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A group of troops
Peter Bohler

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?

  • Jerry Useem
June 21, 2019
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?

  • Caitlin Flanagan
June 20, 2019
A man walks by a window with a hiring ad printed on it.
Katie Martin / The Atlantic / Justin Sullivan / Getty

America’s Job Listings Have Gone Off the Deep End

What even is a data-obsessed, project-juggling digital ninja?

  • Amanda Mull
June 13, 2019
A woman sunbathes next to the Seine river in Paris, France.
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.

  • Olga Khazan
May 22, 2019
A Post-it note shows a sketch of a silhouette of a woman holding a child.
Shutterstock / The Atlantic

End the Plague of Secret Parenting

If mothers and fathers speak openly about child-care obligations, their colleagues will adapt.

  • Emily Oster
May 21, 2019
A man sleeps at his desk.
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.

  • Derek Thompson
February 24, 2019
James Graham

Workplace Theft Is on the Rise

As the line between work and home blurs, office supplies attract sticky fingers.

  • Rene Chun
February 6, 2019
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