The Software Watching You at Work
Employee monitoring software is now baked into the tools you already use — and most people being watched don't know it. What it tracks, what's legal, and how to protect yourself.
HR Is Not Your Friend
HR's job is to manage risk for the company, not advocate for you. Here's what that means practically — when to use HR, when not to, and how to protect your interests in any workplace situation.
Being Liked at Work Is Costing You Money
The people who get paid and promoted aren't the nicest in the room. After years as the agreeable one, I finally read the bill for being liked at work.
The Meeting That Decides Your Raise Happens Without You in the Room
Most professionals think the salary review conversation is the one they have with their manager. It isn’t. The real conversation happens in a calibration meeting — typically a two to…
What a Gap on Your Resume Actually Signals to a Hiring Manager
Hiring managers don’t think about resume gaps the way candidates do. Candidates agonize over gaps. They invent titles for the freelance work they did. They list consulting projects that were…
The Promotion You Deserve Isn’t Coming. Here’s How to Take It.
Most promotions are not given. Career advice almost never says this plainly because it’s uncomfortable. They’re negotiated, and the negotiation starts long before the conversation where you ask. I’ve been…
The Layoff Playbook Nobody Hands You on the Way Out
I’ve been tracking the layoff data closely in 2026, and the story it tells is specific: tech layoffs are up 140% year over year in Q1, Oracle cut an estimated…
The AI Job Data Most Coverage Gets Wrong
The AI and jobs discourse has two modes, and both of them are getting in the way of useful thinking about your career. Mode one is the alarm: AI is…
The Job Title System Is Broken. Here’s How to Navigate It Anyway.
A friend of mine spent years in recruiting before she realized she’d been conducting her own job search entirely wrong. She’d been searching LinkedIn for “Recruiter” and “Recruiting Manager.” Those…
Your Skills Are Worth $150 an Hour. You’re Paid for 40 of Them.
Most employed tech workers have never looked up what their skills are actually worth outside an employer’s payroll. A mid-level software engineer earning $130,000 annually at a tech company is…
