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.
Business Insider
A lot of companies doing layoffs cite the economic downturn, but many of them aren’t going to run out of money if they …
WorkMedium
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 …
WorkBloomberg
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
The findings suggest that a four-day week significantly reduces stress and illness in the workforce, and helps with worker …
WorkFortune
“Bare Minimum Mondays” are a version of the Monday blues, with potential ramifications to employee productivity …
Productivity WorkCBS News
Would you rather be a front-desk clerk or “Director of First Impressions”? A barber or a “Grooming …
WorkThe Wall Street Journal
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
Let us set aside the morality of layoffs for a moment. Do layoffs work? Are these companies better positioned after they …
WorkHas 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
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
“Layoffs kill people,” says Jeffrey Pfeffer. And they don’t cut costs or improve productivity.
WorkThe New York Times
Here is how to think about the gulf between what you should do and what you can do.
WorkCNBC
A new law that went into effect this week requires most California employers to disclose salaries on job listings. …
WorkThe New York Times
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
Openings across the economy are down from highs but far exceed the number of unemployed Americans.
WorkVox
Workers unionized, quit their jobs, and refused to go back to the office.
WorkThe Economist
Plenty of companies now employ a “director of first impressions”, a job whose responsibilities include greeting …
WorkCNN
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
A term suggesting rock bottom stops meaning rock bottom when we’re all there and, somehow, still going.
Health WorkHarvard Business Review
Unlike other economic downturns, when employers cut roles no longer critical to business operations, laid-off workers from …
WorkThe Guardian
Thousands of employees to be moved permanently to four days in policy described as ’transformative'.
WorkNPR
Companies in the United Kingdom are about to complete the biggest trial of a four-day work week ever undertaken, anywhere in …
WorkOkta
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
Firms should be ’legally required’ to publish their class pay gaps, says thinktank, after it found salary …
WorkThe Washington Post
Bosses and economists are troubled by the worst drop in U.S. worker output since 1947.
WorkHR Drive
Employers contending with an unprecedented talent market and looming recession have begun “labor hoarding,” some …
WorkSHRM
Experts recommend recruiters apply for their own company’s jobs, improve application process.
WorkJim Nielsen's Blog
I think Business with a capital B loves “collaboration” because of the seeming evidence of the feat: the …
WorkBBC
Employers are often reluctant to fire employees for myriad reasons. But quietly side-lining them in the hope that …
WorkReuters
The use of training agreements is growing even though unemployment is low, which presumably gives workers more power, said …
Work