Workplace

Workplace

The Plate Spinner: Advice for busy young adults

Have you ever seen a plate spinner? A guy sets up a stick, puts a ridiculously fragile plate on top of it and spins the stick, such that the plate on top spins in tandem and stays upright in an...

Workplace

Why I stay in my job, despite bad bosses and dodgy practices

I used to think that engineers had a life relatively free of “work politics”. After all, the stereotypes suggest engineers are shy, awkward and harmless, right? So fresh out of college, I...

Devotionals

Time to pay the price

Redeeming the time (kairos) because the days are evil. (Ephesians 5:16) Man’s days are evil — full of pain and laborious trouble. Yet in between the humdrum of life, God appoints kairos...

Work

Honestly, how do you feel about work?

In the mundane day-to-day overload of work and school, busyness has established itself as a badge of honour. It is a carefully crafted connotation of “success” in a culture which...

Workplace

The appraisal to end all appraisals

Ahh, appraisal season. Doesn’t matter which end you’re on – whether you’re appraiser or appraisee – there’s one thing we can all agree on: We’re all happy when...

Workplace

Should I quit my job?

Yes you should! Right now! Obviously, you wouldn’t accept that as an answer. Not from me anyway – someone who hardly knows you. I struggled with that question more than a year ago. And I quit...

Workplace

I let OT crush my soul

Some summers back I earned a highly coveted internship at a renowned design studio. It was like a dream come true – I really couldn’t have asked for more. Little did I know that it was going to...