Amazon doesn’t report its warehouse injury rates — but we have an inside look ~tech amazon Article 204 words 13 votes
Behind the Smiles - Amazon’s internal injury records expose the true toll of its relentless drive for speed ~tech amazon Article 5730 words 8 votes
Finland's flag-carrier airline, Finnair, said it has been forced to cancel almost 300 flights amid a nationwide solidarity strike for postal workers ~transport Link 8 votes
The life of the audiobook star: As the business booms, narrators talk tricky accents, lonely shifts and tackling 100 pages a day ~books Article 3613 words 13 votes
Burning Out: Search and rescue teams train for the worst conditions. But the worst conditions are getting worse. Are they ready for the next big disaster? ~life work Article 5051 words 5 votes
Social networking and dog food ~tech social media facebook Article 1381 words, published Dec 23 2018 9 votes
'They're madly checking their payrolls': The ugly truth of Australia's underpayment epidemic ~finance business Article 1524 words 8 votes
After days of resignations, the last of the Deadspin staff has quit ~news journalism Article 790 words 18 votes
On October 24, 1975 over ninety percent of Icelandic women refused to work – to show how much society depended on women's labor, from farms and factories to the home ~life work Article 2374 words 10 votes
Deadspin revolt escalates, with mass resignations by staff ~news journalism Article 274 words 10 votes
Nokia's collapse turned a sleepy town in Finland into an internet wonderland ~tech internet Article 2999 words 5 votes
In Finland, an intelligent office could change the way people think about working ~life work Article 3 votes
Asynchronous communication: The real reason remote workers are more productive ~life work.remote Article 2949 words, published Oct 15 2019 10 votes
Outback Steakhouse franchise begins testing system that uses machine learning to analyze footage of restaurant staff ~food restaurants Article 660 words 10 votes
A high income is a badge of success in many countries, but in Sweden a deep-rooted cultural code called Jantelagen stops many from talking about it ~life work Article 1773 words 8 votes
US Supreme Court term to begin with blockbuster question: Is it legal to fire someone for being gay or transgender? ~lgbt transgender Article 1757 words 13 votes
With alternatives stretched and neighbors angry, Seattle police return to arresting sex workers ~life work Link 9 votes
Norway's last coal miners fight for survival against climate policy ~life work Article 526 words 6 votes
Why your inner circle should stay small, and how to shrink it ~life work relationships Article 1176 words, published Mar 7 2018 6 votes
Kickstarter’s year of turmoil - Multiple employees involved with a "Kickstarter United" effort to unionize have been fired over the past week ~tech Article 2611 words 13 votes
California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers as employees ~transport Article 1340 words 23 votes
From bullying and sexual assault to squalid living conditions and forced labour, working at sea can be a grim business – and one deep-sea fishing fleet is particularly notorious ~life work Article 4203 words 8 votes
The State of California is getting closer to adopting the Fair Pay to Play Act, a law that would end NCAA amateurism as we know it ~sports.american_football Article 12 votes
“Free time” has been corrupted into “recovery time”: spells of lethargy between periods of work that merely prepare us for the resumption of labor ~life work Article 2380 words 40 votes
Low-paid American workers produce tear gas in potentially dangerous conditions. It's then shipped to Hong Kong where it's used against pro-democracy protesters. ~life work Article 3090 words 17 votes
When can I retire? Early retirement calculator ~finance Article 1358 words, published Aug 4 2018 7 votes
For the formerly incarcerated, occupational licensing laws can be legal prisons ~life work Article 5 votes
Amazon ends controversial practice of using tips to meet drivers’ wage guarantees ~tech amazon Article 559 words 8 votes
Meritocracy prizes achievement above all else, turning life into an endless competition and making everyone—even the rich—miserable ~life work education Article 2629 words 11 votes
Résumés are starting to look like Instagram—and sometimes even Tinder ~life work Article 75 words, published Aug 13 2019 14 votes
American capitalism is brutal. You can trace that to the plantation ~finance Article 5287 words, published Aug 14 2019 16 votes
'Youth and workers uniting behind this crisis': German labor union urges two million members to join global climate strike ~enviro climate change Article 395 words 5 votes
Why Finland leads the world in flexible work – Nordic nation has embraced agile hours for decades ~life work Article 2370 words 6 votes
One year later, Riot leadership, employees, say things are improving ~games Article 666 words 14 votes
Former public servant Michaela Banerji loses High Court free speech case ~news australia Article 798 words 7 votes
How to answer tricky personal questions at a new job ~life work Article 1332 words, published Jul 29 2019 5 votes