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The fact that I even labeled this a “female” profession is a major indicator of how pigeonholed and stereotyped it has been, arguably for the duration of its existence. What, pray tell, is this most-stereotyped lady job? The secretary, or administrative assistant in today’s office parlance.
Here at HowStuffWorks headquarters, the powers that be seem to think we operate best in a perpetual state of deepfreeze. Well, we don’t. In my case anyway, coldness exacerbates sleepiness in a serious way, and the more I enter into a rigor mortis-like state of chilliness, the less I am able to perform basic tasks like typing and, you know, thinking.
So apart from a work-sweater and a work-fleece that are tucked away beneath my desk, I also have an emergency hold-the-phone-I-just-might-be-entering-hibernation-actual-work-blanket. (Seriously, it’s that bad.) Anyway, because of all this, I thought I might compile a list of tips for myself and other workers shivering their way through a frigid workday.
This is an amazing, unbelievable – some would say shocking – revelation. Office copying machines contain hard disks that store an image of every page copied by the copier. The material is not encrypted, so if a burglar, corporate spy or identity theft ring gets hold of the copier’s hard disk, they can access a [...]
What if you wanted to be invisible in your office? The idea of office camouflage is not new, but it is funny: These videos also demonstrate how similar life can be around the world. Even though the United States and Russia are on opposite sides of the planet, their office environments look surprisingly similar. For [...]
Here is one of those video essays that really makes you think about the state of the world: Why You Can’t Work at Work The modern workplace is structured completely wrong. It’s really optimized for interruptions, and interruptions are the enemy of work, the enemy of productivity, the enemy of creativity, they are the enemy [...]
April Fool’s day will arrive in about a week. If you live/work in an office setting, it is time to think about things you can do. The goal in this post is to provide inspiration. It also serves another purpose – it inoculates you against these pranks if you are on the receiving end. The [...]
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