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In my organization, our c-suite person, “Michael,” is an incompetent and disorganized bully. Our area is very technical and his knowledge doesn’t go beyond whatever the first response from Google is.

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In a legislative committee meeting on November 13, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae was asked how she planned to address Japan’s notoriously long working hours. She responded that she now sleeps ...

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As the ninth day of the government shutdown wears on, the focus is on how many air traffic controllers show up to work tonight. The Federal Aviation Administration reported staffing shortages for ...

When videoconferencing company Owl Labs surveyed 2,000 U.S. workers for its 2025 State of Hybrid Work report, almost half reported they did not have enough flexibility in regard to when they worked.

In the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga asked how many circles one could draw that would touch three given circles at exactly one point each. It would take 1,800 years to prove the answer: eight ...

Stand-up comedy has a crowd work problem, and I don’t see it letting up any time soon. Crowd work used to be one of many tools of the trade but has gradually become the main attraction. At its heart, ...

Ten years ago, I did what many only dreamed of at the time: I left my three-hour Bay Area commute behind, moved to Portland, Oregon, and started working remotely. I didn’t make the change because I ...