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By the numbers: the state of corporate DEI programs

July 15, 2024

Major employers have cut entire DEI teams while others are considering scaling back after a reversal on race-based admissions processes in colleges last year.

How rudeness and envy at work harm productivity, engagement

July 15, 2024

Research from the Academy of Management found that rudeness, regardless of source, hurts performance on routine and creative tasks.

Showing up to work late is more accepted in new hybrid arrangements

July 10, 2024

Giving more leeway to staff regarding their arrival times is an example of continued demand for flexibility from workers.

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HR leaders with AI skills in high demand and getting major pay raises

July 17, 2024

Companies want HR leaders well-versed in AI to ensure the tools are integrated appropriately and ethically.

WTF is Shadow AI?

July 17, 2024

A 2024 report found that 27.4% of corporate data employees put into AI tools was sensitive, up from 10.7% a year ago.

How Mastercard is leveraging AI in talent acquisition

July 16, 2024

Mastercard went from taking multiple days to schedule interviews to reducing that time by 90%, where most are scheduled within three hours.

PTO for RTO: how one company incentivized teams to work in-person

July 16, 2024

Newly designed office spaces, free food and other perks are just some ways employers have tried to get staff to return and make it worth their while.

By the numbers: the state of corporate DEI programs

July 15, 2024

Major employers have cut entire DEI teams while others are considering scaling back after a reversal on race-based admissions processes in colleges last year.

How rudeness and envy at work harm productivity, engagement

July 15, 2024

Research from the Academy of Management found that rudeness, regardless of source, hurts performance on routine and creative tasks.

WTF Explainers

WTF is app sprawl (and how does HR get organized)?

May 23, 2024

The average knowledge worker today uses approximately 30 apps per day and will context switch close to 3000 times in a single day. This is creating an unwieldy tech problem within organizations – known as app sprawl.

WTF is an unbossed culture? (and does it really drive productivity)

May 17, 2024

It’s not the complete elimination of managers, but more about making them less hands-on and granting staff more autonomy.

WTF is hey-hanging? (and why is it stressing everyone out)

May 08, 2024

There’s a new term for a communication style that makes some workers spiral, particularly those who are Gen Z.

Special Edition
Gen Z Workforce: Reshaping Careers in the AI Era

From navigating wildly varied return-to-office policies in a post-pandemic working world in flux, to working in the shadows of AI, Gen Zers are creating a whole new workforce to suit their needs. This editorial series examines how AI will influence, reshape and evolve career development for this generation, and how exactly they’re using the tech for work.

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The Return

Editorial series

How the pandemic changed parents’ relationships with their kids and jobs

April 02, 2024

It’s been four years since Covid-19 brought the world to a halt, but the reality is that many parents are still trying to repair the serious psychological damage those early years of the pandemic had on their children. And there have been some extreme reverberations.

‘It’s a myth that men don’t do night feeds’: Confessions of a stressed out working dad

March 28, 2024

For this latest installment of WorkLife’s Confessions, in which we exchange anonymity for candor, we spoke to a working dad who is a senior executive at a global retailer, about his daily challenges.

‘Make it work for you’: Which flexible business cultures are reaping profits and retaining talent

March 25, 2024

Jasmine Dawson, svp of digital at BBC Studios, is a mother of two children (ages 2 and 7) and has made it her mission to embed flexible working into her team of 130 people — working parents and nonparents alike.

Leadership

‘More energized by their work’: How Shopify’s dual-track promotion plan is working out

March 27, 2024

Employers are seeing higher retention when successful individual contributors aren’t forced into management positions.

‘You get the union you deserve’: Middle managers need more help handling staff union efforts

March 18, 2024

In recent years white collar workers in some industries like tech have attempted to organize, putting their managers in a tricky situation.

‘Being a leader, I learned, is not easy’: The employees who left middle management

March 12, 2024

Over 40% of managers with less than two years of managerial experience are currently looking for new jobs.

Special Edition
WorkLife Awards

Company culture has never been more important for organizations looking to attract and retain the best talent and the strongest cultures are built on values that run deep throughout the organization. The WorkLife Awards will recognize the top employers and the values that make them unique.