TOKYO — Japan is in the midst of en masse hiring season, when a wave of college graduates join companies in formal ceremonies after sweating through the job-interview gantlet.While this […]
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Back to news homeThe Home Cooks (and Start-Ups) Betting on Prepared Meals
Several days a week, Jullet Achan moves around the kitchen of her apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, stirring up dishes from her Surinamese background: fragrant batches of goat curry, root vegetable […]
Returns to the Office Raise Mental Health Challenges
“I’ve had a lot more employees reach out to me due to their anxiety, often saying they can’t pinpoint the reason for it,” Ms. Theobald said. “I’ve had phone calls […]
How 6 Workers Built New Careers In the Pandemic
Jane Watiri Taylor was working as a nurse at the Travis County Jail in Austin, Texas, when the pandemic hit. She called it the most frightening time she could remember […]
As Offices Ease Covid Safety Measures, Workers Worry
Employers are embracing a workplace atmosphere reminiscent of prepandemic times — elevators jammed, snack tables brimming, face coverings optional — even as a new subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus spurs […]
For Workers Who Are Never on Site, the ‘Off-Site’ Still Beckons
Many find remote work to be more transactional than in-person work. You Slack someone when you need something, and otherwise stare at your own screen in your own home. Managers […]
Crypto Scammers Target Dating Apps
The man from the dating app Hinge checked all of Tho Vu’s boxes.He was a boyishly handsome architect from China, staying in Maryland on a long-term assignment. They had never […]
Quiet Awards Season Has Hollywood Uneasy
The Academy Awards were created in 1929 to promote Hollywood’s achievements to the outside world. At its pinnacle, the telecast drew 55 million viewers. That number has been dropping for […]
Goldman Sachs Follows Wall Street Rivals in Asking Staff to Work From Home
Goldman Sachs told its U.S. employees on Sunday to work from home for the first two weeks of the year, joining Wall Street competitors that had already given similar instructions […]
A Nation on Hold Wants to Speak With a Manager
“He kept shouting, ‘The governor said we no longer have to wear masks,’” Mr. O’Brien said. The woman’s response — that they were still required in places with a certain […]