As you may know, the United States is not the only country with a gender wage gap. This ad from Sweden claims that the quickest way for a woman to earn as much as a man is to be a man. » 3/06/14 2:45pm Thursday 2:45pm

Entire books have been written recently about how women need to be more assertive in the workplace. But how do we actually get women to do this en masse? A recent study, published in the Psychology of Women Quarterly asked 60 female college freshmen to write an essay about their personal accomplishments. To reflect the … » 1/20/14 6:00pm 1/20/14 6:00pm

Americans in big cities (but particularly Americans in those big, grey northeastern cities where we'll imprison the burgeoning mutant population after the nuclear fallout) love to brag about how hard they work. They wear their work ethic like a badge of courage, as if working an hour longer than one's peers had some… » 1/12/14 4:30pm 1/12/14 4:30pm

Cindy Gallop — former chairman of the ad agency BBH New York — has penned a piece for AdWeek about what she calls the New Creativity, which she says is "female-informed." She has some ideas about how to shake up the "white male dominated industry." First: Hire at least three women. » 1/06/14 6:15pm 1/06/14 6:15pm

Women, if you want to have IT ALL, forget balancing family and career on your own. The new hotness in the race for the elusive goal of womanhood— "IT ALL" — isn't quality, affordable child care or workplaces with flexible hours or equal pay, because in some careers, those concessions aren't enough. No, for some women, IT … » 12/09/13 1:30pm 12/09/13 1:30pm

It's pretty common to hear particular technologies presented as being either for dudes (i.e., srs bsns gadgets) or for girls (think messaging apps and anything related to shopping). It's also common to see technologies adopted by female consumers as either fluffy or some quasi-miraculous sign of alien life—see every… » 12/02/13 6:00pm 12/02/13 6:00pm

According to a poll from Gallup, forty percent of the women they surveyed say they prefer a male boss, twenty-seven percent prefer a female one, and thirty-two percent have no preference. On the other hand, 29 percent of men polled prefer a male boss, eighteen percent prefer a female one, and fifty-one percent had no… » 11/12/13 10:25am 11/12/13 10:25am

A 33-year-old "creative industry professional" was sick of seeing Craigslist postings from male "corporate types" looking for sexy female personal assistants—until she realized that she's just as busy and lecherous as those guys, and could make use of a hot piece of her own. Cutting to the chase, her Craiglist ad requests… » 11/07/13 4:40pm 11/07/13 4:40pm

Whether you currently work or have worked, there's a good chance you've dealt with some real fucking asshole bosses. Now is your time to cleanse yourself of those bad feelings by sharing them with a whole bunch of people who have also worked for the Worst Goddamned Human Being Alive. » 10/16/13 1:20pm 10/16/13 1:20pm

Labor Day is a complete rip-off. Labor isn't celebrated at all—instead, a single day's break from labor is celebrated. You might think this is a stupid thing to care about, because Labor Day is really just about getting drunk in your yard, again. But that's actually evidence of this very successful con job pulled on… » 9/02/13 1:35pm 9/02/13 1:35pm

Since I'm just back from a short vacation and there's a three-day-weekend coming up, I feel like a new study about how a shorter workweek doesn't make you happier is total bullshit. Let me be the judge! Time off feels FANTASTIC. » 8/28/13 6:40pm 8/28/13 6:40pm

There's this crazy new thing happening called "people hating their jobs" that has spawned this other new thing called "Desk Rage." It's basically being really annoyed with stuff that happens... at work. » 8/21/13 2:25pm 8/21/13 2:25pm

Gentlemen. Yes. » 7/31/13 11:10am 7/31/13 11:10am