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  • Professor Kevin Murphy

    University of Limerick

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    Professor Kevin Murphy is the Kemmy Chair of Work and Employment Studies at the University of Limerick

    On your bike: 'once your manager sees that you have made it to the office, you can beat a hasty retreat and go back to where you are likely to be more productive – at home.'

    How coffee badging became a new workplace trend

    It joins 'quiet quitting' as another pinch point between employers and employees over the future of the workplace.

    Work and careers • 11 Aug 25
    A four-day working week means a three-day weekend every week. Photo: Getty Images

    Are you ready for the four-day working week?

    This might be a good time to re-examine long-standing assumptions about how and when we work

    Work and Careers • 01 Jul 25
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    How to decide when it's time to leave your job

    If your job is driving you crazy or making you sick, leaving is better than staying even if the alternatives are not entirely clear

    Work and careers • 18 Jun 25
    Donald Trump and Elon Musk White House March 2025

    Why having a massive public row with your boss rarely ends well

    The spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is a vivid example of how a massive blowup with your boss can be destructive and dangerous

    Work and careers • 09 Jun 25
    'The amount, size and quality of your office furniture is often a sure sign of power and status.'

    The importance of having a desk in the office to call your own

    Employers forcing workers back to the office when they no longer have a desk (or office) are making some obvious and less obvious mistakes

    Work and careers • 30 May 25
    ' The best you can do is continue to build skills that are valuable and transferable and to realise that other generations have successfully weathered these changes.'

    Note to Generation X workers: the workplace is always changing

    Historical analysis provides a harsh truth that people who bank on the world of work never changing are likely to lose out

    Work and careers • 19 May 25
    "What has been accomplished so far by the Trump administration? Democrats and Republicans will probably answer this question differently, but some things are beyond dispute." Photo: Getty Images

    Why Trump's first 100 days could not be further from Roosevelt's

    In 1933, the U.S. faced a real emergency, but today the country faces a series of phoney emergencies cooked up by the Trump administration

    Donald Trump • 29 Apr 25
    Facebook/Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and X/Twitter/DOGE's Elon Musk: 'We know from history that granting great power, great wealth and a fawning set of courtiers rarely works out well'

    Careless people: the decline and fall of the tech bros

    As a new book shows, growth and success has turned optimistic tech startups into corporate cesspits of greed, manipulation and contempt

    Work and careers • 09 Apr 25
    'Supporting a work climate where employees take advantage of sabbatical leaves means they will come back with more skills, a broader outlook and more energy to tackle the world of work.' Photo: Getty Images

    Why career breaks are good for you, your employer and co-workers

    Research suggests that a break from the workplace would benefit employees and employers in ways that are not immediately evident

    Work and careers • 03 Mar 25
    'If you are fear DEI, you probably have the wrong idea of what DEI entails'. Photo: Getty Images

    Why have diversity workplace policies become so controversial?

    Workplace DEI policies have become an all-purpose right-wing boogeyman in the US for everything from wildfires to plane crashes

    Work and careers • 11 Feb 25
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