Articles Tagged with #working
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Gallery
Phone Sex Operators
So much of commerce now is blind: online shopping, tech support in Bangalore. The phone-sex industry, though, thrives on being faceless and intensely personal at the same time.
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Profiles
Murder and the Masseuse
Many of us imagine killing our bosses; some people actually take it a little further. Meet a woman who got into the massage business to avoid a homicide rap.
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Profiles
What It Means to Miss New Orleans
The accuracy of Fox’s new police drama K-Ville can only be known by the cops working in post-Katrina New Orleans. An interview with Police Lieutenant Bryant Wininger, who explains where the real drama still is, free of storylines and plot twists.
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An Online Petition to Save the Redwoods
Part Three
Continuing to pore through Charlotte’s blog leads to some strange revelations, surprising moves, and a conclusion, of sorts.
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An Online Petition to Save the Redwoods
Part Two
Discovering a co-worker’s blog means having to find out if you’ve been written about. Along the way, however, you will learn things you weren’t supposed to know.
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An Online Petition to Save the Redwoods
Part One
In the first of a three-part fiction series, a co-worker exhibits intriguing new qualities, and life at the office gets shaken up.
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Spoofs & Satire
The Future of Organized Labor
From economists to politicians, pundits the nation over argue organized labor is fast becoming extinct. If unions survive, it’s safe to assume not much will change when it comes to ground-level operations. People, after all, will be people. And robots will be robots.
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Spoofs & Satire
I, Servant
Admitting you have a problem is a big hurdle to face, but confessing you need help can be even more difficult, especially when you’re forced to choose your own path. So: Will it be robot or monkey?
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Opinions
The Intramural Sports of Kings
The signup sheet in the break room wants you and your co-workers to meet at the park on Saturday for a game of softball. For some it may just be fun, but for others it’ll be pure competition.
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How To
Tricks of the Trade
For every occupation, there is a catalog of secrets only its employees know—such as how waiters with heavy platters know to look straight ahead, and never down. Armed with a bag of reader mail, we unfurl a whole lot more true insider knowledge.
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The Non-Expert
Raises & Terror
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we explain how to get the raise you deserve using the only appropriate method for today’s terror-ific world.
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The Non-Expert
Defenestrate Your Résumé!
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week we explain how to impress any HR department with a top-notch résumé.