Building Bright: Issue #109

We’re still in summer mode, so here’s some links we’re talking about this week.

🏝️ Today in unique benefits: this company bought a private island for employees to vacation on.

💨 Checking your email? You’re probably not breathing.

💆🏽‍♀️ Would you work multiple jobs at once? What about multiple HR jobs? (If you’ve ever worked even one, you might be exhausted just thinking about it).

✔️ Companies advertising pregnancy termination benefits are getting 8% more clicks on their job postings than companies who don’t.

💕 A cool handbook on creating accessible digital experiences. Share with your designers!

🫠 “Urgency culture” keeps rising; first with the advent of smartphones (email, anywhere!) and then the blurring of home and office that remote work brings. It’s harder to resist when you’re from an underrepresented community and always feeling like you need to prove yourself.

🤢 Does the thought of taking a vacation make you anxious? Does the trouble of taking time off work not seem worth it? You’re not right, but you’re also not alone.

🧛🏻‍♀️ The latest workwear trend? Corporate goths.

🫡 Today in irony, employees at Zoom are being asked to return to the office.

Coming Up

• 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸: September 4th is Labour Day.

• Catch team B+E live at these upcoming events:

  • Steph Bergman, HR and DEI team lead, will be chatting virtually with Oyster HR’s People Builders community about how to nurture Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) and DEI in general in a remote setting. Tickets are free with registration.

  • Nora will be doing a live workshop for founders at Cultivator’s Startup Summit in Regina, SK (September 13). If you’re there, say hi!

  • Bright + Early be giving a hands-on masterclass on building and scaling People Ops at Elevate Festival in Toronto, on September 27th. This will be first-come-first-serve if you already have an Elevate ticket, so be sure to grab yours now.

An extra ask!

We’re looking for:

a) smart freelance writers who want to contribute to Early Magazine. Pitch us! Our rate is 50 cents per word, and generally we’re looking for experienced writers who want to explore a unique concept related to work. We are open to really creative ideas here. No listicles or boring, standard business advice.

b) a rad social media freelancer who gets our vibe and can handle day to day cross-platform posting as well as creating some basic visuals.

Just hit reply if this is you or you know someone we should meet.

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