“We want to ensure harassment-free climates in schools and workplaces, and we want to protect the rights of people with disabilities. What happens when these imperatives collide?”
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The Eighth Wonder of the World*
“In exchange for billions in tax subsidies, Foxconn was supposed to build an enormous LCD factory in the tiny village of Mount Pleasant, creating 13,000 jobs.” The Verge investigates the empty promises (and empty buildings) of “Wisconn Valley.”
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Meet the Customer Service Reps for Disney and Airbnb Who Have to Pay to Talk to You
Arise Virtual Solutions, part of the underground world of customer service, helps companies like Disney, Comcast, and even Airbnb save money — at the expense of workers.
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Black and Brown Tech Workers Share Their Experiences of Racism on the Job
Former employees of Pinterest, Google, Snap, and other companies share their stories of discrimination.
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Let Them Eat Pancakes
Employer loyalty is nice, but people can’t actually their pay bills with it.
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TPS Reports All Day Long
Have technological advances left many of us with jobs devoid of meaning? Are we bullshit?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy
Melissa Chadburn goes undercover as a temp worker.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy
Melissa Chadburn goes undercover as a temp worker.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
What Makes a Job a Calling?
In a 2009 paper for Administrative Science Quarterly, J. Stuart Bunderson and Jeffery A. Thompson studied zookeepers and found that the profession was about the closest anyone in the modern, secular world comes to having a calling—the sort of intensely meaningful career that Martin Luther said could turn work into a divine offering. Zookeeping is dirty, repetitive, and […]
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The Painful Business of Running a Franchise
It’s not just the workers who get a lousy deal. Over the years, Bob Baber, the Quiznos franchisee, became increasingly frustrated by the terms of his contract. One of the issues that galled him the most was that Quiznos was allowed to (and did) place additional sub shops in his franchise area, creating what he […]