Sorry, I'm in a meeting(iminafleeting.com)
953 points by splintersio | 265 comments
Fleeting is a web app that plays plausible fake meeting audio, such as standups or sales calls, so users can pretend to be busy in a meeting.
#workplace on Hacker News
21 stories tagged workplace, newest first.
Most arguments are about ego, not ideas(wangcong.org)
560 points by backlit4034 | 431 comments
Personal blog post by a software engineer explaining why he stopped arguing with people over technical correctness and what he learned about arguments.
CEOs who think AI replaces their employees are just bad CEOs(techdirt.com)
760 points by speckx | 277 comments
Techdirt opinion piece by Mike Masnick arguing that CEOs who mandate AI use or see it as replacing employees are bad leaders.
Appearing productive in the workplace(nooneshappy.com)
1490 points by diebillionaires | 601 comments
An essay on the No One's Happy blog about how workers use AI and large language models to appear productive at work, framed around Parkinson's Law.
Workers who love ‘synergizing paradigms’ might be bad at their jobs(news.cornell.edu)
559 points by Anon84 | 313 comments
Cornell Chronicle article on a study finding employees impressed by vague corporate buzzwords tend to be worse at practical decision-making.
We installed a single turnstile to feel secure(idiallo.com)
342 points by firefoxd | 170 comments
A blog post by Ibrahim Diallo about a company installing a single turnstile as security theater and how it failed to provide real security.
If you are useful, it doesn't mean you are valued(betterthanrandom.substack.com)
748 points by weltview | 334 comments
A Better than Random Substack essay arguing that being useful at work is different from being valued, and that the distinction can be subtle.
Master the Art of the Product Manager 'No'(letsnotdothat.com)
383 points by mikhaill | 126 comments
A humorous single-page generator that serves up diplomatic phrases product managers can use to say no, with buttons to get another option or copy it.
The Tsunami of Burnout Few See(charleshughsmith.blogspot.com)
501 points by dxs | 279 comments
Charles Hugh Smith blog post arguing that widespread burnout is being masked by play-acted solutions and narrative control.
My Colleague Julius(ploum.net)
490 points by dabacaba | 98 comments
A blog post by Ploum titled "My Colleague Julius", an essay-style story about a coworker, illustrated with a figure working at a desk.
How to give a senior leader feedback without getting fired(newsletter.weskao.com)
346 points by RobinHirst11 | 299 comments
A Wes Kao newsletter post on how to give feedback to senior leaders so they listen and act without feeling threatened.
Ask HN: What is the most useless project you have worked on?
597 points by panqueca | 645 comments
An Ask HN thread where the poster describes automating a deprecated internal tool and asks others about the most useless projects they have worked on.
Study: 61 UK firms tried a 4-day workweek and after a year, they still love it(npr.org)
342 points by giuliomagnifico | 245 comments
NPR article on UK companies that trialed a four-day workweek and, more than a year later, mostly kept and still favor it.
Figure out who's leaving the company: dump, diff, repeat(rachelbythebay.com)
568 points by l0b0 | 356 comments
Blog post by Rachel Kroll about periodically dumping and diffing a company LDAP directory to track which employees have left.
Signs that it's time to leave a company(adrianco.medium.com)
404 points by bezeee | 256 comments
A Medium post by Adrian Cockcroft discussing signs that indicate it is time to leave a company.
I worked in Amazon HR and was disgusted at what I was seeing with PIP plans(businessinsider.com)
464 points by cebert | 404 comments
Business Insider first-person essay by a former Amazon HR employee describing the company's PIP practices and quitting after being put on one.
Return to Office Is Bullshit and Everyone Knows It(soatok.blog)
651 points by Kye | 587 comments
A Dhole Moments blog post by Soatok arguing that corporate return-to-office mandates are unjustified and everyone knows it.
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans(cnbc.com)
536 points by pg_1234 | 441 comments
CNBC Make It article reporting a survey finding 80% of executives regret their earlier return-to-office plans.
At this company, we are family(pboyd.io)
451 points by dharmit | 255 comments
A satirical blog post written as a parent's layoff-style letter terminating a child's family membership, mocking companies that call themselves a family.
Ask HN: How do you not take criticism of your work personally?
545 points by molly0 | 565 comments
Ask HN thread where a developer asks how to avoid taking constructive criticism of their work, such as PR comments, personally.
Managers, stop distracting employees(hbr.org)
344 points by rustoo | 183 comments
Harvard Business Review article by Nir Eyal urging managers to stop distracting their employees, published January 12, 2023.