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Because I work for a company larger than most nation-states, the girls were given a full schedule of speakers, activities and meetings--generally a more packed workday than I've ever had. First we took on an assignment to put together an actual printed magazine in three hours; my group had to photograph, report and write a story about the TIME art department. My reporting team, ages 9 and 10, was shockingly smart, culturally aware, energetic and uninhibited. By this I mean that when we went to interview a page designer about her job, the girls, poised...
Karl Ritzler, however, has some retirement advice worth repeating: "Neither of my parents lived to be 60. I want to end the grind of the workday and do more of the things I enjoy...I may even work at the local Wal-Mart," he says with a laugh before adding, "This is a learning experience; nothing is set in stone." Until you are--but that's an entirely different kind of retirement...
...Vikings veterans won't let Birk to do for very long. It turns out that the coaches aren't the only ones that are so demanding of the red-headed giant. Locker room hijinks of Birk's less-than-accommodating teammates have added a little spice to the monotonous workday...
Three-martini lunches are out, but workers are still imbibing--occasionally. Some 23% of managers sometimes have a drink during the workday, and 25% of all workers occasionally come in with a hangover. Why care? Researchers now think casual drinking is a big cause of absenteeism, tardiness and poor productivity...
...year, Henry Ford shocked the world with what probably stands as his greatest contribution ever: the $5-a-day minimum-wage scheme. The average wage in the auto industry then was $2.34 for a 9-hr. shift. Ford not only doubled that, he also shaved an hour off the workday. In those years it was unthinkable that a guy could be paid that much for doing something that didn't involve an awful lot of training or education. The Wall Street Journal called the plan "an economic crime," and critics everywhere heaped "Fordism" with equal scorn...