by dankeelan | May 14, 2024 | Featured, Workplace
Large corporate offices emerged in the late 19th century as growing industrial businesses needed more administrative coordination. Companies wanted to have offices downtown, but real estate was scarce, so architects went vertical with tall steel-framed buildings. At...
by dankeelan | Apr 16, 2024 | Career, Featured, Jobs, Workplace
Hustle culture is out, and work-life balance is in. At least that’s what many employees are reporting. In a 2022 survey conducted by Flex Jobs, 63% of respondents said they’d take a job with better work-life balance over one with better pay. At the same time,...
by dankeelan | Apr 9, 2024 | Workplace
At 82-years-old, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is one of the oldest members of Congress, yet he’s still younger than the 40-hour workweek. Sanders was born in 1941 — a year after the 40-hour workweek was established by the Fair Labor Standards Act. Now Sanders...
by dankeelan | Apr 9, 2024 | Featured, Leadership, Workplace
Being humble at work can help you advance in your career, a new study has found. Climbing the corporate ladder has long been associated with having a dominant, self-serving personality, but humility can also help you progress, according to researchers from the...
by dankeelan | Mar 26, 2024 | Mental Health, Workplace
American workers who have more flexibility and security in their jobs also have better mental health, according to a study of 2021 survey data from over 18,000 nationally representative working Americans. The study, published Monday in JAMA Network Open, may...
by dankeelan | Mar 26, 2024 | Featured, Future of Work, Workplace
One recent study of British companies that adopted a 32-hour workweek concluded that employees came to work less stressed and more focused. In the study, revenues for these companies remained steady and or even increased. Dozens of companies based in the United...
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