Writings

How to turn career suicide into a new life. Laws of the bungle (nypost.com)

 

Want to be a whistleblower? Think it through!

Telling tales (nypost.com)

 

A compendium of the worst bosses of all time The horrible boss hall of fame (nypost.com) and my account of working for one of the runner-ups. Surviving the city’s most toxic tyrant (nypost.com)

 

I interviewed philosopher/writer Alain de Botton on the joys and sorrow of work. WORKING THEORY (nypost.com)

 

Take this job and shove it. Out like a lion (nypost.com)

 

The myriad ways an office can kill you. Danger cubed! (nypost.com) And if you don’t go on vacation, that’ll kill you, too. Breaking news (nypost.com)

 

P.T. Barnum’s guide to success. It’s advice that’s older than dirt but better than most. The greatest tips on Earth! (nypost.com)

 

Back to the future with a roundup of predictions from 2010 about what work will be like in 2020. Some of it holds up! 2020 visions (nypost.com)

 

Interviewed an egghead scientist on how your brain reacts to being on the job. THIS IS YOUR BRAIN AT WORK (nypost.com)

 

People have strong opinions about Richard Florida, but I found him thoughtful in this interview, as did a professor at Yale who will remain nameless. Out with the old (nypost.com)

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If I had a dime for every time I threatened to sue someone, I’d be dead broke. But here are a series of  stories on the ins and outs of suing employers. Tread lightly! TORT STORIES (nypost.com) ROUGH JUSTICE (nypost.com) SHOULD YOU SUE? (nypost.com)

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Workplace tomfoolery. Let us give pranks (nypost.com)

 

Employees who bring their own brand of justice to the office. THE AVENGERS (nypost.com)

 

Don’t shit where you eat. (The pro-shitting where you eat story has, I think, link-rotted into oblivion.) Office romance: Nope — it’s still a recipe for disaster (nypost.com)

 

Performance reviews are for chumps. Are performance reviews a waste of time? (nypost.com)

 

Managing your manager. Managing your manager (nypost.com)