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‘I was terrified of the tea round’: the small changes that can help neurodivergent people thrive at work

Workers with ADHD and autism bring impressive skills and dedication to their jobs, but face challenges neurotypical employers may not consider. A few key adjustments can be transformative

Stress bragging: why workload boasts are bad for you – and your colleagues

Are you in the habit of telling everyone how overstretched you are? A new study has found that it might make you less likable and less competent, while undermining your co-workers

Should all workers get unhappiness leave? It beats awaydays, work-life balance seminars and company yoga

Staff at a Chinese supermarket chain can take ‘unhappy days’ whenever they want. Perhaps we’re finally recognising a basic truth: work doesn’t make us happy, says Emma Beddington

I’m desperately unhappy with my job, but my boss relies on me. Should I quit?

We often wind up with feelings of obligation towards our work, writes advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith. But ask yourself: would your employer think the same?

The soft life: why millennials are quitting the rat race

Ambition once came with a promise: a home, a salary, progress and fulfilment. What happens when that promise is broken? Meet the women who are turning their backs on consumerism, materialism and burnout

Thank you, NHS England, for offering baby-loss leave. This kindness should be every employee’s right

Only about one-fifth of employers give paid leave after miscarriage, says Kat Brown, editor of No One Talks About This Stuff: 22 Stories of Almost Parenthood

‘I’m not judging you’ – midwife Juno Carey on what it’s like to work in an abortion clinic

She’s looked after teenagers, rape survivors and trafficked sex workers – and assisted at terminations while she’s been pregnant herself. Still, she wouldn’t change her job for anything.

Workplace AI, robots and trackers are bad for quality of life, study finds

Tech such as laptops, tablets and instant messaging has more positive effect on wellbeing, says thinktank

My inability to say no is making me cry. But what can I do about it?

I stupidly said yes to a job I should have run a mile from. This must stop

‘Ageing isn’t inevitable’: The 100-Year-Life co-author on how to live well for longer

Andrew Scott says we can stop one of humanity’s biggest achievements turning into a dystopian near-future

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