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Tag Archives: Work-Life Balance
Fathers Gained Family Time in the Pandemic. Many Don’t Want to Give It Back.
A substantial share of fathers who took on more domestic work during lockdowns have kept it up, new data shows, and rearranged their work lives to do so.
France’s Fight Over Retirement Is a Question of Identity
Resistance to the government’s plan to push back the retirement age is not just about working longer. It springs from a deep sense of what defines France as a nation.
Time Has Been Codified and Commodified. Jenny Odell Wants to Set It Free
First Jenny Odell examined our obsession with productivity. Now she’s turned to our relationship with time — and what happens when you remove the grid.
Your Boss’s Bathrobe Is Not Office Attire
Even at a start-up, even while waiting for a new office, you should not have to put up with working from the corporate HQ that is the boss’s kitchen.
Google Changed Work Culture. Its Former Hype Woman Has Regrets.
What the Big Tech meltdown can teach all workers.
Annie Mac’s Before Midnight: A Dance Party With an Early Bedtime
The Before Midnight parties promise all the thrills of a hedonistic night out, but with a respectable finish time for older dance music fans.
My Co-Worker’s Baby Photo Gallery Put Me Over the Edge
It is a shared office space. But that’s not really an excuse.
Is ‘Workism’ Dooming Civilization? Notes on the New Pew Parents Study.
Should American parenting place more emphasis on grandkids?
6 Podcasts to Help Navigate Your Career Path
Check out these shows whether you’re looking to start a business, pivot to a new industry or just better handle office politics.
Jacinda Ardern Still ‘Has It All’
New Zealand’s prime minister shreds a tired trope about working moms.
‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ and the Angst of the Striving Upper Class
At the heart of meritocracy is marriage.
How to Cope When You’re Shown the Door
Tips for how to act when your company doesn’t behave in the most humane of manners.
We Revisited People Who Left Their Jobs Last Year. Are They (Still) Happy?
Last summer we shared stories of people who were part of 2022’s surge in quitting. Months later, we asked them if they were still glad they switched gears.
Asking Readers (Again) About Leaving Their Jobs
A series on quitting was a hit. But as some readers pointed out, it failed to address a few important concerns. Enter the follow-up series.
Goldman Sachs’ Marcus Consumer Banking Move Turns Costly
Goldman Sachs will take a big hit from its ill-fated move into consumer banking, even as its other businesses weaken amid an economic slowdown.
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.
The Hour Between Babe and Hag
If you’re a woman, you get about 10 years to be taken seriously at work.
China’s People Are Tired of Being Told to Grin and Bear It
Protests against China’s Covid restrictions were also a rejection of a culture that idolizes pain and suffering.
Did You Quit Your Job in the Last Year? We Want to Hear About It.
We are specifically interested in hearing from parents, people whose relationships were affected and those who quit because of burnout.
Remote Work Is Here to Stay. Lean In, Employers.
A baby boomlet may not have been 2021’s only productivity increase.
Building Your Personal Brand Has Its Drawbacks. Burnout, for One.
Younger workers embraced the idea of a personal brand as a way to get ahead, and carve out some power and security in their careers. But posting through it has its drawbacks.
What if Burnout Is Less About Work and More About Isolation?
Feeling burned out? Call your friends. Our real problem may be isolation.
A Cure for the Existential Crisis of Married Motherhood
Married heterosexual motherhood in America is a game no one wins.
Physician Burnout Has Reached Distressing Levels, New Research Finds
Nearly two-thirds of doctors are experiencing at least one symptom of burnout, a huge increase from before the pandemic. But the situation is not irreparable, researchers say.
While You’re in the Air, Pilots’ Key Partners May Be Working From Home
Two airlines allow dispatchers, who share operational authority over flights, to do their jobs remotely. Some in the industry take issue with that.
Some Women Fear Giorgia Meloni’s Far-Right Agenda Will Set Italy Back
Some fear that the hard-right politician, whose party is expected to be the big winner in the election on Sunday, will continue policies that have kept women back.
Railroad Workers Point to Punishing Schedules as Cause of Strike
Employees say the inflexibility of scheduling upended their personal lives. The companies say they maintained service while using fewer resources.
‘Quiet Quitting’ Is Not the Solution to Burnout
As counterintuitive as it seems, adding new, energizing activities to your schedule just might make life feel more doable.
The Office’s Last Stand
It’s either the end of the era of flexibility around where work takes place — or the beginning of outright rebellion.
Workers in the Catskills Can’t Find Housing. Bosses Are Trying to Help.
Business owners are building employee housing after an influx of transplants from New York City made a tight rental market even tighter.
Is the Remote Work Revolution Flopping, Succeeding or Both?
Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel discuss how the great retreat from office life could make work better for everyone.
If the Job Market Is So Good, Why Is Gig Work Thriving?
Conventional employment opportunities abound, but online platforms still have appeal — for flexibility or additional income.
How Quitting a Job Changed My Work-Life Balance
We asked people who quit their jobs during the “Great Resignation” how it changed how they approach work. This is what they told us.
Is it OK to Work on Vacation? Yes, If You Do it Right.
The boundaries between work and life are already blurred. If you embrace that reality, you can make it work to your advantage.
Return to Office: Young Workers Shouldn’t Stay Remote Forever
Many offices are desolate, open plan landscapes dotted with individuals staring at screens, headphones on. It doesn’t have to be that way.
Gen Z Knows What It Wants From Employers. And Employers Want Them.
To tap into the creativity of younger workers, and to offset a labor shortage, companies are offering four-day weeks, club memberships and work-from-anywhere flexibility.
Seeking a Return to Offices, Bosses Lost Leverage
Employer plans have played out like a game of chicken. Now workers are rebelling outright, and executives are trying everything to make the office worth it.
Britain Tests a 4-Day Workweek
A six-month program involving thousands of workers across 70 companies in Britain will be the latest effort to assess the effects of a shorter workweek.
Silicon Valley’s Worship of Work Hurts All of Us
Work has become religion for many knowledge workers. It hurts all of us.
What Your Younger Employees Are Really Thinking
Twelve millennials talked to Times Opinion about the Great Resignation, return to office and the workplace in America today.
You Can Still Wear Masks in Meetings
Your boss may balk, but you should be able to keep your family healthy — and keep this customer happy.
Wall Street Banks Are Getting Flexible on Working From Home
Many big banks are offering flexible working arrangements — sometimes grudgingly — as they chase talent that would rather stay home.
The Kids Are Right About Email, Too
It is now just a way to be at the beck and call of anyone, and any robot, with an internet connection.
Why Hundreds of New York City Prosecutors Are Leaving Their Jobs
New burdens, low pay and pandemic malaise prompted the resignations of a fifth of the legal work force in Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn.
There Is No Upside to an 8 A.M. Meeting
The Early Bird in your office may do as he pleases, but he should not demand that you join him.
Being on Leave Means Not Sending That 2 a.m. Email
What to do about a boss with enough self-awareness to want to avoid micromanaging but not enough to actually do it.
After Two Years of Remote Work, Workers Question Office Life
The office was never one size fits all. It was one size fits some, with the expectation that everybody else would squeeze in.
Another Working Mom May Join the Supreme Court
Republicans celebrated Amy Coney Barrett’s role at home. Democrats should do the same for Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Remote Work Doesn’t Have to Be the ‘Mommy Track’
Despite the hand-wringing of some commentary.