When Your Worst Co-Worker Is the Boss’ KidThere are a lot of perks to being the boss: You can (often) set your own hours, delegate work you don’t enjoy, get a nicer office, and dine out on the company dime.
Is ‘Fake It Till You Make It’ Good Advice or a Setup for Failure?Imitating confidence, competency, and drive may work for some, but what are the long-term professional implications?
The Case Against Work Friends: the Office Has Changed. Maybe It’s Time Our Relationships Do TooIntimate relationships with colleagues might not be all they’re cracked up to be.
Ex-Google recruiter says LinkedIn 'open to work' banner ‘is the biggest red flag’—some career experts disagreeWhen you're looking for a new job, it may seem like a no-brainer to let as many people as possible know. But career experts differ on their opinions about LinkedIn's "open to work" banner, the green sign that shows up just under your photo if you choose to activate it.
I was put on a performance-improvement plan, so I chose to retire at 58. Sometimes I wish I wasn't a young retiree.After working for nine years as a communications specialist for a healthcare association, I was put on a performance-improvement plan during my 10th annual job review. As a result of the PIP, I was sent to human resources to fill out paperwork outlining how my boss would closely supervise my work.
The voices Oppenheimer left outThe film’s Japan premiere renews critiques about what the movie omitted. Oppenheimer’s premiere in Japan this past weekend has renewed scrutiny of how the film depicted the devastating bombings that killed more than 200,000 people during World War II.
It’s Impossible to Overstate Just How Good ‘Ripley’ IsThere’s no shortage of glowing things to say about Ripley, Netflix’s masterful adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, which is proof that hiring great artists is the surest means of producing great art.
Why mattresses and pillows turn yellow — and how to get those stains outIt can be shocking to peel back your bed sheets and see yellow stains covering your mattress and pillows. There are several reasons why they might turn yellow, and this type of staining can happen to any type of mattress and pillow.
RIP office bestie. Here’s the upside to a diminishing need to have a friend at workWhat comes to mind when you hear office best friend? Lunch buddy? Trusted collaborator? A confidant when you need to vent? All of the above? This friend may be the best part of your job—the extra oomph so everything else is doable.
Will Historic Job Growth Bring an End to the “Vibecession”?For months now, one of the key questions—perhaps the key question—in American politics has been when, and if, good economic news will feed into the polling data on the Presidential race. Growth in employment and G.D.P.
The Women Who Run HarlemSince the Harlem Renaissance, Black women have shaped the culture uptown: In 1948, Jean Blackwell Hutson was appointed curator at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and in 1968, Dr. Barbara Ann Teer founded the National Black Theatre.
Why it’s so hard for China’s chip industry to become self-sufficientThis story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Inside most laptop and data center chips today, there’s a tiny component called ABF.
A Beginner’s Guide to Backyard AstronomyIf you’re one of the millions of Americans who looked at the eclipse this week and wondered what other cool things you might be able see in the sky, this guide is for you.
Do Tanks Have a Place in 21st-Century Warfare?The drone combat in Ukraine that is transforming modern warfare has begun taking a deadly toll on one of the most powerful symbols of American military might — the tank — and threatening to rewrite how it will be used in future conflicts.
The Impossible Promise of Building a New Palestinian CityAlmost ten years ago, we were living in Jerusalem, where Jamie was working on a postdoc at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, continuing his PhD research into the role of weapons in civil conflicts, and Sarah was working as a freelance journalist.