Brief - The Hustle | Workplace Issues (7)

More workers put the squeeze on their companies to support Black Lives Matter

Nick DeSantis
Updated 6/10/20
An NYU report offers a plan for the content moderation industry

Michael Waters
Updated 6/9/20
To diversify Reddit’s board, a cofounder is stepping down

Michael Waters
Updated 6/8/20
Who is enforcing corporate mask policies?

Michael Waters
Updated 6/8/20
Big business puts its money where its mouth is

Michael Waters
Updated 6/5/20
Rents in San Francisco are a-tumblin’

Michael Waters
Updated 6/3/20
People counting? It’s as easy as 1, 2, 3

Michael Waters
Updated 6/1/20
Reopening alone won’t bring back the workforce

Michael Waters
Updated 6/1/20
Meet the new jobs of the reopening economy

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/25/20
Postmates wants you to chaperone its delivery robots

Michael Waters
Updated 5/19/20
In some essential industries, working from home means living at work

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/19/20
The corona crisis means the busy signal at the call center never ends

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/18/20
The social distancing consultant will see you now

Michael Waters
Updated 5/15/20
Airlines are desperate to jettison their excess snacks

Michael Waters
Updated 5/11/20
What Hustle readers think about returning to work and life

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/6/20
Get ready for a wave of returning-to-work tools

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/5/20
Want to look smart? Try a credibility bookshelf

Michael Waters
Updated 5/4/20
Plexiglass could shine in a reopening economy

Nick DeSantis
Updated 5/4/20
Buzzing wristbands, 1-way lanes, temperature checks: What will returning to work look like?

Nick DeSantis
Updated 4/20/20
New Silicon Valley perk: nicotine pouches to make you work harder

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/9/26
Finally, some peace and quiet for the introverts

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/4/26
Workers are irritating colleagues with useless workslop

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 9/30/25
Your office is too loud — these businesses want to turn down the volume

Sara Friedman
Updated 7/21/24
Co-workers are annoying the heck out of each other

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/18/24
The newest addition to workplace benefits? Caregiving support

Sara Friedman
Updated 10/24/23
‘Lazy management’ vs. ‘fake work’

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/12/23
Climbing the corporate ladder? More like scaling the noncompete wall

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/9/23
Office workers dread the commute, spending money

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/2/23
Top bosses want you back in the office — like, right now

Ben Berkley
Updated 5/9/23
Hey, CEOs… You good?

Ben Berkley
Updated 4/25/23
Millions of Americans retired early. Now they want to work again

Mark Dent
Updated 4/11/23
Apparently workers are lying to their bosses about using ChatGPT

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/21/23
Ask The Hustle: How Do I Get More Resources From My Boss?

Sara Friedman
Updated 3/3/23
Scammers are coming for laid-off tech workers

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/13/23
Your newest corporate nightmare: ‘Bleisure’

Sara Friedman
Updated 12/8/22
Why Apple store workers are unionizing

Rob Litterst
Updated 11/16/22
Some workers say their job billed them for… quitting?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/19/22
WFH is a game changer for disabled workers

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/6/22
Ugh, productivity paranoia?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 10/3/22
What the heck is an anti-perk?

Rob Litterst
Updated 9/28/22
The quiet quitting data has arrived

Jacob Cohen
Updated 9/9/22
Is this the end of work friends?

Rob Litterst
Updated 8/25/22
What’s this ‘quiet quitting’ trend?

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/18/22
The work-life balance is out of whack

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/10/22
Teens are going back to work

Rob Litterst
Updated 6/24/22
Will a recession get people back in the office?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 6/24/22
Ending the battle over the office thermostat

Rob Litterst
Updated 6/7/22
Musk says screw remote jobs

Jacob Cohen
Updated 6/2/22
CEOs had a phenomenal year. Workers, less so

Jacob Cohen
Updated 5/31/22
Coworking is back

Rob Litterst
Updated 5/20/22
Digits: TikTok meetings, babies, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 5/9/22
A new bill would limit employer spying

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 4/26/22
What’s a ‘new collar’ worker?

Rob Litterst
Updated 4/20/22
Digits: Emoji news, overdue books, avocado mayhem, and more

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/4/22
Amazon workers vote to unionize in closely watched case

Jennifer Wang
Updated 4/4/22
The few spots where women earn more than men

Jacob Cohen
Updated 4/1/22
Puppet wranglers want a fair deal

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/22/22
Is daylight saving time over? Should it be?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 3/18/22
How the war is destabilizing the digital gig economy

Mia Sullivan
Updated 3/16/22
By the numbers: Metaverse taxes, a McFlurry mess, and more.

Jacob Cohen
Updated 3/7/22
How LinkedIn’s trying to normalize job gaps

Rob Litterst
Updated 3/4/22
Science says ‘Zoom fatigue’ is real — and worse when you don’t like your face

Rob Litterst
Updated 1/28/22
Mean, micromanaging bosses are ineffective and outdated

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/20/22
Study: Workers don’t know they’re underpaid

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 1/11/22
4-day workweeks are the new trend taking over tech.

Rob Litterst
Updated 1/11/22
People are still quitting in droves

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/5/22
Employees are suing over workplace COVID infections. Do they have a case?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/28/21
What’s going on with Kellogg’s?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/17/21
Salary increases are coming… with a big ‘but’

Jacob Cohen
Updated 12/16/21
Amazon’s warehouse tragedy puts its safety procedures under the microscope

Rob Litterst
Updated 12/15/21
Employers are spying on workers… to their own detriment

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/14/21
What’s philanthropy as a service?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 12/9/21
A California city approved the highest minimum wage in the US… but is it enough?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 11/5/21
America’s top CEOs make… a lot

Jacob Cohen
Updated 11/4/21
US cities are putting up cash (and free coffee) to attract remote workers

Trung T. Phan
Updated 10/12/21
This futuristic gig platform is owned by workers who keep 100% of earnings

Sara Friedman
Updated 9/22/21
We asked readers if they secretly work 2nd jobs. Their answers are incredible.

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/20/21
Some remote employees are secretly working multiple jobs

Jacob Cohen
Updated 8/17/21
Could talking smack about your ex-job cost you millions?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 8/5/21
Is ‘TikTok Resumes’ Gen Z’s LinkedIn?

Juliet Bennett Rylah
Updated 7/21/21
A law equal pay law in Colorado is costing residents remote work opportunities

Ethan Brooks
Updated 6/29/21
Digits: Erasing student debt, Amazon’s Black Business Accelerator, and shrooms

Ethan Brooks
Updated 6/21/21
Forget currencies, Coinbase is switching up employee compensation

Jacob Cohen
Updated 5/28/21
Amazon’s new safety program aims to improve employee wellness

Trung T. Phan
Updated 5/19/21
Corporations are running out of talent — and reskilling programs are stepping in

Trung T. Phan
Updated 5/18/21
How 1 memo lead to an exodus at software firm Basecamp

Trung T. Phan
Updated 5/3/21
The largest office park in the US has a wild horse problem

Kolby Hatch
Updated 4/15/21
How offices are prepping for the return of workers

Trung T. Phan
Updated 4/7/21
Grave diggers and pot farmers: The org behind Amazon workers’ union push

Kolby Hatch
Updated 3/26/21
Amazon is using virtual pets to entice warehouse workers

Kolby Hatch
Updated 3/22/21
The future of work looks like a video game

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/19/21
Jobandtalent raises $108m to help people make a career out of ‘gigging’

Jacob Cohen
Updated 1/12/21
One of Google’s star AI researchers just left in a cloud of controversy. What happened?

Trung T. Phan
Updated 12/7/20
With a vaccine in sight, these startups will help offices reopen

Trung T. Phan
Updated 11/17/20
Tech can’t quit remote work: Microsoft edition

Rob Litterst
Updated 10/14/20
Netflix hires PR genius Rachel Whetstone to handle scandals that haven’t happened yet

Conor Grant
Updated 10/3/20
Everybody’s coming after Zoom now

Nick DeSantis
Updated 10/3/20
Our pandemic pivot to Zoom Everything brought the company some big gains

Nick DeSantis
Updated 10/3/20
Zoom backgrounds are SO 3 weeks ago. Zoom deepfakes could be the next big thing

Nick DeSantis
Updated 10/3/20
Overtired workers cost Japan $138B, and businesses are desperate to encourage naps

Conor Grant
Updated 10/3/20
An unexpected ‘long weekend’: Layoffs hit BuzzFeed, HuffPost, and Gannett

Conor Grant
Updated 10/3/20
New gig startup Jyve lets you work your way up from the outside

Lindsey Quinn
Updated 10/3/20
No rest for the wicked: The perils of being a content moderator — all for $28k a year

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 9/29/20
Fear of ‘looking replaceable’ shrinks employee vacation time — and the economy

Conor Grant
Updated 9/23/20
Silicon Valley’s $13B nonprofit takes another hit: Toxic culture costs them 3 executives

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 9/23/20
The CIA has a plan to poach Big Tech employees

Michael Waters
Updated 9/23/20
Big Employer is watching you: the rising trend of employee surveillance

Zachary Crockett
Updated 9/23/20
Remote workers are outfoxing employer surveillance tech

Caroline Dohack
Updated 9/23/20
Power to the Peep-le: Union workers claim a sweet win over old man ’mallow

Conor Grant
Updated 9/22/20
100% Of New Moms Return to Work At Patagonia After Childbirth. Here’s Why.

John Havel
Updated 9/21/20
Self-Driving Car Employees Are Worth About $10m… Each

The Hustle
Updated 9/21/20
Who actually uses Google’s ball pits?

Lindsey Quinn
Updated 9/21/20
WeWork is getting less than ‘spiritual’ on new payment tech

Wes Schlagenhauf
Updated 9/21/20
Airbnb has a plan to fight racial discrimination (again)

Michael Waters
Updated 9/21/20
Facebook’s remote-work pay cuts are going to get complicated

Michael Waters
Updated 9/19/20
Welcome to the #MeanGirls Slack channel

Bobby Durben
Updated 9/19/20
The best productivity software is a keyboard from 1993

Michael Waters
Updated 9/7/20
Can startups make scheduling less terrible?

Michael Waters
Updated 9/1/20
How speaking a 2nd language can change your mindset — and help your career

Caroline Dohack
Updated 8/17/20

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