Work Culture
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‘Work 70 hours a week’: How ‘greedy work’ benefits corporations while employees pay the price
Modern-day work culture and organisations incentivise long hours, disregarding the impact on work-life balance and leisure time.
Manjula M & Deepa E
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India’s global talent competitiveness ranking falls to 103 out of 134 countries
India remained at the lowest position among the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries on the index.
Scroll Staff
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Why modern work culture and ideas of success are the real problem – not ‘moonlighting’
Debating the ethics or legality of moonlighting is futile if we continue to ignore the underlying forces that cause its existence.
Rohan Banerjee
Trending
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues
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‘Exhuma’ review: A grave holds secrets to a troubled Korean past
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Quiet quitting is a new name for an old method that has a long history in the labour movement
The concept of putting in just enough effort to not get fired, but without going above and beyond, has been used by workers around the world for centuries.
Jonathan Lord, The Conversation
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When will Indian companies finally allow their employees to take on a side hustle?
Employers’ wariness notwithstanding, the idea is here to stay.
Niharika Sharma, qz.com
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How modern corporate work culture is inspired by an over-achieving Soviet miner from the 1930s
Alexei Stakhanov, who managed to extract 102 tonnes of coal in a single shift, started a trend that still holds sway in the workplaces of today.
Bogdan Costea, The Conversation & Peter Watt, The Conversation
Video
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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Covid-19: These philosophers’ views may explain why working from home feels less rewarding
What are ‘social goods’ and why are they integral to our working experience?
Deryn M Thomas, The Conversation
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To shut down mansplaining, we need to change how we talk about it
Studies show that in meetings, men speak more, interrupt more, and are less likely to cede the floor when interrupted.
Sarah Kaplan, The Conversation
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How trade unions and the leisure industry shaped the modern, five-day work week
In the 19th century, industrial workers started to take self-appointed holidays on Mondays.
Brad Beaven, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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‘The Broken News’ S2 review: A competent second round of TV channel rivalry
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Indian employers’ obsession with IITs and IIMs is coming back to bite them
All over the world, employers like to hire people who are similar to them. In India, however, they do so without an iota of guilt or embarrassment.
Diksha Madhok, qz.com
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Stand up and take notice: Study finds high BMI levels and health risks in Indians in desk jobs
India currently has the third highest number of overweight or obese individuals among all countries.
Kashyap Raibagi, IndiaSpend.com
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The solution to millennial burnout is not to become more resilient – it’s to rethink the way we work
There’s a way to help the ‘burnout generation’.
Rajvinder Samra, The Conversation
The Field
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Akash, Vishvanath, Nikhil and Preet reach men’s finals
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ISL 2024 final, Mohun Bagan Super Giant vs Mumbai City, live: Goalless so far in the first half
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Hockey: Rohit to lead 20-member Indian junior team in five-match tour of Europe
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IPL 2024: Kolkata beat Mumbai in a thriller at Wankhede for the first time in 12 years
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh, Aryan and five other Indians enter finals