Work Fails
A look at the chaos, absurdities, and everyday struggles of work life in the U.S.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 15 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 6 months ago |
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Coming Home
This Saturday marked the official launch party for Trust Fall: How Workplace Relationships Fail Us. About 40 friends, family members, and community guests gathered in Athens, GA to celebrate the book’s release. We talked about the inspirati...
Buffering: The Unspoken Labor of Protective Managers
Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb in “Slow Horses” Season 5, Episode 6 (Apple TV)
I’ve been hooked on Slow Horses, the Apple TV series about British intelligence misfits led by the off-putting Jackson Lamb (played by Gary Oldman). In some ways,...
Communions of Crisis: How “Fighting Fires” at Work Has Become the New Trust Fall
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It’s a familiar feeling, whether you’re on the frontlines of service or tucked behind a laptop. That moment when everything falls apart. The ten-to...
The Ties that Bind Us
During my first summer living in New York City in 2006, my friend Karrie and I went to one of the Philharmonic’s free concerts in the park. It was a real treat—not only because it didn’t cost a thing, but also because it was the kind of exp...
“We Don’t All Have the Same 24 Hours”: How Temporal Privilege Keeps Inequality Hidden
It’s been a whirlwind stretch since my last post. In the span of a few weeks, I found myself juggling family and work in equal measure: a week at the American Sociological Association (ASA) conference in Chicago, my mom’s heart attack (she’...
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