Curated News on Work as Job is my ever-developing collection of articles and news on the topic of Work as Job, that I collect through my readings across the web. Work as Job is one of the main Discourses of Work that I have identified, and we look here at the result of the Industrial Revolution, its focus on Efficiency and Bureaucracy, Order and Predictability. As well as its current dysfunctions.
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Handpicked Articles on Work as Job
- If work dominated your every moment would life be worth living?
Imagine that work had taken over the world. It would be the centre around which the rest of life turned. Then all else would come to be subservient to work. Then slowly, almost imperceptibly, […]
- Minimum Office | The Workplace Has Been Pulled Inside Out
And companies need to give workers better support
- Five Business Priorities for the Future of Work
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- Workism Is Making Americans Miserable
For the college-educated elite, work has morphed into a religious identity—promising identity, transcendence, and community, but failing to deliver.
- ‘My Boss Wants Us On Zoom All Day Long’
Decent bosses know that monitoring isn’t the same as managing.
- The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding
What if we regarded code not as a high-stakes, sexy affair, but the equivalent of skilled work at a Chrysler plant?
- How to improve your decision-making process
Putting the rational model of decision making into practice might be impossible—and might not even be desirable—but its steps are still a useful framework for thinking about how to make […]
- Germany is drafting a law to protect your right to work from home—and still have a life
The German government wants to protect employees who can work from home from being ordered back into the office. It also wants to enforce rules against an “always on” culture.
- Is the controversial Netflix “Keeper Test” good management?
In the new book “No Rules Rules,” Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings explains why he’s willing to fire good, hardworking employees.
- The meaning of life in a world without work
As technology renders jobs obsolete, what will keep us busy? Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari examines ‘the useless class’ and a new quest for purpose
- Part 2: The Discourses of Work through History
History has created a number of different Discourses of Work, and through this post, I examine the main discourse and their consequences on modern society.
- Meet the Customer Service Reps for Disney and Airbnb Who Have to Pay to Talk to You
Arise Virtual Solutions, part of the secretive world of work-at-home customer service, helps large corporations shed costs at the expense of workers. Now the pandemic is creating a boom in the…
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