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What will your workplace look like in 25 years’ time?
What will the workplace look like in 2040? Imagine remote working via hologram, commuting by jetpack, even controlling your office with your mind.
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Office sex caught on camera
TWO oblivious workers were caught having sex at the office over the weekend — by scores of revellers with their camera phones out.
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Supreme Court Strikes Down Saskatchewan Law That Prevents Right to Strike
The Supreme Court of Canada has struck down as unconstitutional a Saskatchewan law that prevents public sector employees from striking.
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Why is America the 'no-vacation nation'?
Let's be blunt: If you like to take lots of vacation, the United States is not the place to work. Besides a handful of national holidays, the typical American worker bee gets two or three precious weeks off out of a whole year to relax and see the world -- much less than what people in many other countries receive. And even that amount of vacation often comes with strings attached.
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How to Get Shit Done Even When You're Totally Unmotivated
When I first started my business, I didn't realize the most difficult part would be finding motivation to WORK. These tips helped me out SO freakin' much.
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More than a third of American workers don’t get sick leave, and they’re making the rest of us ill
Managers are more than twice as likely as service workers to get paid sick leave.
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Man Fired After Skipping Work for 24 Years
Even in India, where government jobs are considered to be for life, A.K. Verma was pushing it. Verma, an executive engineer at the Central Public Works Department, was fired after last appearing for work in December 1990. "He went on seeking extension of leave, which was not sanctioned, and defied directions to report to work," the government said in a statement Thursday. Even after an inquiry found him guilty of "willful absence from duty" in 1992, it took another 22 years...
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Inside the box
IN THE 1960s Robert Propst, an inventor and artist who had patents in heart valves, livestock-tagging machines and aeroplane parts, was asked by Herman Miller, an American design company, to find problems outside the furniture industry that could be solved with design. He flooded the company with concepts ranging from agriculture to medicine, but in the end found himself drawn to the problems of office life. He was particularly troubled by how sedentary people were.
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A bad job is harder on your mental health than unemployment
There can be no doubt that the job market has been more resilient since the financial crisis than many imagined. Unemployment did not rise as far as was feared and the recovery in employment to pre-recession levels has been quicker than forecast by even the most optimistic labour economists. So, time for some self-congratulatory back-slapping among policy makers then? On the surface of things, at least, it looks like a jobs miracle, despite the belt-tightening of austerity.
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Airbnb Invents a Call Center That Isn't Hell to Work At
Things can go wrong when you book an Airbnb listing: the host leaves town without arranging a key exchange, or the cleaning service never showed up between guests. At a normal hotel, you’d call the front desk. With an Airbnb, you call the company’s customer experience team. Airbnb’s virtual “concierge” team is growing rapidly—along with the rest of the company—which is why the company is opening its first standalone CX center in the United States in Portland, Oregon...
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6 Crucial Interview Questions To Ask Clients Before Accepting a Job
When it comes to the client and web project on-boarding process, what are the right interview questions to ask potential clients before accepting a job?
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6 Areas to Focus on for Work-Life Balance
You only live once. Are you willing to trade away your balance in life for a prestigious position in your company or a higher pay package? Click to read more.
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Malcolm Gladwell Accused of Plagiarism
The bloggers at Our Bad Media who exposed Fareed Zakaria's plagiarism are accusing The New Yorker’s Malcolm Gladwell of the journalistic crime as well. The bloggers, who operate under the pseudonyms @blippoblappo and @crushingbort, show that Gladwell lifted without attribution portions of his profile of Steve Jobs, a piece about Albert O. Hirschman, and the Greensboro sit-ins.
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Home, Café or Coworking? How to Find the Best Workspace
After living as digital nomads for months, we've learned a bit about coworking spaces, cafés, apartments, and how to find the best workspace while abroad.
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10 Of The Most Ridiculous Reasons For Calling In Sick
What is your most ridiculous reason for calling in sick?
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North Koreans working as ‘state-sponsored slaves’ in Qatar
Defectors claim Pyongyang regime pockets 90% or more of earnings made by migrants working on construction sites in Qatar, where preparations are under way for 2022 World Cup
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Someone Has Been Running This Mysterious Classified Ad For 10 Straight Years Now
A classified ad offering a job in the New York publishing industry has been posted, and reposted, with almost no changes for more than 10 years.
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Where Did Soul-Sucking Office-Speak Come From?
How did we get to the point where people are constantly spouting nonsense about "deliverables," "drill-down," "catch-up," "moving forward," and "quick wins"?
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No job because of Irish 'alcoholism'
A teacher from the Republic of Ireland has been turned down for a job in South Korea due to the "alcoholism nature" of Irish people. Katie Mulrennan, from County Kerry, had applied for a teaching job in Seoul. She was told by an agency that their client did not hire Irish people due to their perceived drinking habits.
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The 36 People Who Run Wikipedia
What the weirdest, wildest, most successful participatory project in history tells us about working together.
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