“Employees say that the Bezos ideal, a meritocracy in which people and ideas compete and the best win, where co-workers challenge one another ‘even when doing so is uncomfortable or exhausting,’ as the leadership principles note, has turned into a world of frequent combat.”
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Keeping Theatre Wages Fair Is Super Hard – But Not Impossible
“As the financial realities of our operation become more constrained, the pressure on the pay and working conditions for those people we employ increases, and any attempts to narrow the gap between how we pay our freelancers and our full-time staff become yet more challenging.”
You Can Never Be Too Old For Ballet
“Just as gardening is not just a means to fresh air and purposeful exercise (but also produces the delights of a garden), so ballet for old people is no merely useful in strengthening muscles or regaining suppleness. It adds a new character to its practitioners’ hundred other accomplishments. Forget the tutus and pumps; ballet begins inside.”
The Guercino Stolen Last Weekend Was Just Sitting Around Unprotected And Uninsured
“According to the parish priest Gianni Gherardi, who reported the theft, the church could not afford to insure the painting. Its alarm system – fitted during a renovation in the mid-1990s that was financed by the local bank Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Modena – had been inactive since the funds dried up.”