What is quiet quitting? Does quiet quitting mean I have to do nothing? How making more time for “me-time” outside of work can prevent burnout.
Work-life Balance
Why is tension building in workplaces across the US? Is it normal to feel angry at work? Why we’re feeling the way we feel and how to cope.
5 generations, 1 new workplace
Jeni Kramer
The age demographics of the modern office are more diverse than ever before. The population of employees in the workforce is getting older because people aren’t retiring as early and are generally living longer and healthier lives. This is, of …
How remote work increases inequality
Jeni Kramer
In March of 2020 as the pandemic was beginning its widespread shutdown of non-essential workplaces, economists at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business decided to conduct a remote work study. Newly homebound themselves, professors Jonathan Dingel and Brent …
The COVID baby bust
Jeni Kramer
Early in the pandemic, many cheekily predicted that people quarantining with their romantic partners would lead to a spike in births in late 2020 and early 2021. But in a classic case of “Netflix and chill” being replaced by “Netflix …
The Looming Female Recession
Jeni Kramer
In the early months of 2020, coronavirus was just beginning to dominate our collective thoughts and conversations. Amid that chaos and uncertainty, an interesting stat was all but lost in the noise: as of January 2020, women in the U.S. …
Though many businesses have reopened, many of the country’s office workers are still performing their jobs remotely. For many, the novelty of donning sweatpants and slippers all day every day has long since worn off and the fatigue that comes …
Full-time chaos: balancing kids and remote work
Jeni Kramer
During the ever-expanding economic and social turmoil of the COVID-19 outbreak, those of us with the ability to work from home know how incredibly lucky we are. But for working parents, there are many days where that luck can feel …
Making it work (from home)
Jeni Kramer
With large numbers of new COVID-19 cases being reported every day, more companies than ever are doing their part to encourage social distancing by asking employees to work from home (WFH). Everyone from Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Google, Oracle, Twitter, and …
Whether you’re a first time parent, or adding another bench player to your family soccer team, navigating the return to work after the birth of a child can be tricky. Questions like “Does my employer offer leave?” “Will it be …
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