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The Argument for Everyone Taking This Entire Summer Off
We're living through a pandemic, we're all knackered and we need six weeks of time off. Here's how we do that.
Weird Free Snacks Are the Only Thing to Miss About Offices
I haven’t wolfed down three tiny bags of pretzels instead of taking a lunch break in a calendar year.
Dolly Parton's New '5 to 9' Glorifies Side Hustles
Putting in extra hours to live the life you want is no cause for celebration, Dolly.
Can You Get Fired for Smoking Legal Weed?
Recreational marijuana is now legal in eight states; medical marijuana in 28. So what happens if you fail a drug test?
Surprise! Your Office Job Is Slowly Killing You
Turns out doing nothing with your life other than being a desk slave will kill you.
Hey Recent Grads, Don't Let the Real World Kill Your Dreams
For every one of you who joins the Peace Corps or travels the world after graduation, there will be a thousand more of you who will wind up working 50-hour workweeks at soul-sucking desk jobs.
Why Your First Job Out of College Always Sucks
Millennials are entering the workplace, then looking for ways to get the hell out of the workplace.
Stealing Exotic Pets, Rigging the Drive-Thru, and Other Stories of Workplace Scams
Sometimes low-level crime is the only way to survive a menial job.
How to Automate Your Job and Never Work Again
Learn from a few savvy employees who wrote computer scripts to do their job.
Activists Plastered the London Tube with Posters Telling People Their Jobs Suck
I spoke to David Graeber, whose slogans adorned the posters, about why most work is a total waste of time.
Think Your Job Sucks? Try Working in an Amazon Warehouse
Jean-Baptiste Malet went undercover to write a depressing book about it.