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How To Find Extra Time When It Seems Like There Is None
By Phil Villarreal on January 9, 2012 8:15 AM   36 Comments
Just about everyone you meet thinks they're busier than everyone else. We become entranced in our routines, disappointed that we can't accomplish more while we remain oblivious to the opportunities we unwittingly waste. More »

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How To Survive In A Single-Income Household
By Phil Villarreal on December 6, 2011 11:15 AM   91 Comments
The idea of a family that makes ends meet through a single paycheck seems as quaint as an episode of Leave it to Beaver, but folks find ways to make it work. There's little strategy involved to those who pull in megabucks, but subsisting on modest income takes some work. More »

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Goofing Around Online At Work Can Make You More Productive
By Paul Eng on August 23, 2011 12:30 PM   34 Comments
There's no hiding the fact that most of you reading this post are doing so while getting paid to be doing anything other than reading this post. But now you have science to back you up when your boss takes a break from Facebook and catches you surfing the web. A new study claims that browsing the Internet while sitting at your office desk may actually be beneficial to your job performance. More »

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How To Make Sure Your Clients Pay You
By Phil Villarreal on August 8, 2011 1:15 PM   36 Comments
Waiting on a paycheck is an agonizing endeavor, and a test of your character, cool and perseverance. Act too early and behave too impatiently and you could lower your value in the eyes of your contracted boss. Stay quiet and you could become an unpaid pushover who accrues terminally long lists of unpaid endeavors. More »

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Government Employee Dies At Desk, No One Notices
By Laura Northrup on February 16, 2011 2:00 PM   180 Comments
It's the nightmare of every employee who feels undervalued and isolated at work: you could die at your desk and no one would ever notice. This actually happened to a 51-year-old employee of Los Angeles County: she passed away at her desk sometime on Friday, and wasn't discovered until a security guard found her on Saturday. She had last been seen alive at 9 AM on Friday. More »

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Set Up A Home Office Without Blowing Your Non-Existent Budget
By Phil Villarreal on October 2, 2010 4:30 PM   75 Comments
If you work from home for a while, eventually you're going to want to upgrade from your recliner or kitchen table to something a bit more professional, if only to convince others that you don't sit around all day in last night's clothes watching Simpsons reruns. Even if that's actually what you do. No, especially if that's what you do. More »

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Unexpected Work Transfer And An Upside-Down Mortgage Create Sticky Financial Situation
By Laura Northrup on September 3, 2010 11:30 AM   121 Comments
In a secure profession that very rarely requires people to relocate, John made what seemed like a pretty solid financial decision. He and his wife bought a house. He tells Consumerist that this seemed like a great idea until his employer transferred him (involuntarily) across the country. He left behind his wife, who works in the same field but was not transferred, and the house, on which he is upside down. This has left the couple in a nasty financial situation they never anticipated. He wonders: can the Consumerist hive mind offer him any wisdom? More »

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Why Even Stay-At-Home Parents Need A Part-Time Job
By Laura Northrup on August 5, 2010 11:30 AM   66 Comments
The question of whether a parent should stay at home full time or work is a delicate one, and depends on the resources and needs of each individual family. Tracy at personal finance blog MoneyNing makes a solid financial case for having the stay-at-home parent work outside of the home at least part-time. More »

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Everything Is Five Bucks, And Completely Random, On Fiverr
By Chris Walters on March 24, 2010 11:18 AM   23 Comments
Fiverr is a website where people post gigs they're willing to do for five dollars. Does it work? I dunno, but it's a lot of fun to read through the offers: someone will burn a small paper effigy of your enemy, or send you a sock puppet, or turn a photo into a cross-stitch pattern for you. My favorite is, "I will give you $10 if you find two people to give me $5 for $5." More »

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The 10 Biggest Workplace Annoyances
By Laura Northrup on February 11, 2010 11:05 AM   228 Comments
A research group polled workers and discovered something utterly unsurprising: there are a lot of things that annoy people about their jobs. Most of these involve co-workers behaving obnoxiously. More »

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Walmart Unfair Pay Lawsuit Settled In Massachusetts
By Laura Northrup on December 6, 2009 7:00 PM   48 Comments
Current and former Walmart employees in Massachusetts (and their lawyers) were awarded $40 million in back wages this week in a class-action lawsuit. The suit was filed eight years ago, and claimed that the mega-retailer owes some hourly employees up to fourteen years' worth of unpaid overtime, missed breaks, and other uncompensated work. More »

What You Need To Know About Today's Unemployment Benefits Extension
By Chris Walters on November 6, 2009 4:10 PM   67 Comments

—>If you're still struggling to find a job in the current economy, you'll be happy to know that this morning President Obama is expected to sign legislation to extend benefits for few more months. The New York Times has more info on how the extension will work, and who qualifies for it.  More »

Strippers Fight Financial Exploitation With Lawsuit
By Laura Northrup on September 19, 2009 9:30 PM   169 Comments

—>Massachusetts strippers have filed lawsuits against the clubs that employ them, claiming exploitation...of the financial kind. As the economy worsened, clubs tried to take a larger cut of dancers' falling tip incomes.  More »

Old Workers Vs. Young In A Tough Labor Market
By Laura Northrup on September 10, 2009 5:53 PM   113 Comments

—>Forget about mall-walking and midday bingo games. It seems that workers over 55 just aren't interested in retiring. This is problematic for the young people who, under different circumstances, would have replaced them in the workforce.  More »

You're Never Too Old To Have A Summer Job
By Alex Chasick on June 11, 2009 1:22 AM   82 Comments

—>Inspired by our post on thirty- and forty-somethings trying to snag traditionally teenage jobs? If you've always wanted to be a lifeguard, bar back, or roller coaster operator, here are some tips for beating the other applicants and letting teenagers worry about the unemployment rate. (Photo: Atwater Village Newbie)  More »

Need work? The New Museum in New York is looking to pay $10 per hour to women aged 18-40 who are willing to spend six hours sleeping as part of an exhibit. [WDSU]  More »

Need work? The Census is hiring and they pay around $20 per hour. [U.S. Census Bureau]  More »

Are You Ready For A 4 Day Work Week?
By Meg Marco on December 22, 2008 11:59 PM   113 Comments

—>BusinessWeek says that employers around the country are cutting back hours rather than laying people off in response to the recession. It sounds nice at first — until you realize that it sucks.  More »

17 Signs You May Be Out Of A Job Soon
By Chris Walters on April 29, 2008 8:53 PM   37 Comments

—>If you're still on the fence about whether to spend your stimulus check, pay off debt with it, or stock up on ramen noodles, this checklist may help you decide. Some of the tips are pretty unnecessary—"your job duties are marginalized" and "your company plans to move to a smaller building" shouldn't be hard to decipher. It never hurts to remind yourself about some of the signs of an impending downsize, however.  More »

Do You Shop At Work?
By Chris Walters on November 28, 2007 8:07 PM   25 Comments

—> Surveys! Is there nothing they can't measure? Apparently yes: the number of Americans who shop online while they're at work. According to Spherion, 30% of workers use their computers at work to shop online during the holidays. Accountemps says the number is 21%, the Memphis Business Journal says 38%, and Shop.org says it's 54.5%.  More »