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Seattle city employees who have become accustomed to working from home during the pandemic are threatening to quit in the face of a proposed hybrid work policy that would requi...
[caption id="attachment_93144" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Student employee group on Washington State University campuses file to form union (Photo courtesy of UAW)[/caption]
On the heels of unionization efforts at the University of Washington and the University of California, about 1,600 grad...
[caption id="attachment_39236" align="aligncenter" width="525"] Microsoft's "Hybrid Workplace Dial" tells employees how safe it is to return to the office – or whether they should continue working from home – during the pandemic.[/caption]
Momentum toward inviting Seattle-area employees back to...
There are plenty of factors that can hold back our careers, from lack of skills and education to more personal things like physical appearance or a family reputation. But one factor many of us don’t consider is our personality: preferences, habits, quirks, and style. Yet it doesn’t have t...
The most popular article in the New York Times' Smarter Living newsletter last year was an interview with Millie Tran of the NYT Global team sharing advice on one of the most important questions we face during our lives: What am I going to do with my life? Tran explained that she had been sharin...
A workplace advice column at the New York Times recently ran an exchange with a reader who sold his business in his mid-50s and no longer needed to work. But in his early retirement he admitted to feeling totally adrift: "I’m finding that I am bored out of my mind. I miss the activity and satisfac...
One thing is guaranteed in the workplace: not everyone you collaborate with will be "likable." These people may be business partners, investors, vendors, or even some of your best customers. Senior business advisors commonly offer advice on how to bridge these differences to accomplish shared busine...
American businesses have found themselves as a crossroads. One path prioritizes profitability for shareholders, oftentimes at the expense of the natural environment, workers' rights and even executive wellness. The other track, which a growing number of companies are beginning to follow, evaluates ...
REI will give up one of its top business days this Black Friday, when it closes all 143 retail stores in a move to encourage Americans to spend time outside. CEO Jerry Stritzke explained that the decision to shut down “wasn't made lightly," and acknowledges "it's a bit of a startling idea from a ...
When Emily Peck was starting up her business she realized how rushed her days were. Like most of us, she spent her time rushing from one task to the next, trying to accomplish more than she possibly could. This led her to begin researching solutions, and after reading hundreds of readings and interv...