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Downed Server Trashes 70,000 US Federal Job Applications

With unemployment at 9.1 per cent in the US, many are turning to (and relying on) the US government to help them out with jobs. This is great! Except when the federal jobs server goes down, erasing the hopes of 70,000 people. Oops.

June 9, 2011
News

Unemployed Japanese Flock To Radiation-Contaminated Fukushima

Japanese workers are so desperate for work that many are travelling to devastated areas of the country to find employment in the risky field of radiation cleanup.

August 26, 2010
Entertainment

Why Working From Home Is Both Awesome And Horrible

Many dream about a job which will allow them to work from home. After all, there’s something appealing about the idea of not needing to put on pants to clock in. Unfortunately though, such a gig isn’t without problems.

July 22, 2010
Online

Is It Time To Add Your Boss To This Sexual Harassment Registry?

Whether he was a perverted old man, a cruel taskmaster or just plain annoying, we’ve all had a bad boss at some point. There’s a new website though – complete with a sexual harassment registry – that lets you vent about him.

June 27, 2008
Software

What It’s Like Working Under Bill Gates

Joel Spolsky has a very interesting account of what it was like working as a program manager for Microsoft in 1992. We don’t want to ruin the story, because it’s a really good one that you should check out for yourself, but the gist of it is that Bill Gates used to be extremely hands-on with his software developers.

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