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  • Voice Choices

    November 9, 2011

    GIRL POWER

    Mel & El just wanna have fun

  • Voice Choices

    October 26, 2011

    DIVO

    The Montreal duo isn’t a fad, not anymore

  • Film

    September 14, 2011

    The Mother of All Lies in I Don't Know How She Does It

    The Montreal duo isn’t a fad, not anymore

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    Is Your Boss a Psychopath? Maybe.

    ​Have you long suspected that your boss is a psychopath? Maybe not the kind who's killing prostitutes in a rain coat to the musical stylings of Huey Lewis and the News, but...actually, now you're thinking of it, maybe that? You'll be the opposite of relieved to know that if you work in a corpo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Where's a Trendy Place I Can Take My Boss?

    ​Here's your trendy spot -- at least the guy with the hat thinks so. Floren asks: My awful boss is visiting New York (he works at the West Coast headquarters and supervises me from afar). The guy wants to be taken to a trendy place for lunch, and is likely to judge my trendiness by where I ta ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    July 6, 2011

    Baby Face

    ​Here's your trendy spot -- at least the guy with the hat thinks so. Floren asks: My awful boss is visiting New York (he works at the West Coast headquarters and supervises me from afar). The guy wants to be taken to a trendy place for lunch, and is likely to judge my trendiness by where I ta ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 11, 2011

    The Bad Sleep Well

    ​Here's your trendy spot -- at least the guy with the hat thinks so. Floren asks: My awful boss is visiting New York (he works at the West Coast headquarters and supervises me from afar). The guy wants to be taken to a trendy place for lunch, and is likely to judge my trendiness by where I ta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2011

    Working Too Much Could Kill You

    Dangerous.​News you can use! If you're working 55 hours or more a week (and who among us isn't, really?), your health may be in danger. A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine looked at 7,095 British civil servant workers who worked 11 or more hours daily. They were 67 percent mor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2011

    Daniel Radcliffe Costars With Anderson Cooper

    ​I'm serious! I'm talking about How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, the Broadway revival of the 1961 show about an ambitious young man tirelessly climbing the corporate ladder. (And no, he doesn't do it naked on top of a horse.) With Mad Men in the air, this is the third period ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Ask the Critics: Is It OK to Eat My Stinky Food in the Office?

    Wikimedia CommonsWill your coworkers enjoy the ambiance produced by your Korean fermented salted anchovies?​ For this week's "Ask the Critic," the Fork in the Road staff tries to answer a nagging, stinking question of our own: What's the proper etiquette for eating super-smelly food in an offi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    The 5 Worst Yoga Positions to Catch Your Boss In

    ​As much as we respect and adore our bosses and even our sniveling coworkers, there are certain things that should be kept to a minimum among people who slave away together on a daily basis. One of those things is yoga. There are several reasons for this, among them, spandex, sweating, a lack ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    America's Workplace: Slightly Less Coked Up, Still Stressin'

    ​According to recently released stats, the number of Americans doing coke at work has taken a downward turn, falling nearly 30 percent from the apparently high-flying recession years of 2008 and 2009 to about ".29% of the population," reports Fortune. However, twice as many of us are now using ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    December 22, 2010

    RING IN THE ROOTS

    New Year’s concerts don’t get any better

  • Blogs

    September 1, 2010

    Babies: They May Be Catching (But Not in the Way You'd Think)

    ​Alert: Babies are contagious, especially if you work with people who have babies. And we don't mean germy, although that's definitely true. Hey, at least you can take Theraflu for that. But if you "catch a baby" (and that's not what we mean) from a coworker, you're going to be stuck with that ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 11, 2010

    JUST JACK

    What do you get when you fall in love with Sean Hayes?

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2010

    For the Love of God, Just Take a Freaking Sick Day

    ​Americans are so hard. Like, we come down with swine flu and Ebola and restless leg syndrome and catch a nasty case of pinkeye on top of all that and we still go to work. Because we're Americans!

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2010

    Hooters' Invites You to Play Hooky Today, Provides Doctor's Note

    Your boss will understand.​What could be more red-blooded and American than March Madness? How about celebrating said Madness at Hooters. The bust-themed chain is offering customers a "doctor's note" excusing them from work, signed by one "Dr. Hootie." You can get one today and tomorrow at you ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2010

    MONSTER MASH

    Local comics team up for new Comedy Central cartoon

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Lindsay Lohan is Hosting a Pool Party!

    ​Lindsay Lohan's career might have hit a bit of a snag, but her partying hasn't. And now she's geting paid for it! On Saturday February 20, Lindsay is making a special appearance at the event called Pool After Dark at Harrah's casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    SantaCon Happened!

    photo by Paul Quitoriano And the Voice has the slideshow. Not everyone approves -- Jeremiah's Vanishing New York, for example, disdains the "endless pub crawl" that "begins in the morning and overwhelms my neighborhood until the wee hours of the night. The number of drunks screaming 'woo' increas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2009

    Fishmonger M. Slavin & Sons Sued for Sexual and Racial Harrassment

    rachelleb.com​The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the fish wholesaler and importer M. Slavin & Sons for male-on-male sexual, racial, and national origin harassment. The suit charges that some of M. Slavin's owners and managers subjected male and especially black American ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Inspector Goes After Higher-Ups in the Albany Man-Cave Case

    Those Albany "man cave" guys have been nailed and will be sentenced in January, but believe it or not their case is still causing trouble. Now inspector general Joseph Fisch wants action brought against three supervisors of former Office of General Services janitor Gary Pivoda and his direct superi ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    September 22, 2009

    Wild Yaks+Mia Riddle

    Those Albany "man cave" guys have been nailed and will be sentenced in January, but believe it or not their case is still causing trouble. Now inspector general Joseph Fisch wants action brought against three supervisors of former Office of General Services janitor Gary Pivoda and his direct superi ... More >>

  • Articles

    September 8, 2009

    'House-n-Home Presents Lawrence & Jus-Ed'

    Those Albany "man cave" guys have been nailed and will be sentenced in January, but believe it or not their case is still causing trouble. Now inspector general Joseph Fisch wants action brought against three supervisors of former Office of General Services janitor Gary Pivoda and his direct superi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2009

    New Yorkers Fudge Boss' Performance Review: "Approve" Bloomberg's Job But Want New Mayor

    You know the mouth-breathing Deliverance characters who consider their fellow Americans "sheeple" because they like Obama, don't churn their own butter and will not die for the gold standard? Sometimes we feel like those guys. A new poll shows that while 60 percent of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    Keeping Cubicle Inhabitants From Getting Fat

    You know the mouth-breathing Deliverance characters who consider their fellow Americans "sheeple" because they like Obama, don't churn their own butter and will not die for the gold standard? Sometimes we feel like those guys. A new poll shows that while 60 percent of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2008

    Lede of the Week

    You know the mouth-breathing Deliverance characters who consider their fellow Americans "sheeple" because they like Obama, don't churn their own butter and will not die for the gold standard? Sometimes we feel like those guys. A new poll shows that while 60 percent of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    Tales of the New Depression, Part I

    You know the mouth-breathing Deliverance characters who consider their fellow Americans "sheeple" because they like Obama, don't churn their own butter and will not die for the gold standard? Sometimes we feel like those guys. A new poll shows that while 60 percent of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2008

    What People's Sex-Ad Descriptions Really Mean

    You know the mouth-breathing Deliverance characters who consider their fellow Americans "sheeple" because they like Obama, don't churn their own butter and will not die for the gold standard? Sometimes we feel like those guys. A new poll shows that while 60 percent of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Bl ... More >>

  • Film

    October 15, 2008

    Madonna Not Quite Goddard [sic] with Filth & Wisdom

    You know the mouth-breathing Deliverance characters who consider their fellow Americans "sheeple" because they like Obama, don't churn their own butter and will not die for the gold standard? Sometimes we feel like those guys. A new poll shows that while 60 percent of New Yorkers approve of Mayor Bl ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    October 1, 2008

    OFFICE SPACE

    Work the late shift with Stephen Colbert

  • Voice Choices

    September 23, 2008

    POLY WANTS A CUDDLE

    When you just can't get enough

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2008
  • Columns

    August 5, 2008

    English-Only Bosses Just Don't Understand

    When you just can't get enough

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

    DiFara's: No Line!

    When you just can't get enough

  • Voice Choices

    May 13, 2008

    CUBICLE BLUES

    Ed Park pokes fun at the modern workplace

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2008

    Buildings Commissioner Resigns Amid Construction Chaos

    Ed Park pokes fun at the modern workplace

  • News

    March 4, 2008

    The Hoods on the Bus Go 'Round and 'Round

    Corruption at the top of the school-bus union reached middle management as well

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2007

    NY Post Metro Editor Walks Out of Newsroom and Quits

    Corruption at the top of the school-bus union reached middle management as well

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2007

    'Hounds on Restaurant Girl

    Corruption at the top of the school-bus union reached middle management as well

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2007

    Naomi Leaves Dept. of Sanitation in Couture

    Corruption at the top of the school-bus union reached middle management as well

  • Art

    November 7, 2006

    The Starting Line

    At Baruch, campus entrepreneurs scratch their itch to get businesses off the ground

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2005

    Three Days? MTA Worker's Strike Prediction

    At Baruch, campus entrepreneurs scratch their itch to get businesses off the ground

  • Theater

    May 31, 2005

    Theater

    At Baruch, campus entrepreneurs scratch their itch to get businesses off the ground

  • NYC Life

    May 3, 2005

    Yin-Yang on the Bowery; Good Drinks and Yummy Eats Too

    At Baruch, campus entrepreneurs scratch their itch to get businesses off the ground

  • NYC Life

    December 7, 2004

    Company Agenda

    At Baruch, campus entrepreneurs scratch their itch to get businesses off the ground

  • Columns

    September 24, 2002

    Red Marks

    At Baruch, campus entrepreneurs scratch their itch to get businesses off the ground

  • News

    June 13, 2000

    'The Crippled Workforce'

    Making Room for Women in New Media

  • News

    September 14, 1999

    HBO Tells 'Sopranos' Publicist To Fuggedaboudit

    Conservative, gifted, and black: too different for 'diversity'?

  • News

    November 10, 1998

    I Spy

    Is The Ceo Reading Your E-Mail?

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