Issue 130: Lots o' links

So much is happening in the world of work this week! Here’s your curated catchup.

-Nora and team B+E

• Turns out that orchestrating moments of “organizational nostalgia” increases meaning and lowers burnout and turnover at work. Time for a slideshow of the good times?

• An informative article about crafting better paid leave policies for abuse victims (a content warning here)

• Is wildly disproportionate negative feedback causing high performing women to quit?

• Forbes has compiled some key HR statistics and trends for 2024. According to them, organizations need stronger work on career paths and more attention to burnout but….less HR staff? Make it make sense

• An interesting exploration of nonprofit compensation and economic justice

• How’s RTO working out? Well, it seems like 20% of all employees are straight up ignoring return-to-office rules

• WordPress-gate = $$$: employees that didn’t agree with CEO’s drama given $30k to leave. 159 of them took him up on it.

• Good person, poor output? Some thoughts on balancing the social side and performance side of the people we work with

• Do managers have more bad days? Here are some insights and tips for dealing with them

• A resource for job hunters: Questions for potential employers. Because interviews are a two way street!

• Wait, when did the Razr come out? The Verge has a fun quiz about all the tech and pop culture news that happened in 2004 and 2024. Did it all happen then, now or both?

What’s New at B+E 🍏

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NEW: Bright Jobs ☀️

Every week, we’ll share a curated list of exciting jobs at Bright + Early partners. Bright + Early organizations are all committed to building human, inclusive places to work. Note that we’re not involved in hiring– please apply directly!

• The Narwhal is looking for both a web developer, and video producer. Both roles are remote across Canada

• The June Motel is seeking a Property Manager for its Beaver Valley location. Dream life!

• Indigenous and woman- led training solutions developer RaceRocks is hiring a Business Development Manager to join their remote team, preferably in Ottawa

• Indiegraf is hiring a Senior WordPress Developer for a remote position based in the Vancouver area

Coming Up 👀

• Today, October 16, is International Pronouns Day. A good opportunity to put in some best practices around sharing pronouns at work

• October 17 is the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

• The Logic Summit is taking place on October 28th in Toronto

• October 31 is Diwali, Halloween and Samhain

• November 3rd we gain an hour as Daylight Savings Time ends

• On November 6th and 7th, Bright + Early’s Clea Arrieta will be speaking at the Queertech QTQonference

• November 7th is also International Inuit Day

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