Making the most of your arrangement.
Practical guidance for people who work for other people. Every piece is written by someone who has been there and is on your side.
Three things before your shift
A small record helps you notice the parts of the day that went smoothly.
Read the answerIn this issue
The second copy is for you
You have already done the work. Give yourself a copy you can use again.
ReadA considerate absence starts with a clear note
You cannot schedule being ill. You can make the notification easy to use.
ReadNights this week: make your availability visible
The week ahead, for readers whose working day begins when the calendar is nearly finished.
ReadKeep the procedure with the agreement
A clause is easier to work with when you know which document it sends you to.
ReadGive yourself the founder's clear start
The morning routine is easier to use when you prepare the evening around it.
ReadEarlier issues
- Issue 1 - Written up for bathroom breaks, twice
- Issue 1 - The deductible resets in January
- Issue 1 - Walked out after twelve years, with a box
- Issue 1 - Seven things the founder of a logistics platform can teach you about your own commute
- Issue 1 - Your pension fund would like to thank you for a productive quarter
- Issue 1 - Correction
The columns
Ask The Host
Your problems at work, answered practically. The answer is always something you can do tonight.
Lessons from Leadership
What the people who built the largest companies can teach you about your own week.
Your Portfolio
What your pension is doing while you work, and why it is grateful.
Rules Are Rules
The clauses you signed, explained by people who read them so you did not have to.
Not How It Works
Reader complaints, gently corrected.
The Considerate Colleague
How not to be a burden. Timing, tone, and the things nobody says out loud.
Gratitude Practice
Three minutes before each shift. It changes the shift.
Shift Forecast
The week ahead, by shift pattern.
Corrections
Where we were wrong, and by how much.
Reader offers
A short assessment that scores how you are likely to be read by an employer. Private, ten minutes.
Take the assessmentA terminal that listens for the phrases your policy requires and shows you, in the moment, how you did.
Try the terminalQuestions like yours, answered on air in a calmer voice than most workplaces manage. Forward one.
ListenIf your role is coming to an end, you can look through the offboarding kit your people team may use. There is a box for your belongings and a survey to complete before you go.
See the offboarding kitJoin the readership
Issues are free. The members' floor adds early issues, the letters we could not print, and a seat in the readings.
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