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The influence of pay transparency on (gender) inequity, inequality and the performance basis of pay | Nature Human Behaviour
In a recent article over at Nature, the authors find the following: We find evidence that pay transparency causes significant increases in both the equity and equality of pay, and […]
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California ports, key to U.S. supply chain, among world’s least efficient, ranking shows | Reuters
This ties in with our episode on inflation. Southern California’s Los Angeles and Long Beach ports handle the most ocean cargo of any ports in the United States, but are […]
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9to5 Mac on Apple giving $1000 to employees for home office
While they do suggest gear in here (we do not get any commission or any other fiscal benefit from you going to 9to5Mac), it is merely interesting that Apple is […]
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Podcast: Billion-Dollar Bonus Beatdown: More Breaking News!
This just in: A guy asked for a billion-dollar bonus. Late-breaking reports (from last week) indicate that it went…poorly. As always, The Busyness Paradox is nowhere near the action, bringing […]
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Podcast: Inflation and the Paradoxical Pay Raise
What’s a paradoxical pay raise? It’s the kind where you get a raise and earn less than you did before. “Impossible!” you say? Odds are good you’ll soon think differently. […]
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Podcast: Lead People, Manage Things: The Curt Tueffert Interview
Believe it or not, there was a time when having house cats interrupt work meetings was considered weird. Alas, we’ve been doing this pandemic thing for almost two years now […]
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Podcast: The Year of Gettin’ S**T Done
It’s time for one of our favorite new year’s traditions: blatantly ripping off another podcast’s new year’s tradition! Taking inspiration from the excellent Cortex show’s use of yearly themes, we […]
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Shifting meetings, conventions online curbs climate change | Cornell Chronicle
In a recent post over at the Cornell Chronicle, Blayne Friedlander addressed one way to help make a dent in climate change. Scrap in-person meetings and conventions. — Read on […]
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Being in office 5 days per week is over.
In a recent article over at Bloomberg by William Horobin, OECD survey data of 25 countries suggests that working in the office 5 days per week is over. According to […]
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Podcast: Broken Bones Break Logic In Breaking News
*****BREAKING NEWS!!!****** Your (sort of) regularly scheduled episode of The Busyness Paradox has been postponed so that we can bring you coverage of a stunning development unfolding in Germany. Just […]
