When to disclose illness at work

Last week, my “mom” Marlene Kahan sent me a link to Lisa Belkin’s article in The New York Times: “I’m Ill, But Who Really Needs to Know?” At first I thought it was an FYI forward; Marlene and I share many things, among them duels with our respective chronic illnesses that have deeply affected how [...]

The best jobs for 2008

There’s a lot of anxiety these days about job security. Maybe it’s the oncoming recession. Maybe it’s the presidential campaigns, which keep telling us we’re anxious about job security. Maybe it’s the job evaluation I’m having later today (for a workplace that shunned evaluations for years, suddenly we’re up to one a quarter). Whatever it [...]