Brain
NewBurnout Is Not a Personality
It is an occupational condition with identifiable causes, and treating it as a character trait is how people stay in it for years.
Marta Vieira · 7 min read
Brain · This week's lead
Burnout Is Not a Personality
It is an occupational condition with identifiable causes, and treating it as a character trait is how people stay in it for years.
Brain — Burnout Is Not a Personality
This week at work
The Meeting You Didn't Need to Be In
Work Design · 26 Jul · 4 min read
Falling Up
Brain · 26 Jul · 6 min read
Culture Isn't a Vibe
Work Design · 26 Jul · 6 min read
The 9:47 PM Email
Work Design · 26 Jul · 5 min read
Your Eyes Are Not Tired. They Are Underblinking.
Body · 26 Jul · 2 min read
Making the Most of Your Company-Provided Eye Care
Safety Nets · 26 Jul · 3 min read
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Club rule no. 1
Most health problems at work are scheduling problems wearing a disguise.
8 hrs
sat down on an average weekday
1 in 4
workers running on burnout most weeks
23 min
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Work Design
NewCulture Isn't a Vibe
Choosing the wrong workplace culture in 2026 is not a vibes problem. It is a compensation, mental health, and career-trajectory decision the research has been quietly measuring for forty years, and most job seekers still pick on the wrong signal.
Work Survival Club · 6 min read
Work Design
NewThe 9:47 PM Email
It is 9:47 on a Wednesday and your phone lights up with a work email. You do not need to reply. You do open it. Here is what the research says about what that thirty seconds actually costs, and what "psychological detachment" means when your job lives in your pocket.
Work Survival Club · 5 min read
Body
NewThe Overlooked Weight of Your WFH Setup: When the Chair is Not Enough
While ergonomic office chairs and adjustable desks receive significant attention, the cumulative physical burden of peripheral desk equipment, particularly monitors, often goes unaddressed in remote work environments.
Work Survival Club · 3 min read
Body
NewYour Eyes Are Not Tired. They Are Underblinking.
Screen fatigue is not a personality trait. It is a blink problem, a distance problem, and a break problem, roughly in that order.
Work Survival Club · 2 min read
Body
NewYour Spine Did Not Consent to This Chair
Most office chairs are designed for a body that does not exist. Here is how to stop yours paying the difference.
Nell Okonjo · 6 min read
Body
NewWhy Your Job Is Wrecking Your Sleep
You are not bad at sleeping. You are being kept awake by a working day that never formally ended.
Dev Ramanathan · 6 min read
Brain
NewWhen Too Much Planning Becomes Another Burden
While often presented as a solution to overwhelm, excessive or rigid planning can paradoxically contribute to mental fatigue and a diminished sense of agency, particularly in high-demand work environments.
Work Survival Club · 3 min read
Body
NewThe Silent Burden of Head-Down Work: How Forward Head Posture Impacts Health
Modern work often involves prolonged screen time, which can lead to a sustained forward head posture, placing undue stress on the spine and contributing to a range of physical complaints.
Work Survival Club · 2 min read
Safety Nets
Get Checked Before Your Spreadsheet Wins
Preventive screening is deeply boring, which is why it keeps getting postponed until it becomes interesting.
Dr. Aisha Bello, reviewed by the editorial desk · 6 min read
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Field Guide01
The Desk Survival Kit
The short list of things worth spending money on when your desk has started to hurt — and the order to buy them in.
02
Noise-Cancelling Headphones and Your Brain at Work
Examining whether noise-cancelling headphones genuinely improve cognitive function and reduce stress in bustling work environments, or merely offer a temporary acoustic reprieve.
03
Things Your Back Would Buy If It Had a Wallet
A side-by-side comparison of the desk upgrades people actually ask us about, with the trade-offs left in.