RTO and Corporate Self-Sabotage
The lease is signed. That bill isn’t going anywhere—lights on or off. So what is the business case for the rest of it? Utilities. Security. Parking. Office supplies. On-site staff. That is variable overhead layered…
Burnout Buzzwords You Need to Know
Since 2020, the workplace has developed quite a creative vocabulary. Quiet QuittingEmployees put in just enough effort to stay employed. Coffee BadgingEmployees showing up just long enough to satisfy attendance policies. Quiet CuttingCompanies create exciting…
Coffee Badging
Remember quiet quitting? That was when extra effort died and doing just enough to survive the payroll cycle became the new baseline. Quiet quitting was a strike against effort. Coffee Badging is the sequel. This…
Dead Air
I don’t hear this discussed much, but maybe one of the strangest outcomes of the pandemic was how it changed workers’ perceptions. It forced millions of people to quietly observe themselves working. Not their job…