Business
Workplace
Opinion
Public service
Do top public servants deserve $900,000 a year? The short answer is yes
Is it ever possible to rationalise extraordinary pay packets for a few at a time when so many Australians are struggling?
- by Kirstin Ferguson
Latest
Zoom made it easy for us to work from home. Now it’s making its staff return to the office
During the early months of the pandemic, a certain company went suddenly from relative obscurity to the type of popularity that made it a noun, verb and catchphrase.
- by Emma Goldberg
Opinion
MyCareer
The secret quality that sets successful people apart
Many high-achievers appear to have become the master of their embarrassment. Just look at Elon Musk.
- by Jim Bright
How to find more meaning through work
Fancy a career with purpose? Don’t let age or industry stand in the way.
- by Sue White
Opinion
The lowdown
Why workers are rejecting five-day-a-week office jobs
A five-day-a-week office job is a last choice for many workers, data shows.
- by Sarah Green Carmichael
Should talented staff be allowed to work less?
It’s worth having a difficult conversation about why a worker wants to cut back their hours.
- by Jonathan Rivett
Welcome to Top Gun: The Australian fighter pilot preparing CEOs for war
Work is war — or it can feel that way to certain CEOs. Enter former Australian fighter pilot Christian Boucousis.
- by Emma Goldberg
Exclusive
Wage scandal
Woolworths faces more than 1000 criminal charges over unpaid leave
One of Australia’s largest employers has been hit with more than 1000 criminal charges for allegedly underpaying more than $1 million in long service leave to 1235 former workers.
- by Ben Schneiders
Opinion
MyCareer
Try the Ted Lasso approach – embrace chaos and reap the rewards
We need routine to organise our lives, but we need surprise to keep things fresh and vital.
- by Jim Bright
Why women are getting on the tools
Australia’s first female only pre-apprenticeship course is part of a broader push to address the gender imbalance in trades.
- by Sue White
How Jennifer Burn took on slavery that thrived right under our noses
Since she established Anti-Slavery Australia at the University of Technology Sydney, she has helped migrant workers who are traded like commodities.
- by Anna Patty