“Death by memo”: It’s a complaint often heard in the workplace, when great ideas get stomped into dust by numbing protocols and procedure. But for all its reputation as the last word in banal bureaucratic buzz-kill, the internal memorandum has often, in its history, carried actual life-or-death...
Americans have finally gotten the memo to take more vacation, but they’re still doing it wrong. Recent research from Project: Time Off finds that we are at peak vacation usage, the likes of which haven’t been seen since 2010. In 2017, we took an average of 17...
If there’s one thing all humans can agree on, it’s that washing the dishes is miserable. So much so, in fact, that many professional dishwashers admit that the only way to get through their shifts is to get messed up first. “I’ve been washing dishes for 3 years...
According to a recent survey conducted by sleep tips website SleepZoo, nearly two-thirds of Americans have work-related stress dreams. “The findings aren’t surprising since people dream about what’s important to them,” Deirdre Leigh Barrett, a psychologist at Harvard Medical School, told Today. “Work both occupies a huge...
Potty Talk is a one-panel comic about the funny thoughts, observations and fears men have in the bathroom. This week’s is from illustrator Burton Durand. Check out his Instagram here.
Planning a new career move? How’s that resume looking? To make it competitive in today’s job market, you might want to think about adding a couple of competencies to that list of generic skills everyone includes. For example: Alongside, “I thrive on pressure,” “I’m a committed team...
Apart from deciding who washes the dirty dishes, there’s almost nothing that couples fight over more than money. And unfortunately, resolving money problems in a relationship can be a lot more complicated than negotiating who’s going to wield the dish sponge. These money issues are far more...
When you have to spend money on things (which of course you do, every day), the world can seem like a bleak place. Bearing in mind the unsavory aspects of industrialization and globalization, it can seem like every transaction you make inevitably negatively affects someone or something,...
For most of us, the whole process of car buying is a mystery. That, of course, is partly by design — after all, knowledge is power, right? Which explains the whole put-upon drama and bizarre ritual at the car dealership: The misleading advertising; sitting at a small desk in...
If you’ve recently gotten married, or you’re just about to (or you did long ago, but have recently started arguing about this), you’re gonna have to answer the big money question: Should you and your partner get joint accounts? The answers are both straightforward and complicated, so...
It pays to be a jerk. That’s according to new research from the University of Copenhagen, which found that being a “nice guy” means you’re more likely to earn less money in your career after the age of 30. “I find that men’s earnings are not affected...
Emotional intelligence—the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others—was quickly (and somewhat blindly) accepted as a fundamental human trait after being introduced to the masses in 1995. These days, being able to live in harmony with your feelings is one of...