A mid-November batch of links
Since the most recent batch of links went out, paying subscribers received a rumination on how you can’t treat what you can’t diagnose, then a suggestion of what to go in pursuit of at work, which is recognition. This coming weekend, they will enjoy my thoughts on Threads, as someone who has never opened the app.
Below, you’ll find a batch of links that cover the major themes of this newsletter: career development, community building, and self care.
Is Remote Work the Answer to Women’s Prayers, or a New ‘Mommy Track’?
What the pandemic did, by accident, was make it more acceptable in some industries to have work move slightly more fluidly around life. It’s too soon to know what that’s worth. “I don’t think that at the end of the day, we’re going to say, ‘Oh, isn’t this wonderful? We were dead and then reborn with a world of work that’s more like the world that we have always wanted,’” Ms. Goldin said. “We haven’t gone through that, but we’ve gone through something that is putting us closer.”
Free speech can’t flourish online.
Inside the strange, secretive rise of the 'overemployed'. “For them, being overemployed is all about putting one over on their employers. But most in the community take pride in doing their jobs, and doing them well. That, after all, is the single best way to avoid detection: Don't give your bosses — any of them — a reason to become suspicious.”
36-hour shifts, 80-hour weeks: Workers are being burned out by overtime.
The case for inviting everyone to everything. The only good thing about the social media era was a looser definition of what a friend should be labeled and expected to be. Just shut off the phones and borrow that definition with the people you come across. Bring them closer, regardless of all else.
Living Single: 3 Questions To Prepare For A Solo Retirement.
Companies With Flexible Remote Work Policies Outperform On Revenue Growth: Report.
“The argument a lot of execs and board members have is they believe companies that offer flexibility are going to underperform because they’re not together,” he says. “That they’re not going to allow for water cooler conversations and relationships to develop. The data suggests not only is that not true in terms of underperformance, but you might actually outperform.”
How To Cope With Watching War Unfold, According to Mental Health Experts.
56% of Gen Z doesn’t have an emergency fund—here’s the first thing you should do to build one, according to a CFP. If this is aimed at 22 to 25 year olds, I understand why they’d be reluctant to put their money anywhere other than their bank accounts. It’s unwise, but also the world they know as adults is unstable.
Confessions of a startup founder's wife.
Indeed’s 2024 US Jobs & Hiring Trends Report: Reasons for Cautious Optimism. I think reports like these can have the right trajectory to look at, but the message for job seekers should continue to be not to apply for roles on websites that aggregate and feature roles. Go direct.
Build your brand on LinkedIn (without being unbearable). Yes, yes, everyone jokes about the LinkedIn voice. But once you unfollow all of the hustle from the feed, it’s been the best network available anywhere online. People are polite there, and also many of them turned out to be quite giving. It’s a delight daily.
Is Entrepreneurship Right for Me?
The Government Is Now the Hottest Tech Employer in Town.
There’s a lot of work to do. Red tape and slow processes shroud government work. And keeping pace with the private sector, where hiring strategies and salaries move fast, has traditionally been hard for governments. Then, once hired, those employees may face similar roadblocks when it comes to innovating in their jobs. Still, there’s movement by local and federal US government branches to bring in new talent.