44% of 18-64 year-olds earn less than two-thirds median pay Brookings: 52% chance lowest earners stay in same pay bracket Unemployment is hovering near a five-decade low, workforce participation is at the highest level in six years and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell recently called the labor market “strong.” Yet, …
Workers at Microsoft Japan enjoyed an enviable perk this summer: working four days a week, enjoying a three-day weekend — and getting their normal, five-day paycheck. The result, the company says, was a productivity boost of 40%. Microsoft Japan says it became more efficient in several areas, including lower electricity costs, …
Women at the wheel get bigger tips than men do WORKING OUT how much to tip in America is never easy. Bartenders, it is said, should be tipped $1 a drink, the equivalent of 10% for a $10 cocktail. Waiters, meanwhile, apparently deserve 15-20%. Such questions of tipping etiquette are …
WeWork notifies tenants that it has taken at least 1,600 phone booths out of service due to reports of “potentially elevated levels of formaldehyde,” according to an email obtained by CNBC. The company says it might take another 700 phone booths out of service as a precautionary measure. The phone …
New research finds a link between worker and customer satisfaction A HAPPY customer is a repeat customer, or so the saying goes. But how to keep customers happy? The answer, according to a recent study, is to treat your own employees well. Glassdoor, a website which lets workers assess employers, …
Christina Munce waits tables at Broad Street Diner in Philadelphia, where she’s worked for more than eight years. Sasha Arutyunova for TIME After an eight-hour shift on her feet, shuffling between a stuffy kitchen and the red vinyl booths of Broad Street Diner, Christina Munce is at a standstill …
It’s a fine line between jaunty and annoying. When Lisette Sand-Freedman, 42, took a four-day family trip to the Dominican Republic in February, she chose her out-of-office email message carefully. “In case of emergency, please call 911” was what rolled into the inboxes of chief marketing officers, publicists and celebrities …
The women at the Belgian nonprofit Femma decided quickly how to spend their new free time. One took up Spanish classes. Another studied flamenco dance. A senior manager revived her interest in art crafts. Four years ago, the feminist advocacy organization polled its 60,000 female members on their biggest frustrations. …
Come back capitalism, all is forgiven Brad hooper quit his previous job at a grocery in Madison because his boss was “a little crazy”. The manager threatened to sack him and other cashiers for refusing orders to work longer than their agreed hours. Not long ago, Mr Hooper’s decision to walk …
In the open-plan office, wireless headphones are the new cubicles. Once upon a time, offices had walls inside them. They weren’t glass, like the conference rooms of 2019, but were made of drywall, and were usually painted a neutral color, like many of the walls you know and love. Over …
