September 15, 2025 Email eats up 28% of your week. Here’s how to get your time back You sit down to tackle a big project, and within minutes, your inbox pings. A Slack message follows. By the time you’ve responded to those, another four have hit your inbox. Before you know it, your morning’s derailed, … Continue reading Email eats up 28% of your week. Here’s how to get your time back
July 06, 2025 Should you try a no-meeting week? BY Featured Knowledge-workers spend roughly one working day every week, or 23% of their time, in a meeting. The weight of the workday often prevents employees from having uninterrupted time to concentrate, causing them to extend their hours well beyond the traditional 9-to-5. It’s tempting for companies … Continue reading Should you try a no-meeting week?
Cyber Week sales of over $300 billion will account for 23% of holiday 2024 purchases. Kim Davis on November 21, 2024 Cyber Week alone will see some $ 311 billion in spending worldwide, $ 75 billion in the U.S. and account for almost a quarter of holiday purchases, according to Salesforce. What’s more, AI is … Continue reading Salesforce: AI will drive $61 billion in online Cyber Week sales
September 05, 2024 Boeing workers could strike next week if a fair contract isn’t reached The IAM wants Boeing to provide guarantees that its next airplane program will stay in Washington state’s Puget Sound area. BY Reuters Acting U.S. Labor Secretary Julie Su on Wednesday encouraged Boeing and more than 30,000 of the planemaker’s factory workers … Continue reading Boeing workers could strike next week if a fair contract isn’t reached
August 25, 2024 How to reclaim a few hours of meeting time a week (and still get more done) Here’s how to figure out when a meeting could be an email, how to trim your meeting times down, and which gatherings to cut all together. BY Kathleen Davis Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on … Continue reading How to reclaim a few hours of meeting time a week (and still get more done)
August 06, 2024 Recession fears spooked investors this week, but this is what a soft landing should look like As a professor of business economics, I beg everyone, from investors to consumers to policymakers: Please calm down, take 10 deep breaths, and relax. BY The Conversation What a difference a job report makes. Earlier in the summer, … Continue reading Recession fears spooked investors this week, but this is what a soft landing should look like
July 11, 2024 Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week than expected Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 222,000 for the week ended July 6, the lowest level since late May, the Labor Department said on Thursday. BY Reuters The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits … Continue reading Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week than expected
Salad Fingers turned 20 this week and there’s a new episode out to commemorate it Feel old yet? This is what Salad Fingers looks like today. cheyenne macdonald Sat, Jul 6, 2024 It pains me to say this, but it’s been 20 years since David Firth’s Salad Fingers made its debut and irrevocably altered … Continue reading Salad Fingers turned 20 this week and there’s a new episode out to commemorate it
May 15, 2024 Junior Bank of America banker who died was working over 100 hours a week Wall Street has grappled for years with overwork among junior staff. BY Reuters The 35-year-old Bank of America investment banker who died from a blood clot earlier this month wanted to leave the U.S. bank because he was working … Continue reading Junior Bank of America banker who died was working over 100 hours a week
April 26, 2024 Tech earnings week turns around after Google, Microsoft, and Snap delight Wall Street After a weak start to earnings season from Netflix and Meta, tech companies saw their fortunes reverse to close out the week on a high note. BY Michael Grothaus Until late (May 15, 2024), major tech stocks were having a … Continue reading Tech earnings week turns around after Google, Microsoft, and Snap delight Wall Street
