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The Secret Life of a Public Library Security Guard

In between the rare maps and historical stacks, fishing out fornicators and nixing narcotics transactions are all in a day’s work for one of Portland’s finest.

World War II Advice: Defeat The Enemy By Being A Terrible Employee

People Who Use Standing Desks Sit More at Home, Study Finds

Don’t feel too bad about not hopping on the standing-desk trend.

The Lectores Who Read to Cuba's Cigar Rollers

For 150 years, Cuban cigar makers have been kept informed by their lectores: readers who keep their minds occupied while their hands do the work.

Want to Be More Productive? Listen to This Kind of Music

Your iTunes playlist can coax your brain into the zone—if you know how to use it.

40 Years Ago, the Women of Iceland Went on Strike

Predictably, the whole country ground to a halt.

Sweden Experiments with 30-Hour Work Week

Employers think shorter days will lead to improved productivity and morale.

4 Ways to Take Better Breaks at Work

The best time for a break is mid-morning.

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A Remote Primary School in Scotland is Looking for a New Teacher

The catch? There are only five students—and you might need a boat.

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When Work Drives You Mad: Tales From the Deadly "Loony Gas" Building

Work driving you crazy? Try telling that to workers at Standard Oil Refinery's TEL facility.

Watch: Building a Hut from Scratch

This guy built a rad hut complete with a chimney, bed, walls, the whole deal--from scratch. More like this, please.

The Early Jobs of 9 World Leaders

Heads of state: They really are just like us.

5 Ways Physical Gestures Influence Your Thinking

Slouching affects more than just your back.

Office Buildings Are Scientifically Too Cold For Women

Offices are too cold for everyone, and that’s wasting precious energy.

Feeling Angry? Take a Nap

A nap heightens people's ability to withstand frustration, according to a new study.

How to Know if You'll Get Replaced by a Robot

12 Old Words to Spice Up Your Gossip and Common Complaints

Procrastination Through the Ages: A Brief History of Wasting Time

9 Amazing Tipping Stories

We hear a lot of bad stories about cheap tippers and even cruel tippers, but it’s a lot rarer to hear about excessive and genuinely kind tippers. Fortunately, such people are out there.

5 Reasons Pets are Great for the Workplace

Rover and Mittens could be the key to higher productivity.

Thomas Edison's Eccentric Job Interview Questions: A Cheat Sheet

Thomas Edison had an encyclopedic memory, and by the early 1920s, he had become increasingly frustrated by the fact that college graduates applying to work for him didn’t have a wealth of knowledge comparable to his own.