This week’s Careers newsletter covers the importance of work friendships, including advice on building relationships with colleagues, the latest on remote work and more.

We are deep within one of the harder seasons for work-life integration. Yes, integration. I don’t like the word “balance,” because we never really have clean-cut boundaries between work and life. We ...

You walk into the office and are greeted with smiles, small talk, and compliments. It seems like everyone is warm and approachable — a dream work environment. But as time passes, the cracks begin to ...

An estimated 1 crore Indians go to work everyday and 99 lakh of them avoid making small-talk with their co-workers once they get there. Some of us will put on headphones to avoid talking to our ...

Everyone brings their own personality to work. Some colleagues feel familiar, while others seem completely different. But how ...

Critical colleagues are treasured gems when they help you develop better insight and discover new possibilities. But some peers don’t listen supportively or bother to cushion their comments. They may ...

You never know what someone is going through. Your colleagues in the workplace may be dealing with any number of really difficult personal situations—a family member facing a serious disease, a child ...

What to do about a colleague who insists on doing everything from home? I work at a university. All of our classes are in-person. I have a colleague who lives about 10 minutes from our campus. She ...