Workplace - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/workplace/?source=rss&aim=workplace en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT Excuse me while I stick my head in the toilet By Rebecca Golden Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/17/pinched_golden/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/08/17/pinched_golden/index.html?source=rss Ever wonder what it would be like to clean strangers' homes for money? Well, I don't have to My commute is killing me and driving me insane By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/10/commuting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/10/commuting/index.html?source=rss I basically got a ticket for not driving like a crazy person! Scandal: Why did a "Mad Men" scribe get axed? By Kate Harding Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/12/kater_gordon_fired/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/10/12/kater_gordon_fired/index.html?source=rss Rumors fly that Emmy-winning writer Kater Gordon was sleeping with creator Matt Weiner. Does it really matter? Tales of an accidental grease monkey By Tobin Levy Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/13/pinched_levin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2009/07/13/pinched_levin/index.html?source=rss How the recession gave me an appreciation for hot rods, power tools and manual labor Why are you working so hard? By Heather Havrilesky Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/06/11/debotton/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2009/06/11/debotton/index.html?source=rss Alain de Botton's riveting book examines jobs from painting to rocket science and wonders what it all adds up to. The attorney next door holds views I detest By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/04/attorney_in_the_next_office/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/11/04/attorney_in_the_next_office/index.html?source=rss He denigrates gays and Muslims while I grit my teeth There's a six-lane traffic jam in my head! By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/traffic_jam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/10/19/traffic_jam/index.html?source=rss My thoughts run in circles! I'm all mixed up! Who wins when women buy? Everybody By Mary Elizabeth Williams Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/16/female_economy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/16/female_economy/index.html?source=rss A financial revolution is afoot -- and women are spending and earning their way to a better world A woman's work ... sometimes sucks, too By Amy Benfer Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/09/labor_days/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/09/labor_days/index.html?source=rss A new poll finds that most females hate their jobs. But wait, isn't that true of both sexes? I'm being jerked around at my agency By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/02/cockblocker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/09/02/cockblocker/index.html?source=rss I report straight to the top, but now some hot shot has moved in I get so impatient I'm going to explode! By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/28/impatience/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/28/impatience/index.html?source=rss People meander, they chitchat, they drift, they ruminate ... and I contemplate mayhem The Julia Child of eyeliner By Mary Elizabeth Williams Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/06/youtube_of_lipstick/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/08/06/youtube_of_lipstick/index.html?source=rss A YouTube star becomes a cosmetics queen In my 20s and confused By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/05/what_to_do_next/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/05/what_to_do_next/index.html?source=rss Will doing what I'm good at make me happy? A vendor sent me a racist cartoon By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/03/racist_vendor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/08/03/racist_vendor/index.html?source=rss I was shocked and appalled at the ugliness of the image: Should I tell my boss? Laid off again: Should I move with my 12-year-old? By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/31/should_i_move/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/31/should_i_move/index.html?source=rss I have a job offer in the Bible Belt, but my roots are in the Northeast I'm tired of graphic design. What next? By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/28/change_your_life/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/28/change_your_life/index.html?source=rss I think I've plateaued and need a new challenge Angry people scare me By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/24/anger/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/24/anger/index.html?source=rss I have a history of abuse and I can't handle people yelling Do I really want to go to law school? By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/14/law_school/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/07/14/law_school/index.html?source=rss I've been working my whole life toward this moment ... and now I'm panicking! Sotomayor would make a hell of a guy By Kate Harding Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/10/gender_and_the_courts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/07/10/gender_and_the_courts/index.html?source=rss But since she's a woman, her profile in the New York Times reads like a warning: Success makes you lonely, girls I used to be a jerk but now I've changed By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/23/former_jerk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/23/former_jerk/index.html?source=rss Some folks would still like to stick a fork in my arm -- do I seek them out and apologize? Let's Tweet a gender war! By Amy Benfer Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/11/susan_orlean/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/11/susan_orlean/index.html?source=rss Susan Orlean wonders if women writers spend too much time on "home and kid stuff." To hell with opting out By Amy Benfer Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/10/end_of_opting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/06/10/end_of_opting/index.html?source=rss Finally, we're paying attention to the working women who actually need to work. Pregnancy discrimination increasing in the UK By Kate Harding Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/06/05/pregnancy_discrimination/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2009/06/05/pregnancy_discrimination/index.html?source=rss As more British women lose their jobs for becoming mothers, an alliance forms to fight back. Must I fake it? By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/01/introvert/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/06/01/introvert/index.html?source=rss Self-help books say "be yourself." They also say "be interested in others." For me, it's one or the other. Hot for married co-worker By Cary Tennis Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/29/married_woman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/05/29/married_woman/index.html?source=rss She says she's loyal to her husband and wants to have babies with him -- do I have a chance with her?