工作与未来
As California considers a four-day workweek, experts ask if it's a good idea
“The drive for the four-day workweek has become serious.”
Lila MacLellan is a reporter for Quartz in New York. She has a special interest in unusual things people do with their bodies and money. She is also obsessed with social psychology, and Japan, where she lived for three years before becoming a journalist. Lila has worked as an editor and writer at Natural Health and Institutional Investor magazines in New York, and at Western Living and Vancouver magazines in British Columbia.
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工作与未来
US workers want more pay and better perks, so more than half are considering switching jobs
In a survey last June, Prudential Financial found that about a quarter of US respondents planned to leave their employer once the risk of the pandemic had decreased. Well, here we are—cov...
工作与未来
Metaverse: Will we be working in a virtual world soon?
About 10 minutes into my interview with Shep Ogden, the 26-year-old co-founder and CEO of a digital media startup that counts Mark Cuban among its investors, I began to panic.
气候行动
Is the Paris Climate Agreement legally binding? Experts explain
One question has long dogged the Paris Agreement, the 27-page accord that set the terms for this month’s climate negotiations at COP26: Is it legally binding?
工作与未来
How to create an inclusive hybrid working environment
There are competing theories about how hybrid and remote work will impact workforce diversity. Some people of color have said that they prefer to work from home because it allows them to ...
工作与未来
Working from home? Here’s why you should start your day with a ‘virtual commute’
In the beginning, you probably didn’t miss the commutes.
健康与医疗系统
Is it safe? And three other questions to ask before you go back to the office
Time’s passing has left many questions unanswered about the mutating virus behind Covid-19 illnesses and deaths.
工作与未来
Hiring refugees makes economic sense - report
When a company like Starbucks pledges to hire 10,000 refugees globally by 2022, as it did two years ago, or when WeWork announces plans to recruit 1,500 refugees by the same deadline, the...
健康与医疗系统
Coronavirus: Here's how to avoid handshakes without offending anyone
Should you want to make a case for banning handshakes during the coronavirus crisis, there’s plenty of damning evidence out there to help you do it.
社会创新
这听起来很疯狂，但让人人享有育儿假可能是非常有益的
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社会创新
It sounds mad, but extending parental leave to non-parents could be highly beneficial
In the US and most of the world, deep-pocketed employers try to lure the best and brightest employees with a patchwork of paid time off benefits, including various lengths of parental or ...
教育与技能
The number one benefit workers want? Less work, more leisure
The quest to keep employees happy has spurred some employers to take a fast-fashion approach to perks, making cupcakes, or kombucha, or onsite CrossFit classes a must-have for some time—u...
教育与技能
This is what a genderless AI voice sounds like - and why it matters
A coalition of activists, linguists, ad makers, and sound engineers has created what it claims is the first genderless AI voice for virtual assistants, and is asking for the public to hel...
领导力
The three key characteristics every leader should have, according to Microsoft's CEO
When Satya Nadella joined Microsoft in 1992 at the age of 25, the future CEO, an engineer by training, did not yet hold a business degree. He would complete his MBA at the University of C...
领导力
This is how to nail a job interview, according to the president of the World Bank
Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, offered a brief lesson in nailing a job interview earlier this week.