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Bosses imposed rigid policies requiring return to the office. Now they’re facing a wave of legal battles.
39 votes -
How meltdowns brought professional advocacy groups to a standstill at a critical moment (2022)
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Amazon is warning employees they risk undermining their own promotion prospects unless they return to the office (RTO) for three days a week, as was mandated by CEO Andy Jassy months ago
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Fika, four-week-holidays and zero overtime – Sweden's stunningly healthy work culture
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Union workers score big pay gains as labour action sweeps US
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27 votes -
South Korean teachers seek protection from harassment by students' parents
38 votes -
Lord Sugar documents east London’s rubbish mountains
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All work and no pay: Findings from the 2023 State of the American Teacher survey
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The housing crisis driving America’s teacher shortage
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Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating
38 votes -
Robots are pouring drinks in Vegas. As AI grows, the city's workers brace for change
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Some small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes
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Is understaffing a new norm?
I'm asking this as a genuine question, not as a hot take. Where I'm coming from: My husband and I went to dinner the other night -- apologies from the waitress on being shortstaffed. A sign on a...
I'm asking this as a genuine question, not as a hot take.
Where I'm coming from:
My husband and I went to dinner the other night -- apologies from the waitress on being shortstaffed. A sign on a local store asks for patience with the lack of staff. The people staffing order pickup at a nearby department store aren't enough to keep up with orders. At my most recent doctor's appointment I spent almost 45 minutes in the exam room waiting to be seen (for an appointment I had to make over a year ago). A few hours after the appointment I went to pick up a prescription, and it hadn't even begun to be processed yet. There was only one cashier working, and she was having to jump between the in-person line and the drive-thru lane. At my job we don't have enough substitute teachers, so we're dependent on regular teachers covering classes during their "prep" periods.
This is merely a recent snapshot from my own life that I'm using as a sort of representative sample, but it feels like something that's been building for a while -- like something that was going to be temporary due to COVID but has stuck around and is now just what we're supposed to get used to. I remember that I used to keep thinking that understaffing would eventually go away over time, but it seems like it's just standard practice now?
Is this something specific to my experiences or my local area (I'm in the US, for context)? Are other people seeing the same thing?
Assuming it isn't just me, is there anything out there besides anecdotes that addresses this phenomenon? I don't want to lean solely on gut reactions, but I also can't deny that nearly every business I go to seems visibly short-staffed all of the time.
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Brazilian delivery workers take their fight to get app users to pick up their orders to local legislatures
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How US labor movement can win at the bargaining table
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Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers
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A warning to employers that US NLRB labor agency has changed the rules governing formation of unions to be easier for workers and harder for employers to oppose
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29 votes -
Want employees to return to the office? Then give each one an office.
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66 votes -
From car parts to cargo bikes: GKN workers in Italy
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California hotel workers are on strike because app based staffing agencies punish them for refusing to cross picket lines
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Inside American Starbucks' dirty war against organized labor
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US workers are dying in heat wave but Joe Biden administration is still working on federal standards for working in extreme heat
29 votes -
Uber Eats drivers in South Africa are unionizing
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Abortion laws are driving academics out of some US states—and keeping others from coming
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The places most affected by remote workers’ moves around the USA
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Is it ok to call yourself a "freelance programmer"?
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What is productivity, and is it a reasonable lever to force a return to office?
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Bosses are fed up with remote work for four main reasons. Some of them are undeniable.
76 votes -
Samsung gives staff one Friday off each month in a bid to retain talent
16 votes -
Have you been to the library lately?
15 votes -
Google has officially changed its mind about remote work
62 votes -
Amazon employees stage walkout over return-to-office mandate, climate goals, and layoffs
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How Urban Company built an empire of female Indian gig workers
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The ‘open secret’ in most US workplaces: Discrimination against moms is still rampant
10 votes -
University of California plans to deduct pay for employees who participated in strike
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The University of California and workers reached a tentative deal to end strike
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Child workers found throughout Hyundai-Kia supply chain in Alabama
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How bullying manifests at work — and how to stop it
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48,000 UC graduate student workers go on strike
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What Twitter’s move to shutter offices signals for Big Tech
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