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Tag Archives: Workplace Environment
Meta. Salesforce. Silicon Valley Bank. Is Working from Home Really Working?
The attitude of many Americans toward their jobs appears to have changed during the long pandemic — and not for the better.
Fox News Producer’s Suit Says Network Set Her Up in Dominion Testimony
The producer, Abby Grossberg, said in a pair of lawsuits that the effort to place blame on her and Maria Bartiromo, the Fox Business host, was rooted in rampant misogyny and discrimination at the company.
Is Working From Home Good for Your Health?
Those who have the luxury of working from home might end up realizing that remote work is disadvantageous to their mental and physical well-being.
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.
What’s Your Workplace Personality?
Who should work at home, and who should return to the office? Companies are turning to personality tests for help.
‘Dilbert’ Is Canceled but Cubicle Comedians Thrive, on TikTok
They weren’t fans of the comic strip, which was recently dropped from hundreds of newspapers, but their work builds on the office grind as comic premise.
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.
What Will Make Hybrid Work Stick?
Hybrid work has been choose-your-own-adventure, but now C.E.O.s are making their choices more permanent.
As Dollar Stores Proliferate, Some Communities Say No
More than 70 proposed dollar stores have been rejected since 2019, a report shows. It’s a small number compared with those that opened but evidence of opposition to the industry.
What Does Workplace TikTok Look Like During Layoffs? It Gets Weird.
Tech and finance workers posted countless videos about the luxuries of their jobs — until the mood shifted.
Twitter Outages Are on the Rise Amid Elon Musk’s Job Cuts
Elon Musk’s repeated job cuts are stoking new fears that there aren’t enough people to triage Twitter’s problems.
The Furniture Hustlers of Silicon Valley
As tech companies cut costs and move to remote work, their left-behind office furniture has become part of a booming trade.
An Office in Which Screaming Is Encouraged
At the Berlin headquarters of the art magazine Blau International, editor in chief Cornelius Tittel doubles as an instructor of Kundalini yoga classes.
Google Changed Work Culture. Its Former Hype Woman Has Regrets.
What the Big Tech meltdown can teach all workers.
Inside Taiwanese Chip Giant, a U.S. Expansion Stokes Tensions
Employee doubts are rising about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s $40 billion investment in an Arizona factory.
Nurses Are Burned Out. Can Hospitals Change in Time to Keep Them?
The pandemic has pushed already stressed nurses away from a demanding field. Does the job need to be rethought?
Hedge Fund Billionaire Gets Billions More to Retire
Bridgewater’s founder, Ray Dalio, retired last year after months of negotiations that guaranteed him a gigantic exit package.
Do I Have to Smell My Co-Worker?
Either way, saying something about a colleague’s overwhelming perfume, or enduring it, is a delicate situation.
After Going Gray, Lisa LaFlamme Found Herself the Focus of the Story
Lisa LaFlamme was dismissed after a decades-long TV career, not long after she stopped dyeing her hair, setting off debates across Canada about sexism, ageism and going gray.
Tesla Fired Buffalo Workers Seeking to Organize, Union Says
Workers backing a push for better wages and working conditions were among those illegally laid off, members told the National Labor Relations Board.
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.
How a Brain Break Can Increase Focus and Productivity
Taking a few minutes to do a puzzle — or stare into space — can allow you return to work sharper and more creative.
Inside George Santos’s District Office: Nothing to See Here
The congressman has opened a local office in Queens, but it has largely attracted gawkers and news media rather than constituents.
Layoffs by Email Show What Employers Really Think of Their Workers
There are good reasons to look someone in the eye when you fire them. Being nice is only one of them.
How the Corporate Cafeteria Is Changing
Even as the sprawling dining halls of old struggle with emptier workplaces, food is still important to employees, particularly the young. Many companies are reinventing the company meal.
Should You Quit Your Job?
Jacinda Ardern stepped away from her role because she no longer has “enough in the tank” to do it. If you relate, here’s what to consider.
Twitter Is Just the Beginning of the Tech Worker Crackdown
For decades, tech companies heralded an approach that centered on making workers happy. That’s changing fast.
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.
How to Ask for a Raise, Without Alienating Your Boss Along the Way
Tips from psychologists, managers and people who have successfully asked what can feel like a very difficult question.
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.
Another Big Boomer Effect
One generation’s impact on the work force.
Prince Harry Skewers Palace Culture With Nicknames and a Dose of Rancor
Along with the juicy tidbits Prince Harry offers up in his new memoir, there is also a revealing look at how the royal family, and its staff, operate behind closed doors.
Temple Grandin: Society Is Failing Visual Thinkers, and That Hurts Us All
American schools are screening out too many of our visual and spatial thinkers.
How Nonbinary Professionals Get Dressed for Work
How nonbinary professionals thread the needle of getting dressed for the office.
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.
Getting Rid of Remote Work Will Take More Than a Downturn
As the economy slows, a handful of prominent C.E.O.s have tried to put an end to remote work. But some economists say that even in a cooler labor market, working from home is likely to remain common.
The Lying Congressman
George Santos is stretching the tolerance for lies in U.S. politics.
The Hour Between Babe and Hag
If you’re a woman, you get about 10 years to be taken seriously at work.
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 the door.”
The Hottest Place to Network Is an Ice Bath
“The amount of meetings is actually absurd, considering this is a spa.”
Google Employees Brace for a Cost-Cutting Drive as Anxiety Mounts
The tech giant has so far taken steps to streamline without mass layoffs, but employees are girding for deeper cuts.
What Comes Next for the Most Empty Downtown in America
Tech workers are still at home. The $17 salad place is expanding into the suburbs. So what is left in San Francisco?
The Left’s Fever Is Breaking
Maurice Mitchell on progressive dysfunction.
Elon Musk, Management Guru?
Why the Twitter owner’s ruthless, unsparing style has made him a hero to many bosses in Silicon Valley.
How a Sprawling Hospital Chain Ignited Its Own Staffing Crisis
Ascension, one of the country’s largest health systems, spent years cutting jobs, leaving it flat-footed when the pandemic hit.
Why Is Howard Schultz Taking This So Personally?
His opposition to a union isn’t primarily about the bottom line, friends say. It clashes with his image of Starbucks as a model employer.
Dan Snyder Impeded Sexual Harassment Investigation, Congress Finds
A congressional committee said the N.F.L. “has not protected workers from sexual harassment and abuse” and found that Snyder, the Commanders owner, went to great lengths to interfere in workplace inquiries.
Congress Slams Dan Snyder and the N.F.L. for Impeding Sexual Harassment Investigation
A congressional committee said the N.F.L. “has not protected workers from sexual harassment and abuse” and found that Snyder, the Commanders owner, went to great lengths to interfere in workplace inquiries.