Medium
Meetings *are* the work
But what if, hear me out, what if the only work that matters in a knowledge economy happens when we are together? What if the …
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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.
Bloomberg
World's Largest Four-Day Work Week Trial Finds Few Are Going Back
And about one in six employees in the study said no amount of money would convince them to return to five days a week.
WorkUniversity of Cambridge
Would you prefer a four-day working week?
The findings suggest that a four-day week significantly reduces stress and illness in the workforce, and helps with worker …
WorkFortune
'Bare Minimum Monday' is the latest workplace trend hitting productivity
“Bare Minimum Mondays” are a version of the Monday blues, with potential ramifications to employee productivity …
Productivity WorkCBS News
Companies save billions of dollars by giving employees fake "manager" titles, study shows
Would you rather be a front-desk clerk or “Director of First Impressions”? A barber or a “Grooming …
WorkThe Wall Street Journal
High-Earning Men Are Cutting Back on Their Working Hours
While most U.S. workers are putting in fewer hours, men in the top 10% of earners cut back their time on the job the most, …
WorkMathew Duggan
Layoffs are Cruel and Don't Work
Let us set aside the morality of layoffs for a moment. Do layoffs work? Are these companies better positioned after they …
WorkHas anyone negotiated a 4 day workweek for a paycut
Has anyone done anything similar? What did you say and how did it go? What day did you choose as your extra day and how much …
WorkThe New York Times
Tech Layoffs Shock Young Workers. The Older People? Not So Much.
The industry’s recent job cuts have been an awakening for a generation of workers who have never experienced a cyclical …
WorkStanford Graduate School of Business
Why "Copycat" Layoffs Won't Help Tech Companies — Or Their Employees
“Layoffs kill people,” says Jeffrey Pfeffer. And they don’t cut costs or improve productivity.
WorkThe New York Times
Yes, Your Job Is Important. But It's Not All-Important.
Here is how to think about the gulf between what you should do and what you can do.
WorkCNBC
California forces companies to show pay on job listings, revealing big tech salaries
A new law that went into effect this week requires most California employers to disclose salaries on job listings. …
WorkThe New York Times
Wave of Job-Switching Has Employers on a Training Treadmill
The rise in turnover since the pandemic started has a cost in productivity: “It’s taking longer to get stuff out …
WorkThe Wall Street Journal
Laid Off Tech Workers Quickly Find New Jobs
Openings across the economy are down from highs but far exceed the number of unemployed Americans.
WorkVox
How workers fought back in 2022
Workers unionized, quit their jobs, and refused to go back to the office.
WorkThe Economist
The scourge of job-title inflation
Plenty of companies now employ a “director of first impressions”, a job whose responsibilities include greeting …
WorkCNN
Global 4-day week pilot was a huge success, organizers say
The verdict is in: A four-day work week is good for business.
After six months, most of the 33 companies and 903 workers …
WorkBustle
Have We Been Thinking About Burnout All Wrong?
A term suggesting rock bottom stops meaning rock bottom when we’re all there and, somehow, still going.
Health WorkHarvard Business Review
Tech Talent Is Flooding the Job Market
Unlike other economic downturns, when employers cut roles no longer critical to business operations, laid-off workers from …
WorkThe Guardian
A hundred UK companies sign up for four-day week with no loss of pay
Thousands of employees to be moved permanently to four days in policy described as ’transformative'.
WorkNPR
These companies ran an experiment: Pay workers their full salary to work fewer days
Companies in the United Kingdom are about to complete the biggest trial of a four-day work week ever undertaken, anywhere in …
WorkOkta
Is 40 hours a week too much? Here's what history and science say
Most professionals work Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. But why is that? Who decided we should work 40 hours a …
WorkThe Guardian
Revealed: working class people paid thousands less than middle class peers despite doing same jobs
Firms should be ’legally required’ to publish their class pay gaps, says thinktank, after it found salary …
WorkThe Washington Post
U.S. workers have gotten way less productive. No one is sure why.
Bosses and economists are troubled by the worst drop in U.S. worker output since 1947.
WorkHR Drive
Employers should prioritize retention over hiring, study suggests
Employers contending with an unprecedented talent market and looming recession have begun “labor hoarding,” some …
WorkSHRM
Most People—92%—Never Finish Online Job Applications
Experts recommend recruiters apply for their own company’s jobs, improve application process.
WorkJim Nielsen's Blog
What "Work" Looks Like
I think Business with a capital B loves “collaboration” because of the seeming evidence of the feat: the …
WorkBBC
The bosses who silently nudge out workers
Employers are often reluctant to fire employees for myriad reasons. But quietly side-lining them in the hope that …
WorkReuters
More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit
The use of training agreements is growing even though unemployment is low, which presumably gives workers more power, said …
WorkComputerWeekly
Tech salaries continue to increase as firms search for talent
Firms are increasingly looking for tech candidates, but are employers set to gain more hiring power over the next year?
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