“I came across a number of job postings in which companies were pretty blunt about what their expectations were for hires,” said Lindsay Ellis at the Wall Street Journal. “And that if you didn't like the culture, you probably shouldn't even apply.”

When Joanne Hislop had triplets, her employer allowed her to work part-time. But that wasn’t the end of her story.

Econ Extra Credit newsletter #110

It’s just another example of “forced fun” at work, something we take a look at in the show “Severance” for Econ Extra Credit.