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fromPsychology Today
7 hours ago3 Ways Remote Work Exposes People-Pleasing Habits
Remote work can intensify people-pleasing behaviors, leading to increased anxiety and pressure to remain constantly available.
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Remote teams
fromForbes
10 hours agoDo First Impressions Still Matter In A Remote-First Workforce?
Remote work has become a standard expectation, raising concerns about professionalism and communication standards during the hiring process.
Writing
fromSilicon Canals
22 hours agoI've been useful my entire life - to my employer, my family, my parents when they were aging - and I'm only now beginning to understand that being useful and being known are not the same thing, and I've had plenty of the first and almost none of the second - Silicon Canals
Being useful does not equate to being known or valued as a person.
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Retirement
fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoPsychology says the grief that follows retirement isn't about losing your job - it's about the self that only existed inside the job, the one who was competent and needed and clearly defined, and that self doesn't retire when you do, it simply loses the only environment that was ever capable of calling it into existence - Silicon Canals
Retirement challenges identity, as losing a job often means losing a coherent sense of self.
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fromSilicon Canals
10 hours agoPsychology suggests the reason retirement feels like grief for so many people isn't weakness - it's because purpose, structure, and identity were all bundled into one thing called a job, and losing the job means losing all three at once - Silicon Canals
Retirement can lead to a profound loss of purpose, structure, and identity, creating feelings of grief and invisibility.
fromwww.businessinsider.com
1 day agoAfter a disappointing college experience, I was determined to make postgrad life better. Now I'm thriving.
Social anxiety and depression had other plans, leaving me in an ugly cycle of self-isolation and rumination. Terrified of rejection, I'd meet someone interesting during one of my English lectures and invite them out for frozen yogurt in my head.
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Women in technology
fromFast Company
6 days agoAI isn't just reshaping productivity and threatening to kill jobs. It's changing how we lead, communicate, and treat each other. It's also creating a new gender gap
Generative AI is reshaping communication, trust, and cultural interactions beyond productivity and efficiency concerns.
Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
21 hours agoTwo generations are currently arguing about work ethic when what they're actually arguing about is whether suffering should be a prerequisite for dignity. One generation believes it is because that was the deal they were offered. The other is trying to renegotiate. - Silicon Canals
Generational differences in work ethic stem from a broken contract between Boomers and Gen Z regarding dignity and economic stability.
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fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoPsychology says people who describe their 70s as the best years of their life aren't looking back through a nostalgic filter - they've simply reached the age at which the things that were costing them the most have expired, and what remains when the performance obligations, the career pressure, and the need for approval all fall away at once is frequently the first honest version of a person's life they have ever been able to live - Silicon Canals
Older adults often experience increased life satisfaction as they shed psychological attachments that previously defined their identity.
fromFast Company
2 days agoThe workers secretly influencing their companies' AI usage
Estefania Angel noticed that while her company helped other enterprises set up AI, it did not use those systems internally. She began using AI apps in Slack, Outlook, and Google to track assignments, which garnered attention from her superiors.
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fromSilicon Canals
7 hours agoI've watched three generations enter the workforce, and what Gen Z calls "hustle culture" is what my generation simply called showing up - but before you dismiss that as boomer arrogance, there's something underneath it worth understanding - Silicon Canals
Generational differences in work ethic reflect changing economic realities and expectations around fulfillment and mental health in the workplace.
Mental health
fromFast Company
3 weeks agoHow companies can prioritize the mental health of their employees and take steps to address chronic burnout
Employers must prioritize mental health and foster supportive work environments to address employee burnout caused by external stressors and hustle culture.
Mental health
fromFortune
3 weeks agoBurned-out workers sick of toxic bosses are using medical leave as a sneaky extended vacation to job hunt-and it's not actually illegal | Fortune
Workers are using FMLA and medical leave provisions to take extended time off for mental health and burnout, with some abusing the system as paid vacation rather than genuine medical treatment.
fromBusiness Insider
4 weeks agoI worked a corporate job for 8.5 years. I quit over a text message.
I spent years climbing the corporate ladder. I believed success would bring me satisfaction. Instead, I became so exhausted that I couldn't enjoy family time, hobbies, or even quiet moments at home. I was always frustrated, crying, and snapping at the people around me.
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fromSilicon Canals
2 weeks agoThe people who thrive in corporate environments and the people who burn out often have the same intelligence. The difference is that one group learned early how to read which rules are real and which rules are decoration. - Silicon Canals
Understanding both formal and informal organizational rules is crucial for thriving in a workplace.
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fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks agoAfter Over Two Decades on the Job, I Quit. Then I Got a Weird Letter in the Mail From HR.
A 26-year employee quit after a company merger introduced policies that eliminated vacation grandfathering, restricted break locations, and prevented taking the same vacation week annually, culminating in cancellation of a 60-year family tradition.
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fromeLearning Industry
3 weeks ago10 Signs Of A Toxic Workplace (And How Employees Can Protect Themselves)
Toxic workplaces develop from unaddressed negative behaviors, poor leadership, and unhealthy practices, manifesting through poor communication, hostile behavior, and lack of transparency that damage employee well-being and productivity.
Remote teams
fromhttps://scoop.upworthy.com
2 months agoBoss called her 'unproductive' and forced her to return to office. When she stopped replying after work hours, he knew he messed up
An employee enforced strict work boundaries after a mandatory return-to-office by working only during office hours and refusing after-hours responses.
fromThe Cut
1 month ago'How Do I Quit My Job?'
I'm looking for advice on how to pursue a new job discreetly, particularly when the interview process requires multiple rounds and my current workplace has very little flexibility. I've been with my current employer for ten years. I started here before I even graduated from college, and I've grown tremendously. It's a well-regarded organization with a prestigious name, and I genuinely believe they care about their people.
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