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fromwww.theguardian.com
15 hours agoFrom microshifting to coffee badging: whatever happened to just doing your job?
Microshifting revolutionizes work by promoting flexible, non-linear work patterns for better work-life balance.
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Artificial intelligence
fromwww.businessinsider.com
18 hours agoWorkers are feeling AI anxiety and that they might be training their replacements
Workers fear AI will replace their jobs, with 30% believing their roles may become obsolete.
Philosophy
fromEntrepreneur
2 days agoThe Leadership Skill That's Quietly Fading in the Age of AI
AI-driven efficiency risks diminishing deep thinking, leading to a loss of original understanding and nuanced insight among leaders.
Remote teams
fromwww.businessinsider.com
4 hours agoI'm a Chinese CEO who jumped on the OpenClaw hype and built AI employees. We had to create a human-only Slack channel to escape them.
AI employees can handle repetitive tasks, improving workplace efficiency and allowing humans to focus on creative work.
fromwww.theguardian.com
23 hours agoFair Work Agency's priorities criticised days before its launch
Sharon Graham, the general secretary of Unite, stated that the priorities showed the agency was in danger of being a dead duck before it even begins. For too long, workers have borne the brunt of disreputable employers who have had carte blanche.
UK politics
US politics
fromFortune
1 day agoThe economy can shed jobs and still keep the labor market balanced, as Trump's immigration crackdown turns breakeven hiring negative | Fortune
The U.S. labor market shows a negative breakeven rate of employment growth due to immigration restrictions, indicating potential job losses without rising unemployment.
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Mental health
fromSilicon Canals
1 day agoThere's a specific kind of tiredness that has nothing to do with sleep. It comes from years of translating yourself into a version that other people could handle, and the exhaustion lives in the gap between who you are and who you've been performing so consistently that even you forgot there was a difference. - Silicon Canals
Workplace burnout often stems from the exhaustion of pretending to be someone you're not, rather than from overwork itself.
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Women in technology
fromFast Company
3 days agoAI isn't just reshaping productivity and threatening to kill jobs. It's changing how we lead, communicate, and treat each other. It's also creating a new gender gap
Generative AI is reshaping communication, trust, and cultural interactions beyond productivity and efficiency concerns.
fromFortune
1 day agoThe Trump administration is blurring the public and private sector workforce, and OPM director Scott Kupor won't rule out conflict of interest risks | Fortune
One of the things that I'm hoping to do a better job on is getting people from the private sector-who've been in the private sector their whole career-who also spend a couple years in government at some point in their career, and learn something.
Non-profit organizations
fromFortune
4 days agoThe more women earn, the more housework they do: inside the paradox a Wharton economist calls 'an existential problem for men' | Fortune
"Men's time doing housework is about the same as it was in the 1970s, and that's true whether or not the woman earns more money or the man earns more money."
Women
fromSilicon Canals
9 hours agoJapan is deploying robots not to replace workers but because there's no one left to hire - Silicon Canals
Japan's push into AI-powered robotics is driven less by competitive ambition than by demographic arithmetic. The country's population declined for a 14th consecutive year in 2024, with working-age citizens comprising just 59.6% of the total population.
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US news
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks ago'Pro-worker AI,' streaming fatalities, and other fascinating new economic studies
MIT economists propose 'pro-worker artificial intelligence' where humans collaborate with AI to enhance existing jobs, create new opportunities, and enable workers to thrive rather than face displacement.
fromBoston.com
3 days agoVermont labor board orders state to end return-to-office requirement for employees
The Vermont Labor Relations Board has ordered that Gov. Phil Scott's administration 'rescind' a controversial requirement that state employees return to their physical offices three days per week. The board stated that the state has 'refused to bargain in good faith and interfered with employees' exercise of rights' in requiring in-person work.
Remote teams
Remote teams
fromSilicon Canals
3 days agoGig workers in 50+ countries are filming themselves doing chores to train humanoid robots for $15 an hour - Silicon Canals
A new gig economy is emerging where workers film household tasks to train humanoid robots, highlighting economic disparities in compensation versus value extracted.
Careers
fromwww.businessinsider.com
5 days agoI was a laid-off software engineer who pivoted into blue-collar work because of AI. One year in, I couldn't be happier.
Tabby Toney transitioned from software engineering to welding after being laid off, finding job security and satisfaction in her new career.
fromThe Drum
2 months agoWAH! Why the work at home bubble is about to burst
The only winners of a 100% work at home situation are Adobe, Zoom, our pets and the divorce attorneys. Here's why it's now time to implement a hybrid approach to working in the office. The pandemic has reaffirmed a collective solace, purpose and permission to transform the everyday moments we may have taken for granted, into even more meaningful experiences.
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