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Illustration by Lucas Burtin A Big-Box-Store Allegory
A satirist of literary Brooklyn now explores life in an upstate shopping warehouse.
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Illustration by Alanah Sarginson The New Old Age
What a new life stage can teach the rest of us about how to find meaning and purpose—before it’s too late
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Tyler Comrie / Getty ; The Atlantic A Society That Can’t Get Enough of Work
A satirical 1883 pamphlet about workers who won’t quit has eerie resonance today.
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Getty; The Atlantic Political Hobbyism Has Entered the Workplace
A new style of activism in the white-collar workplace is reshaping corporate life.
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Andrew Harrer / Getty; The Atlantic The Harvard Business School Professor Who Isn’t Counting Elon Musk Out
Andy Wu makes the case that Twitter was in trouble long before the new CEO came aboard.
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Getty; The Atlantic Why Everything in Tech Seems to Be Collapsing at Once
The industry is having a midlife crisis.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty Mental-Health Days Are Only a Band-Aid for Burnout
Workers don’t need a new type of sick day. They need sustainable jobs.
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Getty; The Atlantic What Managers Can Do About Burnout
“Folks don’t leave jobs; they leave managers,” says Jakada Imani, the CEO of the Management Center.
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Noam Galai / Getty The Burnout Crisis in Pink-Collar Work
Plus: A housing revolution is coming.
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Getty / The Atlantic What No One Understands About Your Job
Misconceptions about pastors, playwrights, postal workers, and other professionals
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Getty; The Atlantic Why Quitting Is Underrated
And grit is not always a virtue.
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The Atlantic Teachers, Nurses, and Child-Care Workers Have Had Enough
The burnout crisis in pink-collar occupations puts everyone’s well-being at risk.
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Peter Marlow / Magnum What Don’t People Get About Your Job?
This is a special edition of the Work in Progress newsletter. And this one is all about you.
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DigitalGlobe / Getty Think Twice About Working for a ‘Climate Villain’
You’re not off the hook for your company’s actions.
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic; Getty ‘The Cure for Burnout Is Not Self-Care’
Amelia Nagoski discusses quiet quitting.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty Your Career Is Just One-Eighth of Your Life
Five pieces of career advice, shaped by economics, psychology, and a little bit of existential math
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Cassie Basford There Is No National Teacher Shortage
The narrative doesn’t match the numbers.
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John J. Custer Why the Old Elite Spend So Much Time at Work
In practically every field of human endeavor, the average age of achievement and power is rising.
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Getty / The Atlantic I’ll Make You Copies. But I Have Dreams, Too.
So tell me: If I’m mostly an administrative person, what is an administrative person worth?
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Brian Finke / Gallery Stock Why Must We Work So Hard Before Vacation?
The period before time off can be so intense that people need, well, a vacation to recover from it.
