So there it is in Keith Kelly’s column in today’s New York Post, the news that this blog (which has probably had about 10 readers in the past month, since I ‘ve had my head in a book and haven’t been posting) is leaving Fortune.com (and CNNMoney.com) for Time.com. Kelly fails to mention that I’m also leaving Fortune magazine to write a …
Five Things I Don’t Love About Working From Home
Don’t get me wrong, friend. I know I’m insanely lucky. Working from home is the Holy Grail of the office drone, and I know I’m inviting your enmity by knocking it. It’s like if Paris Hilton listed her top complaints about being Paris Hilton: it’s her prerogative, but you still wouldn’t mind trading places for a day.
I am working from …
“I Decided to Put My Family First”: One Dad’s Story
Akemashite omedeto to you. Let’s start the year off right with a rousing discussion of the work-family tug-o’-war.
In an ongoing debate following my earlier posting about the wage gap between genders, my friend Gerry writes in about his own situation. After they had their first child over four years ago, he and his wife both decided to …
Vacation-Deprived? Maybe It’s Your Fault
If you’re like many Americans, you’re back at your desk this week after a totally relaxing long weekend of last-minute gift-buying and spastic present-wrapping and uncontrolled gingerbread-gorging. You’re as glazed as a 10 lb. ham. It’s all you can do to get through a few days of paper-pushing until–hallelujah!–the compulsory …
How Do You Regift a Fighting Fish?
On Dec. 15, I wrote about a marketing exec who had received donations to charity in her name from vendors in lieu of the traditional holiday popcorn bucket. One brand new company in Phoenix called David and Sam PR had even decided to make it their thing, offering to stuff clients’ stockings with either a) fruitcake or b) charitable …
Questioning the Wage Gap
In response to my posting about the wage gap between men and women, my friend Gerry writes:
I’ve always been suspicious of the stat that women earn 77 cents on the dollar for performing the same job as a male colleague. Why? Because if there’s one thing we know about corporate America is that it loves to pay less and get more. Just like
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Free Post-Christmas Job Advice
Quick note: Challenger, Gray & Christmas, the Chicago-based outplacement agency, is offering free call-in job advice on the days following Christmas. The hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST. Call 312-332-5790.
Ladies, Let’s Gun for That Eight-Figure Salary
So I opened the WSJ online this morning and nearly spat out my decaf:
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. paid its chairman and chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein, about $54 million for 2006, a record for Wall Street bosses who are harvesting their share of bull-market bounty.
Say what? Fifty-four million? Can that be right? According to the …
What Do Gen Y Job Seekers Want?
That’s a question I’ve seen posed a lot lately online. As college seniors knock off their midterms and begin thinking in earnest about life A.C. (after college), the tight labor market is forcing employers and recruiters to ask themselves how best to attract the top talent.
Here’s one answer: a recent survey by recruiters Hudson found …
Holiday extravagance at Samsung
Okay, so I said I wasn’t going to be posting much. But this is too good not to share:
I got a DHL Express Letter the other day sent straight from “Samsung Main Building” in Seoul. What could be so important that the Korean electronics giant would spend $30 or $40 to get to me? (According to the DHL website, it would cost me $44.10 to send …
Welcome to Harvard’s Economics Ph.D. Program! Now Watch This Boring Video
In an earnest attempt to join the 21st century, two professors in Harvard’s economics department created a video welcoming potential students to its program. The result: brilliant, if unintentional, comedy for the masses, courtesy of YouTube.
Professors John Campbell and Ed Glaeser sit shoulder to shoulder before a wood-paneled wall. …
Work slowdown at the Curious Capitalist
I haven’t been posting much lately, and won’t post much (if at all) over the next few weeks because I’m taking some time off to finally really and truly finish the book I’ve been working on for the past few years.
The book is tentatively titled The Myth of the Rational Investor, and it grew out of an article I wrote for Fortune‘s annual …