WIRED
The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job
“Overemployment” sounds like more of the same old grind, but its underlying philosophy is critical of work.
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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 York Times
4-Day Workweek Brings No Loss of Productivity, Companies in Experiment Say
More than 70 companies in Britain are undergoing a six-month experiment in which their employees get a paid day off each …
WorkAds of the World
The search for the most useless office perk in the world
A mailroom punching bag. Tuna cans with no can opener. A folded-up exercise machine. New marketing campaign seeks “the …
WorkThe Atlantic
Quiet Quitting Is a Fake Trend
What people are now calling “quiet quitting” was, in previous decades, simply known as “having a …
WorkThe Workplace
How should we handle an over-productive employee?
A hyper-productive, stellar employee doesn’t have enough tasks to do and is getting worried that this might mean he is …
WorkHarvard Business Review
Quiet Quitting Is About Bad Bosses, Not Bad Employees
Every employee, every workday, makes a decision: Are they only willing to do the minimum work necessary to keep their job? Or …
WorkThe 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.
WorkThe 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 …
WorkFuture Forum
What is a nonlinear workday?
Nonlinear workdays support employees to fit work into their lives, instead of the other way around.
WorkThe Economist
Why employees want to work in vilified industries
Workers for demonised firms are often proud to be on the payroll.
WorkThe 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 …
Remote Work WorkAmerican 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 …
Life Remote Work WorkWebworm
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 …
WorkCurbed
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 …
WorkHacker 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 …
WorkReuters
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.
WorkThe 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 …
Career WorkAirbnb
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 …
Remote Work WorkThe 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 …
Remote Work WorkHarvard 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 …
WorkHacker 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 …
Remote Work WorkBBC
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 …
Remote Work WorkBloomberg
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?
WorkThe Hustle
Millions of Americans retired early. Now they want to work again
A wide range of factors are pushing retirees back into the workforce.
WorkThe 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 …
Remote Work WorkDavid 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 …
WorkJohn 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 …
WorkThe 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 …
WorkMad 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 …
WorkFreakonomics
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 …
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