Try to keep your work friends after you leave (it ain’t easy)
When you leave a job, it’s notoriously hard to remain good friends with ex-coworkers. But damn, you should definitely try. Continue Reading
Future of Work
We’ve been working the same way for a long time. Can/will it ever change? And what will that look like?
WFH is basically class warfare, even if we avoid the topic
We can talk forever and a day about work from home and when it might return, but let’s first acknowledge the inequality herein. Continue Reading
The managerial fear button and punished vulnerability
Managers have a lot on their plates, and often “motivating or building your team” falls to their last priority. Enter fear as a “strategy.” Continue Reading
The abandonment of adult friendships
It’s sad when once-relevant friendships end over things that aren’t relevant, and that seems common in Internet-fighting modernity. Continue Reading
That whole Katrina Kibben situation
Katrina Kibben, a good gal in that ol’ HR world, likes to preach inclusion while anonymously dragging people for LinkedIn jokes. How’s that work? Continue Reading
So, so many KPIs are completely meaningless
There are core things that matter in a specific business, and core things the executives track … and those are NOT always the public KPIs. Continue Reading
Loneliness and the rise of the partisan fringe
We often look at fringe groups and think “Gah, they’re crazy!” That’s potentially true. What if they are just lonely and seeking? Continue Reading
This one is a “she-cession,” not a recession
“Why is mommy so stressed?” Well, see, during COVID she operates in a system that claims she’s important but does nothing to help her out… Continue Reading