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☆ How Long Until Christmas? Check the Beef Jerky Advent Calendar
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Kathryn Dill | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Around 10 a.m. each day in December, Emma Lord goes into her New York City kitchen and, brimming with anticipation, plucks a one-ounce jam jar with a gingham-print lid from a tiny cardboard window. Will today’s flavor be strawberry-rhubarb? Or dragonfruit? Could it be honey? “The honey day is always an extremely controversial day for me,” said Ms. Lord, who along with tens of thousands of other Yuletide preserves enthusiasts counts down the days to Christmas each year with food-maker Bonne Maman’s Advent calendar.

☆ Fashion in the Metaverse: What Avatars Are Wearing
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Kathryn Dill | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Natalia Modenova and Daria Shapovalova want to help you get dressed—for the metaverse. In 2020 the two founded DressX, an online retailer that sells digital fashion for avatars and images. Since then they launched a special collection in collaboration with Coca-Cola . In July, DressX became the first digital-only fashion company to provide apparel for Meta ‘s new avatar-fashion marketplace, alongside luxury brands like Prada and Balenciaga.

Employees at General Motors Co. balked at a request to return to the office. At Meta Platforms bosses are asking workers to get more done with fewer resources. Some CEOs say things are so tense that handing out modest raises can spark a backlash in an era of rising inflation. The workplace is in the middle of an unusual collision between what bosses and workers want. Employees feel empowered after two years of changing their work habits and leverage gained in a tight labor market.

☆ Didn’t Realize Your New Koi Can Live to 80? Call Fish Rescue.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Kathryn Dill | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Kevin Varilek figured the police officer who pulled him over thought he was transporting drugs. There were 150-quart coolers in the bed of his pickup with suspicious looking hoses leading to an oxygen canister in the cab. Mr. Varilek told the officer he was transporting live fish. When the officer popped open one of the coolers, he found himself looking at a bunch of orange and white koi. “You weren’t joking,” the surprised officer said.

☆ The Dreaded Performance Review Makes a Comeback
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Kathryn Dill | Francesca Fontana | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Executives at some major companies have delivered a clear message to managers this summer: Identify the underperformers and show them the exit. Companies took an approach of benign neglect to monitoring employee performance during Covid-19—such as dropping formal evaluations and goal-setting conversations. It hardly seemed fair, the thinking went, to grade someone who had to juggle work with increased responsibilities at home. Skipping reviews also gave managers time to devote to other crises, for instance, filling talent gaps as millions of U.S. workers jumped jobs.

The Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade creates new challenges for employers and health insurers covering abortion services, especially whether and how to pay for travel to states where the procedure remains available. Companies including Starbucks Corp., Uber Technologies Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. have said they would reimburse travel for medical services including abortion. Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.’s Grubhub and Dick’s Sporting Goods said they would provide up to $4,000 to cover expenses traveling for services not available in their home state.

Lots of Americans decided during the pandemic they could do without the security of a regular check. Some say the path has been rewarding but challenging.

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