Looking for remote work that will allow you travel the world or just work from home? You’ve come to the right place. And even though data shows that Americans are returning to the office, this list is ...

Work-life balance has been hailed as the ultimate goal in modern work culture, but let’s be honest—how many people actually achieve it? In a world where technology keeps us connected around the clock ...

Bing. Another email. Bzzzz. A text message. Bloop-bloop. An incoming video call. In today’s fast-paced, always-connected world, email and text alerts arrive at all hours, deadlines creep into weekends ...

Caleb Althorpe receives funding from the Irish Research Council. Work is an inescapable feature of the modern world. Most of us, except for a lucky few, spend a significant portion of our lives ...

When I’m working, I hyperfocus on the task at hand. If I’m writing an article—like this one, for example—I sit down at my desk around 8:30 a.m., conduct a couple of interviews, research the topic I’m ...

One of the biggest impressions the COVID-19 pandemic left on the world was the change to the traditional workplace setup. Remote work is becoming commonplace in many industries, and an Upwork study ...

Unless you’re director of panic attacks at Spiraling & Associates, your anxiety probably isn’t a welcome visitor when it shows up in the workplace. Whether it’s ruining a job you otherwise love or the ...

A few weeks ago I noticed that the TikTok algorithm kept serving me videos of 20-somethings speaking directly to camera, admonishing me to “do the work.” They wanted me to know that they were doing ...

Setting boundaries at work—in this economy—might seem like a pipe dream. Not be available 24/7? Not smile and accept every new assignment? Not push back when a colleague tries to steal your time? It ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

This is Work in Progress, a newsletter about work, technology, and how to solve some of America’s biggest problems. Sign up here. The paradox of the modern white-collar worker is that she is ...