Gabe Tucker, 26, is a lawyer with Fortif Law Partners in Birmingham, Ala., where the share of job listings that permit remote work is roughly half that of New York’s. […]
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Back to news homeHey, Is Anybody Watching the Interns?
Alex Hyman pictured his summer internship being one part “Entourage” and one part “The Office”: people screaming into telephones Ari Gold superagent style, others menacing their desk mates as unnervingly […]
The Magic of Your First Work Friends
The things that Lisa Degliantoni learned at 22 from the two best friends she met at her New York City publishing job included but were not limited to:How to take […]
Seeking a Return to Offices, Bosses Lost Leverage
What Barrett Kime’s boss said on the recent video call was straightforward. Could members of his team at NBCUniversal show up on the few days a week that they were […]
What Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Lean In’ Has Meant to Women
When Amy Bailey, a communications strategist, read “Lean In” by Sheryl Sandberg, the year was 2013. The #MeToo movement hadn’t yet ballooned, spotlighting the abuses women can face in the […]
Goldman’s Move to Unlimited Vacation Is Good for … Goldman
When Goldman Sachs — the investment bank known for its hard-charging culture — recently told its senior bankers that they could take off as much time as they wanted, the […]
How Jack Welch’s Reign at G.E. Gave Us Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed
When Jack Welch died on March 1, 2020, tributes poured in for the longtime chief executive of General Electric, whom many revered as the greatest chief executive of all time.David […]
Start-Ups Flock to WeWork, Trellis and Other Low-Commitment Spaces
When Melissa Pancoast moved her financial literacy start-up, The Beans, into a WeWork office in San Francisco’s Salesforce Tower last May, most of the offices around her were rented out […]
Are You Happy? Your Boss Is Asking.
Garry Ridge, who runs the chemical company WD-40, has a leadership style guided by two sources — Aristotle, and the BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink.“Pleasure in the job puts perfection […]
Where Did People From the Great Resignation Go? Back to Work.
Porsha Sharon, 28, still thinks about the outbursts she witnessed from customers she served last year at Buddy’s Pizza in Troy, Mich. One woman entered the restaurant and simply ordered […]