http://survivingtheworkday.com Thu, 17 Jun 2010 12:30:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Miracle Mile Lunch Trucks examines the competition between "permanent" businesses and food trucks in one neighborhood in Los Angeles: For food truck lovers — and there are many in this city — Wilshire Boulevard near South Curson Avenue is a mecca, distinguished by the sheer number of upscale trucks it attracts. ... http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/17/food-trucks/ Read Your Brain on Computers and see if it doesn't resonate just a bit. http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/07/your-brain-on-technology/ I had a terrarium when I was a kid that made me quite happy. While reading Terrariums Make a Comback, I wondered if perhaps these were the perfect cubicle toy: easy to care for, pleasing to look at, and infinitely interesting. Slideshow for terrariums here and ideas for making one here. http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/06/04/terrariums-in-the-cubicle/ I just found this great description of our perception of "multi-tasking" at work, particularly the practice of using a Blackberry to check emails and whatever while others are present, such as during a meeting: I often hear this rationalization: It’s a way to multitask and increase efficiency. But neuroscientists tell us that ... http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/05/31/multitasking-and-the-blackberry/ This is a video of a Hooters employee who has been told that her uniform doesn't fit properly because she's 5'8'' and 132 pounds. They gave her an ultimatum involving losing weight to keep her job. But please enjoy the appearance of the manager, who is interviewed toward the end ... http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/05/21/hooters-doesnt-enjoy-irony-as-i-do/ After 16 years! Yes, in suburban Atlanta in 1994, bonuses totalling $39,000 were given by mistake. Somehow I think they are still going have a hard time collecting this money. http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/05/21/workers-asked-to-return-bonuses/ The Productivity Myth is a good dissection of the notion that we are more productive in the recession. Why are we more productive? Because we're scared of being laid off! Additionally, the entire notion of productivity is a bit warped: Getting more tasks accomplished — say writing and responding to scores ... http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/05/17/the-productivity-math/ At the end of a long workweek, 20 Jobs that Have Disappeared can put your work life in perspective. Not only did your job most likely not exist 100 years ago, it might not exist 100 years from now! At least that's true from where I sit. http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/05/14/jobs-that-no-longer-exist/ in male sexual harassment claims with almost a third of the claims filed from men. And another insight from EEOC statistics---states that were hardest hit by the recession, such as Michigan and California, had a corresponding increase in male claims of sexual harassment. To summarize the problem:  Stephen Anderson, president of Anderson-davis Inc., ... http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/04/17/utah-leads-nation/ I've been at my current new job just over two months. And although it's a big change from being self-employed, it is similar (and familiar) to most of the jobs that I've had in the past in this particular way: there's always a period of oblivion at the beginning when ... http://survivingtheworkday.com/2010/04/10/when-the-honeymoon-ends/