Why “quiet hired” is terrible for women and people of color

Just when we thought we had heard enough of the newfangled workplace phenomena that came out of the COVID-19 pandemic, here comes another: “quiet hiring!” Like last year’s omnipresent “quiet quitting,” this term is nothing new. Quiet hiring refers to the phenomenon in which employers get the skills they need by adding new responsibilities or…

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4 ways to fight proximity bias in hybrid work setups

“Proximity bias” is a term that was developed by psychologists (most prominently, Daniel Kahneman) in the 1970s to describe the phenomenon in which humans tend to favor people who are physically closer to them versus those who are further away. Interest in this topic has increased ever since March 2020, when, as a result of…

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