WFH has made everyone NSFW. After years of remote work, everyone has forgotten how to behave in the office
There are a lot of perks of working from home: the skipped commute, the chance of a quick midday workout, the lack of formal workwear. Many people say it makes them more productive, or at least just as productive as when they’re in the office. But there are also some drawbacks when your office becomes…
The revolt of the ‘low performers’. Mark Zuckerberg dissed their work. Now they’re fighting back on LinkedIn.
At this point, it’s become so common it’s a social media cliché: the post-layoff note on LinkedIn. Overly polite and awkwardly upbeat, the freshly unemployed thank their ex-employer for a great few years and highlight all the great things they did there. I’m looking forward to the next challenge, they write, adding the #opentowork hashtag.…
‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry cut 2 China tech bets before the DeepSeek rally — and piled into Temu’s owner
Michael Burry runs Scion Asset Management. Michael Burry trimmed two of his three big wagers on Chinese technology in the quarter ending December 31, before DeepSeek’s release in January sparked a massive rally in the country’s stock market. The investor of “The Big Short” fame also bet on a fourth Chinese tech titan last quarter,…
I’m a hot sauce CEO who bulk-ordered glass bottles to get ahead of tariffs. Storage proved too much of a headache.
I’m a hot sauce CEO who bulk-ordered glass bottles to get ahead of tariffs. Storage proved too much of a headache. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Claire Georges, CEO of Butterfly Bakery, a seed-to-shelf natural foods producer in Vermont. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. I started Butterfly…
I run a non-profit that relies heavily on federal funding. The industry is experiencing pandemic-level trauma right now — here’s how I’m coping.
Executive director Brie Franklin said DEI and funding restrictions have left her uncertain about how her nonprofit will continue to support sexual assault survivors. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brie Franklin, a nonprofit executive director based in Denver. It’s been edited for length and clarity. The nonprofit space is experiencing a…
I had kids in my 40s. As my friends become empty nesters, being an older mom actually makes me feel younger.
The author says being an older parent makes her feel younger than her actual age. People were overwhelmingly kind when I had my first son at 42, in part because I’d had three previous miscarriages and motherhood felt like a miracle. But when I had my second at 44 — two under 2! — there…
Passengers from London to Toronto went on a 6-hour flight to nowhere as dozens of planes diverted after the Delta crash
Delta Flight 4819 flipped over at Toronto Pearson Airport. Two transatlantic flights to nowhere were among dozens of planes that diverted due to Monday’s Delta plane crash in Toronto. Toronto Pearson Airport temporarily closed both its runways after a Bombardier CRJ900 flipped over and lost both its wings. 80 people were on board, 18 of…
I grew up in California and moved to a small city in Spain at 30. I have no plans to return to my busy life in the US.
I was born and raised in California and thought that living my life meant keeping myself busy. So, when I was offered the opportunity to move to Jaén — the capital city of a province located in the Andalusia region of Spain surrounded by mountains — I was apprehensive. Unlike its more celebrated, larger neighbors…
Pope Francis, 88, is in hospital with a ‘complex’ respiratory infection. Here are the risks for a man of his age who previously had part of a lung removed.
Pope Francis on February, 12 2025. Pope Francis has been in hospital in Rome since Friday, when he was diagnosed with a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection. Given he is 88 and has one lung, he faces greater risks from the condition than the average person. The Pope is in a stable condition and able to…
