Employment

I hate my boss! I hate my boss!

I can't believe the things she does! Should I just quit? But I can't find another job!
By Cary Tennis Nov 25, 2008

  • Does the wind industry really employ more workers than coal?

    Wind power is growing like gangbusters, but still only accounts for 1 percent of electricity generated in the U.S. So how do the numbers add up?
    By Andrew Leonard January 30, 2009

  • Stocks fall on bad job news

    President Bush might want to hurry up on his stimulus package, as one piece of bad economic news begat another Friday.
    By Alex Koppelman January 4, 2008

  • Shrinking the wage gap

    Lower-level female employees benefit from other women breaking through to upper management, a new study says.
    By Erin Renzas October 8, 2007

  • Running on empty

    Barbara Ehrenreich set out to write a "Nickel and Dimed" for the white-collar worker -- but everything fell apart when she couldn't nab a corporate job.
    By Ira Boudway September 7, 2005

  • At 56 I want an art history degree

    I hit the wall in my dead-end job, I'm sleeping on a friend's floor, but I have a dream!
    By Cary Tennis July 7, 2008

  • Oil up, jobs down

    Same old song and dance: A new record for the price of oil, and more bad employment numbers for the U.S. economy
    By Andrew Leonard July 3, 2008

  • I stood on principle and was harshly reprimanded

    I refuse to apologize for taking a stand that is in the best interests of the company.
    By Cary Tennis June 16, 2008

  • My friend suddenly died -- and I think I want his job!

    Is there a delicate way to tell his boss that I'm not job hunting, but I think I'd make a great replacement?
    By Cary Tennis September 25, 2007

  • The boss's incompetent son wants an employment reference!

    I got put on the spot and lied for him once, but I can't do it again.
    By Cary Tennis May 17, 2007

  • I was fired because I was the fall guy. What do I say in interviews?

    I got shafted in my last job, and I'm still angry about it.
    By Cary Tennis May 14, 2007

  • Have computer, will earn more

    June hourly wages tick up, but long-term, inequality will only grow.
    By Andrew Leonard July 7, 2006

  • Japan wants to keep women in the workforce

    As the nation's population shrinks, new measures are being designed to keep women working.
    By Rebecca Traister November 21, 2005

  • The Afghan effect?

    The president can no longer blame Osama bin Laden for economic stagnation and job loss -- his war in Iraq has been abysmal for business.
    By James K. Galbraith September 21, 2004

  • Get up, stand up, social network

    Can online networking offer a leg up to the disadvantaged? The founder of Street Tech aims to find out.
    By Paul Lamb July 20, 2004

  • From programming to delivering pizza

    Sure, there are jobs to be found in the so-called economic recovery. You want extra cheese with that, sir?
    By Katharine Mieszkowski February 3, 2004

  • Poisoning the roots of the techno-boom

    An engineer's perspective: Outsourcing jobs to India doesn't just hurt workers but also threatens the health of the entire American technology sector.
    By Jeff Taylor January 14, 2004

  • The phones don't stop

    I can barely bring myself to do my job, the reprimands are getting serious, my co-workers are getting fired. How did I get here? More important, how do I get out?
    By Gilbert Neal January 9, 2004

  • Welcome to the machine?

    Consumers love ATMs, self-checkout machines and airport boarding-pass kiosks. But what about the workers who get automated out of existence?
    By Farhad Manjoo September 18, 2003

  • Take this tech job and shove it

    Sure, there are plenty of opportunities out there -- if you have 10 years of experience and are willing to work for free.
    By Farhad Manjoo March 13, 2003

  • The revolt of the wage slave

    It's better to take out your own trash than to spend a life working for the Man, says former Al Gore speechwriter Daniel Pink.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski May 31, 2001

  • Den of thieves

    Greedy CEOs like Bank of America's Hugh McColl are squeezing the shareholders for gigantic salaries, no matter how the company is doing.
    By Merrill Goozner March 23, 2000

  • Don't ask, don't sell

    My parents' experience as network marketers soured me for the new wave of home parties.
    By Kerry Ose March 2, 2000

  • "Tech guru": What Americans wanna be when they grow up

    Survey finds that people respect the nerdly calling but don't want to slog through the math.
    By Janelle Brown October 1, 1999

  • Vocational fiction 101

    Writing the perfect resume takes more than extensive experience, it takes a perverse imagination.
    By Carol Lloyd September 16, 1998
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