The Workplace Report
A look at the changing nature of work and the culture that surrounds it
At Work, Expertise Is Falling Out of Favor
These days, it seems, just about all organizations are asking their employees to do more with less. Is that actually a good idea?
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New Studio The Problem With HR
For 30 years, we’ve trusted human-resources departments to prevent and address workplace sexual harassment. How’s that working out?
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Luci Gutiérrez Your Professional Decline Is Coming (Much) Sooner Than You Think
Here’s how to make the most of it.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic / Justin Sullivan ... America’s Job Listings Have Gone Off the Deep End
What even is a data-obsessed, project-juggling digital ninja?
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Thibault Camus / AP Frigid Offices Might Be Killing Women’s Productivity
As their goosebumps have long suggested, women perform better on tests of cognitive function at toastier room temperatures.
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Shutterstock / The Atlantic End the Plague of Secret Parenting
If mothers and fathers speak openly about child-care obligations, their colleagues will adapt.
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Bloom Productions / Getty Workers Love AirPods Because Employers Stole Their Walls
In the open-plan office, wireless headphones are the new cubicles.
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Nicky Loh / Reuters Workism Is Making Americans Miserable
For the college-educated elite, work has morphed into a religious identity—promising transcendence and community, but failing to deliver.
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James Graham Workplace Theft Is on the Rise
As the line between work and home blurs, office supplies attract sticky fingers.
