Word: workweek
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...leads yet as to who might have created the Worm.Explore.Zip virus, but the betting here is that he?s a disgruntled 9-to-5er. After nearly dropping off the charts this weekend, the worm that burns roared back for the workweek, spreading like wildfire over office networks, infecting everyone connected even if only one schnook makes a wrong click. "All it takes is one person to make that mistake," says TIME technology writer Chris Taylor, "and everybody else loses all their Word, Excel and PowerPoint files ?- irretrievably...
...senior consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Fort Lee, N.J., took advantage of the firm's flextime policy because she wanted to pursue an outside interest--becoming an emergency medical technician with a volunteer ambulance corps. In September she took a 40% pay cut and went from a 55-hr. workweek to a 24-hr. workweek at the consulting firm. She spends the rest of the week in training to become an EMT. She has an understanding with the company that she can go back to work full time when, and if, she wants...
Most folks are a bit cranky on the first day of the workweek, but their Monday blues are nothing compared with those of the stock market. Last week's 512-point plunge in the Dow was just the latest jolt to Wall Street (and international markets) after the weekend--from Oct. 28, 1929, to Black Monday in 1987, to the 554-point dive last Oct. 27. Indeed, half of the 10 biggest drops in the Dow's history, both in percentage and point terms, came on Monday, which has been the worst day of the week for stocks over...
...slumber that is my Saturday morning is payment for my nocturnal brilliance. It is proof that one can seize the day; the whole day. Unfortunately, Saturday mornings blend into Saturday afternoons where the peace and relaxation of the weekend becomes overshadowed by the approaching workweek...
...been part-time professional work, especially for women. They are quietly getting the work done while at the same time feeling good about their families. For them, part-time employment offers a unique package of family values, feminism and fat paychecks all wrapped up in one gloriously shorter workweek. NANCY CHAMBERS AND CINDY TOLLIVER Cliffside Park...