#workplace-culture

#workplace-culture

"I brought up a company's awful Glassdoor reviews, and they got so mad they ended the interview. Well, guess I dodged that bullet."

They are not mad about the letters, they're mad about the mission. And unless you are changing your mission, you will not ease the attack.

"Workers are feeling disempowered," Michele Williams, a professor of management and entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa, said, adding that this trend reared its head during the 2008 recession and is now back again.

Leadership must be shared in small and medium-sized enterprises. It can happen everywhere - from customer-facing technicians to administrators improving processes.

A lot of Brooklyn-based graphic designer and visual artist Rebecca Wilkinson's work is about 'making visible, the oftentimes invisible labour of design'. This subject of work itself is central to Rebecca's practice and is often what the designer is exploring across a range of digital and analogue mediums: self-published books, video essays, workshops, experimental publications, and performances.

"It sounds progressive, but it's totally broken." That's how Bolt's CEO described unlimited paid time off while saying he had just "killed" the policy at the company.

Cultural dynamics within a company significantly impact women's career advancement opportunities and their overall success in the workplace.

Adding the word 'voluntary' in front of separation, retirement, and severance packages seems to be the new, empathetic way for companies to handle layoffs.

The lawsuit against Fawzy Ibrahiem claims he misappropriated funds, created a hostile work environment, and initiated a rival business, leading to serious allegations.

For the fifth year, employee survey company Energage has partnered with Schneps Media to honor the best places to work in New York City.

Employees share everything now, including their 360s. We can pretend we control the narrative while employees screenshot Slack messages and share salary data.

"It was a big question mark with a lot of our stakeholders. Why would you insource more people in an era of AI?"

In the current environment, demoralization is high among faculty and staff... There's a significant amount of uncertainty, there is stress, there is trauma...

The messaging to management or to the employee is that we do not have forced distribution, but every cycle we do get 'guidance' on scoring.

Talking about salary is often seen as taboo, leaving employees unsure if they are being fairly compensated despite similar roles and qualifications. This stigma can create tension and distrust in the workplace.

The workplace must welcome - not alienate - visitors coming through the space, like authors to digital collaborators. It needed to be both homely and inspiring to accelerate the growth of ideas.