A woman who doesn’t feel like going to work today stays in bed and looks at the internet instead. She finds a blog by a fed-up call center employee who complains about the customers.
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Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Science Fiction, Story
Working Through the Apocalypse: An Interview with Ling Ma
In Ling Ma’s “Severance” — a novel she began to write after getting laid off, while living partly on severance pay — the characters keep going to work, even though they know it’s the end of the world.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Current Events, Feature, Story, Uncategorized
Clocking Out
Can we imagine an economy built for free time?
Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Story
Nurses, Unite!
What nurses’ unions can teach the Democratic Party.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
TPS Reports All Day Long
Have technological advances left many of us with jobs devoid of meaning? Are we bullshit?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Only a Fool Buys Kombucha on a Tuesday
“Off-peakers” try to save time and money by avoiding a 9-to-5 schedule.
Posted inEditor's Pick
After Hours
“Off-peak” lifestyle evangelists insist on the value of being untimely, but their lifestyle depends on the rest of us staying regimented.
Posted inArts & Culture, Commentary, Current Events, Story, Unapologetic Women
Me Too, Except I Didn’t Stay Silent
In the places I’ve worked, sexual harassment was identified as something that could destroy an organization. It was a story with consequences.
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post, Unapologetic Women
Women in the Workplace Are Not Out To Get You
What do you need to do to have a consensual, romantic work relationship? The same things that make any workplace respectful and considerate.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Disguised in Plain Clothes, but No Superman
After a shooting at Iowa State, Chris Wiewiora let his teaching contract there expire, and chose to instead drive a municipal bus. His passengers were often former students.