The Added Challenges of Women in Engineering
Women in Bangladesh go through multiple hardships while building a career because of the remnants of a back-dated ideology. Although many families invest in their daughters' education; the conservative and patriarchal viewpoints often restrict them from building a career in…
Transitioning from University to Work Life is Both Harder (and Easier) than You Think
The transition from student life to work life can be critical and overwhelming, and the experience is very distinct for every individual. Every graduate has some expectations from his/her job; the reality however, can be significantly different from those expectations.…
Why Workaholics and Weekenders Both Have Important Parts to Play in an Office
I must confess, when I started writing this piece, I didn’t think that I would end up using this screen grab of Jim and Dwight. By some strange twist of fate, however, both of them perfectly illustrate the types of…
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start to Love the Grind
There comes moments in your life that leaves lasting impressions on your mind and soul. These moments either make you or break you. Sometimes, they do both. I can count at least three such moments in my life so far,…
It’s Okay to Live for the Weekends
The recent advent of the hustle culture has given rise to mindless drones pretending to love their work while loathing weekends. This is perpetuated by increasing numbers of popular personalities preaching the benefits of loving the struggle. Those people want…
Yes, Millennials Work for Money. But We Need a Lot More than That, too.
We talk about media literacy these days, and that’s fine. I would say, it’s even absolutely necessary. However, we also need to talk about this little thing called work literacy, too. To say that a job is a job, or work…
