This Month
Inside Atlassian’s new workplace – just don’t call it an office
The company’s new Melbourne site has been designed as a so-called connection hub. It only has 12 desks, with an emphasis on social spaces instead.
- Euan Black
The co-CEOs who learned the secret to business from ... pasta
Shaun Greenblo and Elliot Midalia are managing directors at Boody, a bamboo-based clothing company. They both meditate – in their own way – before office hours.
- Lauren Sams
You’re not alone, workers are avoiding becoming managers
Working from home is far from the only enduring workplace trend of the pandemic. It’s clear that our attitudes to work have changed significantly too.
- Euan Black
Rise of the ‘work from home’ husband as partners return to the office
In the United States, more than 2 per cent of male workers are fully remote but have a spouse who goes to a workplace.
- Madeleine Ross
June
The ‘grindset’ is back in vogue for start-ups – with a health twist
Start-up bosses no longer just enthuse about working innumerable hours – now they recommend an ice bath after the innumerable hours.
- Nick Bonyhady
‘My graduate job starting salary was $343,000 – here’s why’
Some law and investment banking firms in Britain are paying graduates in their early 20s enormous salaries. The financial rewards are vast but come at a big cost.
- Kimberley Bond
China’s faltering tech giants push workers to the limit
As Chinese technology executives face a new reality of low growth, rising competition and investor apathy, many are making tough demands on staff.
- Updated
- Ryan McMorrow and Nian Liu
- Retail Winner
- Women in Leadership
‘You need to trust your gut’: How to build an empire
The founder and CEO of MCo Beauty, the winner of the Retail category, knows she is underestimated. It’s what drives her to succeed.
- Lauren Sams
Employers lure workers back to office with promise of their own desk
Hot desking took off during the pandemic as a way to save money amid a new era of hybrid work. Now some firms are having second thoughts.
- Matthew Boyle
- Opinion
- Workplace
Elon Musk’s war on meetings should be taken seriously
The serial entrepreneur knows that excessive meetings are a sign of poorly run companies. He believes there needs to be a constant battle against bureaucracy.
- Aaron Patrick
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Employers lose more than 655,000 days of work to mental health claims
Increased awareness around mental health and the rising cost of living are contributing to a big jump in workers’ compensation for mental health injuries.
- Euan Black
- Updated
- Hiring
Canva co-founder calls for ‘wartime’ approach to staff performance
Cliff Obrecht says companies that let poor performance slide are forced to do big lay-offs, something the graphic design group headed for an IPO has avoided.
- Updated
- Nick Bonyhady
Scared of resigning? An agency can take care of that
Quitting agencies are springing up across Japan as workers say some companies try to bully employees into staying.
- Jessica Sier
- Exclusive
- Workplace
Domestic violence leave has been law for a year. Almost no one uses it
Employers are being urged to do more for victim survivors of domestic violence after a survey revealed new leave entitlements were hardly being used.
- Euan Black and Ronald Mizen
Chicago wants to enlist remote workers in rescue of downtown
It’s not the usual return-to-office pitch. Instead, the city is leaning into the rise of remote work by promoting co-working spaces in its iconic locations.
- Isis Almeida
May
Why dads take less time off than mums
Gender stereotypes are discouraging men from taking paid parental leave, a survey has found, making it harder for Australia to close the gender pay gap.
- Euan Black
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Stan executive left Nine’s streaming business after workplace claims
The departure followed complaints from multiple staff, and was months before another executive left the media group amid separate sexual harassment allegations.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
Nine to investigate television newsroom culture after Wick exit
The media group’s leadership team held a crisis meeting last week to discuss the situation, and the company’s board is also expected to meet this week.
- Sam Buckingham-Jones
- Opinion
- Social media
The humble email sign-off is not what it used to be
It is not exactly clear when the sign-off turned into yet another tool in the arsenal of self-promotion deployed in so much of modern corporate life, but I do not see it fading any time soon.
- Pilita Clark
- Exclusive
- Industrial relations
Qld union’s 13pc pay rise may spoil energy relief
One of the biggest first-year pay rises in the country could add 30 per cent to costs, as Labor rolls out $1300 in household energy relief ahead of the October state election.
- David Marin-Guzman