Workplace Culture
Stories about life at work: what you love about it, what you’d change about it and how it affects your life.
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Yup, looking at yourself on video all the time can get exhausting
Mar 1, 2021
Stanford researchers say being constantly confronted with our own faces in videoconferencing takes a toll.
For teachers, pandemic adds new stresses
Feb 25, 2021
A new Rand survey found stress was the top reason why teachers leave the profession, even before COVID-19.
People who refuse unsafe work can get unemployment benefits
Feb 11, 2021
Until now such decisions have been left to states, leading to wide variation and confusion.
Moms with straight As in high school get similar leadership opportunities as dads who got failing grades
Feb 10, 2021
A new study provides more evidence that mothers are particularly penalized in the workplace.
Gender gap in work hours grew during pandemic
Jan 29, 2021
Moms were overwhelmingly responsible for supervising remote learning
New viral variants spur calls for better masks
Jan 28, 2021
Front-line workers are especially at risk indoors. Wearing a cloth and surgical mask together is an option to N95s, one doctor says.
Biden executive actions target LGBTQ discrimination
Jan 20, 2021
The president is strengthening workplace protections and rolling back the military ban on transgender service.
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There's a push to mandate hazard pay at the local level
Jan 13, 2021
With COVID-19 spreading out of control, it's never been riskier for front-line workers.
Job openings lag as uncertainty about pandemic, politics persists
Jan 12, 2021
January is usually peak job-hunting season.
Parents continue to slog through remote school
Jan 7, 2021
Many schools remain closed as COVID-19 cases increase. Parents struggle to manage the competing demands of work and their kids' learning.