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fromFast Company
1 week ago

What drives people to work during the holidays

By the end of October, David, who works at a roughly 2,000-person finance firm in New York, already knew he'd be working during the holiday season this year. Usually at the office, he learned he'd at least get to work remotely between December 26 and January 1-with the way the financial calendar fell, it was inevitable that he couldn't just disappear for clients (like institutional investors and family offices) during that time.
Remote teams
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

Sam Altman's eye-scanning Orb startup told workers not to care about anything outside work

We will neither fail, nor will we be an average outcome, and that's what we want and that's all I care about every day and all you should care about every day, and nothing else should matter,
Startup companies
#remote-work
fromhttps://scoop.upworthy.com
2 months ago
Careers

Employee quits after being told the job she accepted wasn't work-from-home as promised

Employee resigned immediately after discovering the employer misrepresented a promised remote position and required full weekday office attendance.
fromwww.theguardian.com
7 months ago
Remote teams

It's OK to work from home to supervise gardeners, employment tribunal rules

Working from home can be acceptable under certain circumstances, even during important meetings, as evidenced by a recent tribunal case.
Digital life
fromDigiday
2 months ago

How Gen Z is rewriting the career playbook

Gen Z heavily relies on social media platforms like Reddit, YouTube, and TikTok for career advice, often reshaping workplace expectations and prompting job changes.
Marketing
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

How Consumerist Society Hijacked Authenticity

Authenticity often manifests as self-centered individualism that should sometimes yield to obligations to others within a consumer society equating identity with consumption.
fromGamintraveler
5 months ago

The Sick Day Proof Europeans Provide That American Bosses Find Revolting

The sick note in the U.S. typically demands details about symptoms and recovery, while in Europe, a simple statement suffices: 'This patient is unfit to work'.
US politics
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