Browsing: worker productivity
Companies turn the World Cup into a culture play, loosening attendance and hosting watch parties
Good morning! Success reporter Emma Burleigh here, filling in for Kristin while she’s on vacation. The World Cup is already…
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. It’s Jeremy here, filling in for Sharon who is on vacation. In this…
Delta CEO Ed Bastian asked AI to write his graduation speech—then scrapped it and warned Gen Z against ‘pushing the easy button’
As the class of 2026 walks across the stage this graduation season, there may be no larger elephant in the…
Chances are, how you feel about running 10 minutes late at work is a good indicator of how old you…
Elon Musk says saving for retirement is irrelevant because AI will create a world of abundance
Saving for retirement is pointless thanks to the impending “supersonic tsunami” of AI and robotics, which will bring about a…
‘I hate working 5 days’: Zoom CEO says traditional work schedules are becoming obsolete—and predicts a 3-day workweek by 2031
Zoom ushered in the remote era—cutting commutes, reshaping office culture, and giving millions of workers more control over their schedules.…
AI isn’t reducing workloads for employees, it’s straining them—time spent on emailing has doubled, while deep-focus work has fallen by 9%
AI is actually increasing strain for most employees, as the tools add more time to menial tasks, and actually takes…
Slack cofounder says workers can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slide shows
Some employees are guilty of coffee badging or jiggling their mouses to look active while working remotely. But even when…
Western CEOs crack down, demanding super-AI productivity to keep your job. Japanese firms pay older workers to do nothing
As corporate America and Europe drag workers back to five days in the office and squeeze for ever more efficiency,…
In the workforce, AI is having the opposite effect it was supposed to, UC Berkeley researchers warn
AI is making workers more productive, but it could also be burning them out, according to a new study by…












