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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicWork culture

Topic: Work culture

Hari Sadu – Naukri.com’s bad boss from 2006 ad still present during ‘The Great Resignation’

Whether it is 2006 or 2022, navigating toxic workplaces and dealing with grumpy bosses continue to be a task for workers, making Haru Sadu a timeless presence.

Workers today don’t want to be managed. They want to be partners in co-creation

Often, when management gurus talk about co-operation, what they really mean is managing subordinates into passivity.

How McKinsey & Co. created ‘The War for Talent’ in 1998 to propagate a ‘myth of brilliance’

In 'Work: A History of How We Spend Our Time', anthropologist James Suzman traces a new history of humankind through the prism of work.

Is quitting your job contagious? Depends on who leaves and who’s in charge

When strong performers quit, employees are more likely to re-evaluate their relationship with the company.

Who do we blame for today’s intense corporate workplace culture? A Soviet miner

Alexei Stakhanov even made the cover of Time magazine in 1935 as the figurehead of a new workers’ movement dedicated to increasing production.

What would HR really look like if we invented it today? Lessons for a post-digital economy

Companies across the world need to stop looking at talent purely through the lens of acquisition; people should be seen as more than just human resources.

People are increasingly interrupted at work, but it’s not all bad

Frequent interruptions can lead to stressful feelings of overload, irritation and a sense of 'time famine' – having too much to do and not enough time.

Why the modern workplace needs punch clocks

Tracking employees' work hours will not only help them achieve a healthy work-life balance, but also help employers improve efficiency.

Thinking of working at Amnesty International? Think again

Amnesty International has apologised for the work culture after it was pointed out in a review following two employees' suicide.

Time to switch to a four-day work week, it increases productivity, say two Davos experts

Figures show that countries with a culture of long working hours often score poorly for productivity and GDP per hour worked.

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.