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The Office: An In-Depth Analysis of Workplace User Behavior

The Office: An In-Depth Analysis of Workplace User Behavior

By The Styles Desk September 17, 2019

How we love and hate to go to work.

Instructions for use:

1. The Office Confession Regurgitator

Step 1)

Press buttons below.

Step 2)

The machine will eject a true-life confession, told by readers of The New York Times.

2. Seven Interrogations of Office Existence

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Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life, by Claire Cain Miller and Sanam Yar. This is an analysis of how millennials and Gen Z-ers are going to fix the troubles of the workplace we have made.

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They Are What You Eat, by Caity Weaver. This documents a visit to the headquarters of Focus Brands, which makes your favorite mall foods.

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Company Socializing Has Become Work, by Alex Williams. An inquiry: Must we play games with our colleagues?

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Personality Tests Are the Astrology of the Office, by Emma Goldberg. In which we discover that the Myers-Briggs test can ruin your life.

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Women Poop. Sometimes At Work. Get Over It, by Jessica Bennett and Amanda McCall. We have found that the body must be taken to the office. The body emits things.

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The Plight of the Office Introvert, by Ethan Hauser. This documents the passionate opinions of your quietest co-workers.

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The Awkward but Essential Art of Office Chitchat, by Lindsay Mannering. In which we reassure you about your ability to pass among normal humans.

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A.S.M.R. Mindfulness

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Young People Are Going to Save Us All From Office Life

Gen Z-ers and millennials have been called lazy and entitled. Could they, instead, be among the first to understand the proper role of work in life?

By Claire Cain Miller and Sanam Yar

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They Are What You Eat

A visit to the headquarters of your favorite mall foods, where Cinnabon lives alongside Jamba and Carvel.

By Caity Weaver

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Company Socializing Has Become Work

Two words: Mandatory. Fun.

By Alex Williams

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Personality Tests Are the Astrology of the Office

Psychometric tests like Color Code, Myers-Briggs and DiSC have become a goofy part of corporate life. But what happens when we take them seriously?

By Emma Goldberg

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Women Poop. Sometimes At Work. Get Over It.

Why must the bathroom continue to be fraught?

By Jessica Bennett and Amanda McCall

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The Plight of the Office Introvert

Open-plan seating. Brainstorming sessions. Shudder.

By Ethan Hauser

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The Awkward but Essential Art of Office Chitchat

We regret to inform you that you need to make small talk with your co-workers. Here’s how to master it.

By Lindsay Mannering

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