Workplace Buzz: Today's Headlines

Workplace Buzz on September 20, 2007 7:12 AM

Workplace Sins
The guy who takes full credit for a job well done -- albeit any help he received along the way. The "one-for-the-taking-and-focused-on-quick-ways-to-get-ahead" cougar lady. The hot-headed jerk that jumps down your throat at any sign of question or disagreement concerning his latest project. While most of us share a common goal of achievement and success in the workplace, we also know that there are ways to accomplish this ambition -- and ways to fall short. CNN.com

An Interview with Freedom in the Workplace? author
1. What important issue does this book, Freedom in the Workplace?, address that will interest ZNet readers? The book addresses the question of whether workers in the United States are free. I develop a notion of freedom focused on the workplace that illuminates the severe limits on workers freedom by illegal coercion against organizing unions and by low wage offers -- barely enough to feed their families -- that workers are pressured to accept. Older, sick workers are forced to stay in exhausting jobs in order to be eligible for their pensions. ZNet

Continue to Challenge Yourself
While many of her fellow Gen-Xers may be on their third or fourth job, Karen Fiore is still with her first post-college employer, 1800flowers.com. It's been nine years since the 32-year-old started there, and she still feels challenged by her work. The company says she's the rule not the exception. Forbes.com

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