Gen Zers are in their 'boycott era', even when it comes to which jobs they apply for

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South Koreans are dealing with burnout and loneliness by getting pet rocks

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Pet rocks on the edge of Lake Mackintos in Tasmania, Australia.

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Bernie Sanders wants to bring in a 4-day workweek, which would see workers paid the same for 8 hours less work every week

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Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) questions witnesses during a hearing about working hours in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 14, 2024 in Washington DC.
A global four-day workweek trial found that workers were happier and more efficient.

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The WiFi at Google's new Bay View office hasn't been working properly for months: report

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An employee working at Google's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California, in 2022.

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MrBeast is asking for trouble by calling his employees 'friends of friends' instead of giving them job titles, HR experts say

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MrBeast is YouTube's biggest creator.

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Could AI personas attend your work meetings for you? One tech CEO says yes — and by the end of the year

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The CEO of Otter believes AI avatars will attend meetings for workers by the end of the year.

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A woman says she was fired for being 'too efficient' at her job and outshining her manager

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A woman was fired, and she thinks one reason is that she did her job too well (stock image).

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What I got wrong about loyalty at work

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Illustration of employees frustrated.

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Fiefdoms, 'orphan problems' and too many emails — just some of the most common workplace 'frictions'

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Robert Sutton, an expert in organizational behavior at Stanford University.
"The Friction Project" coauthor Robert Sutton.

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My toxic boss ruined my confidence in the workplace. I'm learning to build myself back up again.

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The author says her boss made her question everything she did at work.

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