A late March batch of links
Since the most recent batch of links went out, paying subscribers received a meditation on anxiety, followed by an interview with the person who informed me that I was being let go from my job five years ago. This coming weekend, they’ll see another lengthy interview, with someone who’s chosen a path of sobriety.
Below, you’ll find a batch of links that focus on the themes of this newsletter: career development, community building, and self care.
LinkedIn users are trapped in a culture of professionalism and all that comes with it. The person you are with your boss or a client is probably not your truest self. This setting makes posting — or even just creating and maintaining a profile — feel extra high-stakes and, in turn, contrived. On LinkedIn, there is no dancing like no one's watching.
How to calculate the real cost of employee turnover.
“Many employees made drastic changes to their lives during the pandemic, such as relocating, and are now required to make significant changes again,” LynnAnn Brewer, executive advisor at leadership and human resources consultancy McLean & Company, tells Fortune. “Leaders must practice empathy and flexibility throughout the return process to mitigate the risks of losing talent or damaging employee engagement and employer reputation.”
American workers are losing confidence in their CEOs.
The Health Benefits of Wearing Shoes in the House. I believe that during the pandemic more households got used to being shoes-off homes, and they have kept themselves that way longer term. I cannot tell how many of them are wearing socks or not, though, on the regular.
These College Seniors Locked In Job Offers. Here’s How They Did It.
Is It Too Late Now to Say Sorry? …Cause I’m Missing More Than Just Your Money. I saw this one coming! People changed jobs from the ones they entered the pandemic with, and they came to feel they had it better the old way of doing things - and went back. It’s not hard to understand why this would have occurred, and it was easy to anticipate if you were paying attention to what people said and did.
The Problem With ‘Affordable’ Child Care.
No schedule, no meetings: are 'working hours' history? The biggest problem with figuring out the future of work is assessing how people really use their time now, which even they don’t fully know or comprehend - and wind up lying about. Nobody is as busy as they claim themselves to be. Nobody has as many meetings as they believe. And the ones who do are scheduling that way. So we’re solving for something that exists in the ether more than a reality.
Is managing your inbox the key to productivity?
Job boards are still rife with 'ghost jobs'. What's the point? The best part of this article comes near the end when it acknowledges that job seekers have to stop relying on the old ways of looking for work and should proceed differently. The old way of looking for work is full of trash and other badness.
HP Is Turning Printers Into a Subscription. This isn’t about printers, it’s about living a life without unnecessary excess and masked as about sustainability. I don’t mind it as an option for the right person, and I’m sure HP has done their diligence ahead of offering it to customers as an option, but to grasp what’s going on here you really must speak to young adults.
There's a big wealth gap between union and nonunion workers.
Scams run the gamut of human needs and vulnerabilities. You could get swindled in a different way than your grandmother or nephew might, and that’s by design. The result might be a crushing financial loss—but, as Wood told me, the emotional ramifications can be even more devastating.