‘Quiet Cracking’ Is Spreading In Offices
From today’s Fortune Magazine: Workers are down in the dumps about a lack of career growth opportunities and emptying offices as companies slash staffers to make way for AI, all…
So Long to Tech’s Dream Job
From today’s New York Times: When Rachel Grey started working at Google as a software engineer in 2007, it was a good time to be a Noogler, or what the…
AI Makes 32-Hour Workweek Possible
From today’s Forbes: The global movement toward a 32-hour workweek is gaining traction in the United States with an endorsement by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Last Wednesday, Sanders introduced the…
What Remote Work Debate? They’ve Been Back at the Office for a While
From today’s New York Times: The competition for parking space is getting steeper. Commutes are inching longer. Workplace lounges are filling up with commotion as junior associates play cornhole. What…
Airline Pilots Seek Big Raises and Broader Changes
From today’s New York Times: Staffing shortages, bad weather, high fuel prices and runaway inflation — airlines face plenty of challenges as they seek to benefit from a strong travel…
Elon Musk Tells Employees To Return To Office 40 Hours A Week — Or Quit
From today’s NPR News: CEO Elon Musk demanded that Tesla employees must return to the office for in-person work at least 40 hours per week or they’ll be let go.…
Overworking is overrated and unhealthy. Why so hard to respect work-life balance?
From today’s Washington Post: Why does our society perpetuate the idea that people must be constantly working in order to be worthy of respect? I get tired of the way…
People Want 3 Things from Work, But Most Firms Are Built Around Only One
From today’s Harvard Business Review: Strike up a conversation about work values, and it won’t be long before someone brings up a pyramid — a famous psychologist’s best-known theory. Abraham…
End the Tyranny of 24/7 Email
From yesterday’s NYT “Opinion” by Clive Thompson: This Labor Day weekend, odds are you’ll peek at your work email on your “day off” — and then feel guilty about it.…
Editorial: “Why You Hate Work”
From NYT “SundayReview” by TONY SCHWARTZ and CHRISTINE PORAT: THE way we’re working isn’t working. Even if you’re lucky enough to have a job, you’re probably not very excited to…