After missing a 7 a.m. meeting that her boss scheduled after work hours, this employee is being praised for her professional ...

Attending reading parties and Silent Book Clubs helped me get off my phone, socialize in a low-pressure way, and deal with burnout after work.

Last Tuesday evening, I was cozy on my couch after a stressful workday. It was after 9 pm. I took my phone and saw the WhatsApp notification symbol. I checked. It was from a work-related group. A ...

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 ...

Patience for after-hours work socializing is wearing thin. After an initial burst of postpandemic happy hours, rubber chicken dinners and mandatory office merriment, many employees are adopting a ...

It’s said that “May you live in interesting times” is an old Chinese curse. Whether or not the Chinese ever said anything of the kind (likely not), the underlying sentiment is true. Interesting times ...

Only Slate Plus members can gift Slate stories. Become a member to share 10 free articles a month. Recently, a number of my younger coworkers expressed shock that I was able to complete a master’s ...

Like most people who are not independently wealthy, I spend the majority of my waking hours working. In this respect, I am not unusual: Nearly a third of Americans work more than 45 hours a week, and ...