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May 20, 2021
Magazine
Lovia Gyarkye
The Other Black Girl
Reinvents the Office Novel
Zakiya Dalila Harris’s psychological thriller grapples with ambition and inequality in the workplace.
August 4, 2020
J.C. Pan
The Rise of the Creepy Reopening Industry
In the absence of a coherent government response to the pandemic, the private sector has stepped into the void with new disinfecting tools, surveillance apps, and cardboard.
May 28, 2020
J.C. Pan
Unionizing the Office in an Age of Remote Work
The places where many people work may be changing, but the urgency of fighting for better conditions isn’t going anywhere.
October 12, 2018
Jane Hu
The Office at the End of the World
Ling Ma’s novel ‘Severance’ likens life under capitalism to a zombie apocalypse.
September 6, 2016
Miya Tokumitsu
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Joeri Mol
Life at the Nowhere Office
Today's workplace design asks us to be permanently on call—and demands that we vanish at a moment's notice.
March 6, 2014
Ben Crair
Can't Work, Must Chat
Do you gossip too much on Gchat? Blame the open office
October 29, 2013
Ben Crair
As I Lay Lying
Standing desks are taking over, so I worked from bed to protest
September 27, 2012
Noreen Malone
Does Mindy Kaling Need More Female Writers?
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