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Working to Die
Serene Ambition | July 21st 2008 by shae hadden
The Japanese Labour Board ruled earlier this month that the death in January 2006 of a 45-year-old senior Chief Engineer on the Toyota Camry Hybrid Project was "karoshi" (death by overwork). He had been working more than 80 hours of overtim read more
Declaring Email Suicide
Guide to Blogging | July 7th 2008 by Becky
You know that feeling, you’re overwhelmed with people trying to contact you and you don’t know where to start. The phone is ringing off the hook and virtual and real post box are over flowing. And you don’t know where to even to s read more
Paid Vacation Time — A Right or A Luxury?
Escape from Corporate America - Career Change Advice | July 7th 2008 by Pamela Skillings
The media is full of stories about summer vacation fun and the annoyingly named stay-cation trend, but what about those poor schlubs who have been spending all of their sunny days at the office this summer? Are all Americans entitled to paid vacation read more
karoshi
Ianny Loves the Freedom | May 22nd 2008 by Ianny Lau
The Cantonese are fond of emphasizing adverbs and adjectives with the word ‘die’ – ‘hungry till you die’, ‘gruesome till you die’, even ‘happy till you die’. In Japan, they quite literally work till they die. Overworking is b read more
Why Are You Rushing?
Are You Living Or Surviving? - Find Ultimate Happiness | May 8th 2008 by Michelle_T
Most of us scarely have time to organize our to-do lists. What are we chasing after? And what would it take to make us rest? There is a colleague I often bump into at the university where I teach, and we exchange a similar greeting every time. “ read more
Family or career - achieving a balance
Breathing Space | May 2nd 2008 by Barry M
When is the last time that you heard someone on their death bed say “if only I’d spent more time at the office“? Speak to elderly relatives and find out what is important to them. Think about your parents. You relate to them in term read more
Curative Effect of the Ashwagandha Herbal plant and What You Shou…
HerbalCureInfo.com | April 29th 2008 by LionelPort
The Ashwagandha herbal plant is native in the tropical Indian sub-continent. This is a very usful herbal medicine you can use for several serious disease. I can not tell you in few sentence all healing attribution of the ashwagandha plant but if you read more
Blogging loses some of its own as does the rest of the world
The Uncanny Broadcasting Brain Blog v. 2.0 | April 6th 2008 by Mark Dykeman
The New York Times published an April 6, 2008 article talking about recent blogger deaths and illnesses, using the phrase digital-era sweatshop: Two weeks ago in North Lauderdale, Fla., funeral services were held for Russell Shaw, a prolific blogge read more
Freelance Deadline Hell
Freelance Zone | March 11th 2008 by Catherine L. Tully
When I’ve taken on too much work, I try to do a few things to keep myself from going completely nuts. Here’s a little handy list in no particular order: Whittle Away the Pile–I take the projects that are due last and try to nibble read more
The people have spoken
tiny suns infused with sour | March 1st 2008
Well, I'm genuinely touched to know that so many people care, so thank you all. When (if!) I ever get beyond my work-induced nervous collapse I'll endeavour to keep things updated here.To keep you busy in the meantime...See http://www.myspace.com/the read more
Workplace Stress is a Business Problem That Companies Prefer to I…
Escape from Corporate America - Career Change Advice | February 17th 2008 by Pamela Skillings
Workplace stress is the most frequently cited reason U.S. employees consider leaving their jobs, according to a new survey by consulting firm Watson Wyatt Worldwide. Employees defined their top causes of workplace stress as long hours, wo read more
Valentine EKG Vital signs
CHOCOLATE FOR YOUR BRAIN! | February 15th 2008 by Sherry
The kids came home from school February 14th.I thought I was home free.I had helped make four recycled cereal boxes into Valentine Mail bags.I had artfully decorated 24 chocolate home made cup cakes.The day before, I had purchased each child their fa read more
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