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How To Swim in Office Politics Without Drowning: Part One

How To Swim in Office Politics Without Drowning: Part One

Disheartening as it may be, you seriously disadvantage yourself professionally by trying to side step office politics altogether.

 

Seven Steps To Happiness At Work

Utilize the happiness advantage with these seven steps to become more successful at work.

 

After Rant, Many See JetBlue Worker as Hero

Most of us will probably never pull a Steven Slater: curse out a customer, grab a drink and leave our place of employment in a blaze of glory.

But let’s face it, we’ve all had the urge.

Slater, a flight attendant on JetBlue, instantly became a folk hero in many people’s eyes Monday after he grabbed a microphone and ranted at a passenger who had refu

 

Police: Several killed in Conn. workplace shooting

Police: Several killed in Conn. workplace shooting

Authorities say several people were killed when a warehouse worker who had been told to resign opened fire at a beer distributor in Connecticut.

 

Women still wary of helping each other at work

Women still wary of helping each other at work

With women holding so few leadership positions in corporate America, you would think they would build each other up rather than tear each other down. Unfortunately, women still have a ways to go.

 

Adieu to retirement at age 60

Adieu to retirement at age 60

French workers will soon have to stay on the job -- for all of 35 hours a week -- until they are 62.

 

Why Everyone Prefers Male Bosses

Why Everyone Prefers Male Bosses

Male bosses are competitive and strategic thinkers. Women are team-builders and energizing. Is it reasonable to think one is better?

 

Workers asked to return bonuses after 16 years

Workers asked to return bonuses after 16 years

About 180 county employees in suburban Atlanta are being asked to return thousands of dollars the county says they were overpaid 16 years ago....

Senh: That's messed up. I'm surprised that most of them are still there after 16 years. The county should just take a loss; it was their mistake. And it's not an exorbitant amount of money.

 

Memo to boss: 11-hour days harm your heart

People working 10 or 11 hours a day are more likely to suffer serious heart problems, including heart attacks, than those clocking off after seven hours, researchers said on Tuesday.

 

Long-Term Unemployed Find It Pays Better Not To Work

Long-Term Unemployed Find It Pays Better Not To Work

It's a quirk in the federal rules that's most likely hurting thousands who have been searching for work for more than a year. In the first year of unemployment, the size of the benefit check is based on your old salary.

 

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