He Was Right

Fair" compensation shouldn’t be defined by a job’s pay scale. “Fair” is what the employee …

Harvard Business Review

Research: Is Moving Internationally for a Job a Smart Move?

Many MBA graduates consider moving internationally for their careers. But beyond the opportunities for personal and …

Slack

The surprising connection between after-hours work and decreased productivity

• Employees who log off at the end of the workday register 20% higher productivity scores than those who feel obligated to …

POLITICO Magazine

Who will lead the charge to a four-day work week?

Between the rise of generative artificial intelligence this year and the reckoning of work-life balance that came with the …

CNBC

55% of workers say their pay isn’t keeping up with inflation. What experts recommend doing if you feel underpaid

A new survey from Bankrate.com finds 55% of workers say their incomes have not kept up with rising household expenses amid …

Harvard Business Review

How to Actually Execute a 4-Day Workweek

A growing body of evidence suggests that reduced-hour work schedules for the same level of pay are not only feasible when it …

El País

Working more than 55 hours a week kills 750,000 people a year worldwide

Almost 7% of annual deaths are linked to employment, according to a report by the International Labor Organization. Mortality …

Forbes

5 Ways To Work Effectively With Someone You Really Don’t Like

Work can be full of stressors from tough assignments to career setbacks, but one of the most challenging situations is when …

Harvard Business Review

The Rise of the Meta City

The playing field of corporate location is changing, driven by new digital technologies and the shift to remote work.

The Wall Street Journal

Why Is Everyone So Unhappy at Work Right Now?

U.S. employees are more dissatisfied than they were in the thick of the pandemic.

The Washington Post

New college grads are more likely to be unemployed in today's job market

The unemployment rate for recent college graduates is higher than for the general population in an unusual shift.

Holy Ghost Stories

How to Boss Without Being Bossy

Leaders command people. That’s kind of what a leader is: someone with the authority to direct the actions of others. …