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☆ How to Complain at Work the Right Way and Get Ahead
  + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-complain-at-work-the-right-way-and-get-ahead-1aa33168
☆ Sorry, Too Busy! Why It’s So Hard to Get Together Right Now
  + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
It was supposed to be a holiday get-together. Then came a round of illnesses, and another. After a total of five cancellations, Veronica Farley-Seybert managed to meet up with friends in mid-February, exchanging gifts that had been languishing in a closet for six weeks. Merry Christmas,” the lawyer and mother of three in Pleasant Ridge, Mich., said. She mostly couldn’t believe the date happened at all.
☆ ‘Is This It?’ When Success Isn’t Satisfying
  + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
You got the job, won the award, launched the new project to accolades. So why don’t you feel better? “You get the title and it’s, like, ‘Ugh. Is this it?’” says Robert Waldinger , a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School who leads a longitudinal study, started in 1938, on how people thrive.
☆ No One Wants a Printer, but Everyone Wants to Print
  + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The apartment building had a 24-hour gym, a swimming pool flanked by grills and something called the Sky Lounge on the 12th floor, with an expansive view of downtown Minneapolis. But the amenity that Olga Lobasenko and her husband couldn’t get out of their minds as they sized up potential apartments last year was situated in the lobby, illuminated by the glow of a fireplace. People sometimes gathered around it.
☆ What to Do About a Boss Who’s Messaging at All Hours
  + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Your boss has a question, an assignment, a fleeting thought. And she wants a response. “Months later, I would get a notification and I would still get that nervous jump,” Nate Shalev says of a previous boss with a penchant for 3 a.m. emails, as well as midday texts and calls when notes went unanswered for an hour.
☆ Brag at Work Without Sounding Like a Jerk
  + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Nobody likes a braggart. But what if your inability to thump your chest, even just a little, is holding you back? Talking yourself up can make your boss and team look good, make clear what you actually do all day, and maybe prompt someone to put you up for that promotion.
☆ Yes, You Can Train Yourself to Be a Positive Person
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-pessimists-guide-to-embracing-positivity-11674431476
☆ A Pessimist’s Guide to Embracing Positivity
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-pessimists-guide-to-embracing-positivity-11674431476
☆ When Having It All Means It’s All Falling Apart
  + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
The first message, received while I was at the office one day last month, drowning in work, informed me that my daughter had lice. The second confirmed my son had it, too. The third, which came as my deadline was approaching and I was feeling phantom itchiness on my scalp, announced that my son’s wonderful kindergarten teacher had quit the week before and was never coming back.
☆ How to Be Happier in Your Job in 2023
  + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Can you like your job more in the new year? It might not be your dream role. It might not be a forever thing. But if you can’t leave right now, because of the economy or the money or family obligations, let’s at least make it less miserable to go to work.
☆ The Five Emails You Need to Send Before New Year’s to Boost Your Career
  + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Ray A. Smith | Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Yes, you’re busy checking off your year-end, to-do list. But here’s an easy item to add that could pay dividends down the road: connect with five people who, in different ways, could boost your career in 2023. There’s no better time of year than right now to power up that roster of professional allies. So many people have changed jobs, and entire careers, recently that even the strongest networks need some tending. And while the job market remains strong, the number of companies embarking on layoffs is climbing, and many business leaders predict more job cuts are coming.
☆ A Three-Week Vacation in 2023? Yes, You Can
  + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
In August, Shane Sloan did something he’d never done before. He packed his bags, got on a plane and didn’t work for 21 days. “It was almost disconcerting at first,” the 43-year-old from Nashville, Tenn., says of the trip to Thailand with his wife and daughter. He spent time with extended family, hit hotel pools high above Bangkok and relaxed beachside in Phuket. Then he realized he still had a week left.
☆ Should You Quit a Chaotic Job Right Now, or Stick It Out?
  + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
How do you know when it’s time to quit your job? At some companies, things are starting to feel messy for workers. Tech firms including Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. are cutting jobs to prepare for economic uncertainty. Former chief executives, like Walt Disney Co.’s Robert Iger , are back to chart a new course, and new ones like Elon Musk are inciting chaos.
☆ You Found Out Your Co-Worker Makes More. Can You Ask for a Raise?
  + stars: | 2022-12-05 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. For non-personal use or to order multiple copies, please contact Dow Jones Reprints at 1-800-843-0008 or visit www.djreprints.com. https://www.wsj.com/articles/you-found-out-your-co-worker-makes-more-can-you-ask-for-a-raise-11670128550
☆ In Praise of the Office Suck-Up
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
They loiter around the boss’s office. They dole out compliments to all the right people. They chime in enthusiastically at every meeting. The only thing more maddening than observing an office suck-up in action is realizing that it’s working.
☆ Make the Office Kiss-Up Work for You
  + stars: | 2022-11-21 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
They loiter around the boss’s office. They dole out compliments to all the right people. They chime in enthusiastically at every meeting. The only thing more maddening than observing an office suck-up in action is realizing that it’s working.
☆ How to Escape Your Packed Schedule and Take a Rest From Work
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
When Ali Kahlert was diagnosed with a kidney infection last month, she gratefully accepted an IV at urgent care and dutifully swallowed antibiotics as prescribed. It was the last bit of the doctor’s orders that threw her for a loop: rest. I need to do something,” says the 30-year-old graduate student in Minneapolis. After one day on the couch—napping, sewing, watching YouTube videos—she’d had it. She climbed the stairs to her home office and tackled some school work and chores, until a stabbing pain of protest came from her kidney.
☆ Can You Get Ahead and Still Have a Life? Younger Women Are Trying to Find Out
  + stars: | 2022-10-31 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Deijha Martin , 26 years old, works as a data analyst from her Bronx, N.Y., apartment. On workdays, she’ll chip away at a task until 5:10 p.m. or 5:20 p.m., but never 6 p.m. She loves travel, and earlier this year tapped her company’s unlimited vacation policy to jet to Greece and France. Having boundaries is a priority, but make no mistake: She’s plenty ambitious.
☆ Want Power? Stop Saying ‘Sorry’ So Much
  + stars: | 2022-10-24 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Sorry, I’m just now seeing your email! (You sent it 15 minutes ago.) Sorry that you completely misinterpreted that thing I said.
☆ How to Become a Better, Braver Public Speaker
  + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Palms sweaty, heart racing, face flushed. You’re in front of a crowd at work again, and it’s terrifying. Public speaking is our most common fear, according to psychology researchers, and things have only gotten weirder after years spent in the protective cocoon of Zoom. Facing just our monitors, and maybe an audience count ticking up in the corner, we read from our notes and became reliant on elaborate setups and crutches (filters, Post-its peeking over the screen).
☆ How to Get Your Public-Speaking Mojo Back
  + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Palms sweaty, heart racing, face flushed. You’re in front of a crowd at work again, and it’s terrifying. Public speaking is our most common fear, according to psychology researchers, and things have only gotten weirder after years spent in the protective cocoon of Zoom. Facing just our monitors, and maybe an audience count ticking up in the corner, we read from our notes and became reliant on elaborate setups and crutches (filters, Post-its peeking over the screen).
☆ The New Rules for Getting Face Time at the Office
  + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
You’re showing up at the office again. Are you getting the face time that matters? Many of us used to rack up the in-person interactions and career exposure we needed by osmosis—trying to impress the big boss when she walked by, absorbing tips from a cubicle-mate’s phone calls, reminding colleagues of our presence just by sitting at our desks. After all, everyone was there, every day.
☆ Gray Hair Is a New Power Move for Women at Work
  + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Maria Colsey Heard, 54, stared at her new professional headshot. There was her curly hair, now gray instead of dyed blonde. She felt a combination of shock and elation. “It was, ‘Wow, I really am in my 50s,” the lawyer in Silver Spring, Md., says. “My biological age looking back at me.”
☆ Rachel Feintzeig — Columnist at The Wall Street Journal
  + stars: | 2022-06-13 | by ( Rachel Feintzeig | Photo Illustration Xander Opiyo For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Rachel FeintzeigRachel Feintzeig is The Wall Street Journal's Work & Life columnist. Her pieces have included personal takes on pregnancy, pandemic parenting and crafting an identity outside of work. In 2022, she won a Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing award for a package of stories, including one about people who secretly work two jobs. A longtime Journal reporter, Rachel previously wrote about management trends and chief executives for the corporate bureau. Rachel currently lives in the New York area with her husband and two young children.
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