Snap Inc cuts 530 employees, 10% of workforce, to boost in-person work
California-based social media company will focus on ‘in-person collaboration’ after eliminating jobs multiple times in recent years
January 2024
Bank of America sends warning letters to employees not going into offices
Gen Z struggles with job interviews. Can we really blame them?
December 2023
‘If this was about money, we’d still be teaching’: inside the longest adjunct strike in US history
After a viral Chipotle incident, she was sentenced to fast-food work. Now she just wants to move on
October 2023
Leading US law firm says it rescinded job offers to students who backed Israel-Hamas letters
Kaiser Permanente and unions reach deal after healthcare workers’ strike
September 2023
Drew Barrymore was America’s sweetheart – but her baffling video was a terrible misstep
Arwa Mahdawi
Her decision to continue her talkshow amid the writers’ strike received such a backlash that she reversed it. But the holes in her ‘apology’ had already been laid bare, writes Arwa Mahdawi
August 2023
‘The office is for socializing’: how work from home has revolutionized work
Even as some firms are mandating workers come into the office, work from home has permanently changed the work landscape
Transition from ‘dirty’ to green US jobs rises, leaving older workers behind
Workers in their 40s, 50s and 60s and those without college degrees appear least likely to move into green jobs, research finds
Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too much
Notice sent to employees who were not in office at least three times a week, after other tech firms’ efforts to get workers back on site
June 2023
‘Not for employee use’: why are US retail workers being denied chairs?
Employees condemn workplaces that deny them rest, leaving them in pain and leading to class-action suits
May 2023
Datablog
What US job will shrink the most in the next decade?
US investigation uncovers two 10-year-olds working at Kentucky McDonald’s
April 2023
California Dreaming
The workers who say their migrant status has been ‘weaponized’ against them
Undocumented workers play a crucial role in California’s labor force, but are forced to take exploitative jobs
March 2023
American children are working hazardous jobs – and it’s about to get worse
Robert Reich
Arkansas leads charge to weaken child labor protections
Idle no more: how automatic mouse jigglers are taking on nosy bosses
The era of quiet quitting is over. The age of loud firing has begun
Arwa Mahdawi
February 2023
‘Scanners are complicated’: why Gen Z faces workplace ‘tech shame’
They may be digital natives, but young workers were raised on user-friendly apps – and office devices are far less intuitive