Worklife

Getting Rich in San Francisco Politics: The Cost of Gavin Newsom's Affair

Girl Talk Says Journey Is Big As They've Ever Been: Damn Right

The Top 20 Songs of Cube-mate Torture

Banhart, ?uestlove, Martsch -- The Top 10 Beards in Modern Music

Saturday Dispatch: Jell-O Wrestling at SOMA's End Up Bar

Move Your Desk? Yes. Take Your Stapler? Yes. Thumbscrews? No. Web Site Answers What Your Boss Can and Can't Do

In an economy where 667 folks apply to land a job pushing a broom, it's a good bet that the nation's employers may attempt to get away with whatever they damn well can.Since the textile industry has largely moved overseas, modern-day Norma Raes aren't going to be able to lean over your shoulder to r ... More >>

Chatterbox

In an economy where 667 folks apply to land a job pushing a broom, it's a good bet that the nation's employers may attempt to get away with whatever they damn well can.Since the textile industry has largely moved overseas, modern-day Norma Raes aren't going to be able to lean over your shoulder to r ... More >>

Chatterbox

In an economy where 667 folks apply to land a job pushing a broom, it's a good bet that the nation's employers may attempt to get away with whatever they damn well can.Since the textile industry has largely moved overseas, modern-day Norma Raes aren't going to be able to lean over your shoulder to r ... More >>

Savage Love

In an economy where 667 folks apply to land a job pushing a broom, it's a good bet that the nation's employers may attempt to get away with whatever they damn well can.Since the textile industry has largely moved overseas, modern-day Norma Raes aren't going to be able to lean over your shoulder to r ... More >>

Too Much Nature

Getting wet at the Academy of Sciences.

Filth and Wisdom

Getting wet at the Academy of Sciences.

The Chief Is In (for Now)

With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.

Their Money Where Your Pride Is

With homicide cases going unsolved and morale in the police department sinking, Heather Fong's days as chief may be numbered.

Mother’s Work

Some working moms face job discrimination, while others encounter barriers to success. They're all potential activists for the new grass-roots group, MomsRising.

Get Out of Town, Already

Leave the BlackBerry home this year -- break out of vacation deprivation and relax

Shafted

Waging a Living puts faces to America's working poor

Office Politics

Signing petitions, issuing apologies -- what's a modern worker to do?

Homeland Sinecurity

A chat with the man who does nothing, all day long, for the Department of Homeland Security

Best Musician Wed Rather Didnt Quit His Day Job

JBOT/Jay Vance

The Corrections

Handling grammar nerds, bosses who interrupt, and the urge to egg a neighbor's car

Work It Out

Handling grammar nerds, bosses who interrupt, and the urge to egg a neighbor's car

Bad Seeds

The polite response to saliva-covered sunflower shells dropped on your bare toes

Best Place to Watch Local Professional Athletes

San Francisco's Strip Clubs

Office Surprise

Tired of your co-workers stealing your milk? Here's how to stop it

Modern Love

The etiquette of online dating

Best Community Organizer

Ron Morgan

Organizing Coordinator, Bernal Heights Neighborhood Center

A Black and White Issue

A lawsuit alleging racism at Amtrak's Oakland yard has made it to the Supreme Court -- and could affect discrimination cases nationwide

Chars and Stripes

The etiquette of flag burning

Rikke's Angels

They're young, beautiful corporate headhunters for the high-tech industry. How have they survived the crash of 2001? Simple: By partying like it's 1999.

Social Grace

Work Jerks

Social Grace

I Want Chopsticks Too!; Funeral Arrangements; Compliments in the Workplace

Best Place to Rave After Work

"Qoöl" at 111 Minna Street Gallery

Social Grace

Mr. Evil; Forking Pizza; Old-fashioned Gentleman

Closed Shop

Organizer out of work after bucking SEIU 790's Willie Brown lovefest

South to the Future

Workers Strike Against Incandescent Light in Factories
Machinery left running unmanned, explosion at E. Beigh factory
Thousands protest extension of workday into evening

Lab Rats

UCSF's Stanley Prusiner is a Nobel laureate and superstar of medical research. But employees don't feel safe working for him.

Letters

UCSF's Stanley Prusiner is a Nobel laureate and superstar of medical research. But employees don't feel safe working for him.

My Supermarket, My Friend

Is that forced Safeway smile a customer service, or an annoying attempt to control?

Savage Love

Is that forced Safeway smile a customer service, or an annoying attempt to control?

Letters

Is that forced Safeway smile a customer service, or an annoying attempt to control?

REAL ASTROLOGY for an unreal world

Is that forced Safeway smile a customer service, or an annoying attempt to control?

Follow the Bouncing Bill: Alioto-Pier's New Aide Says Job Was Spur-of-the-Moment Offer

FacebookNewly minted Alioto-Pier legislative aide Bill Barnes displays decor he no longer needsWhen former Chris Daly legislative aide Bill Barnes quit his post as Assemblywoman Fiona Ma's chief of staff last year, we asked him if the rumors were true -- was he going to work for Supervisor Michela A ... More >>

Supes Fan Flames of Labor Blaze With Survey Stating S.F. Firefighters Work Least, Earn Most Per Hour Among Bay Area Cities

The ongoing pissing contest between the firefighters union and the progressive wing of the Board of Supervisors escalated to the point that they could put out a fire on their own today. The supes released a survey of Bay Area fire departments stating that San Francisco's firefighters work the fewest ... More >>

Firefighters Union Fires Back After Supes Release Survey Implying SFFD Is Overpaid, Underworked

Firefighters union head John Hanley dropped SF Weekly a line this morning, and shot us a quick one-page rebuttal to the Board of Supervisors-commissioned survey we reported on last week that claimed San Francisco's firefighters work the least and earn near the most among 14 Bay Area fire departments ... More >>

Rec and Park Spokeswoman to Leave Department for Cash-Flush Democratic Group

Recreation and Park Department Spokeswoman Lisa Seitz Gruwell will be leaving city government after just over a year on the job, department General Manager Phil Ginsburg announced today.The spokeswoman goes. The pagoda abides​Speaking at this afternoon's Recreation and Park Commission meeting, Gin ... More >>

@sk Jamie Varon: Help! My boss added me on Foursquare

Recreation and Park Department Spokeswoman Lisa Seitz Gruwell will be leaving city government after just over a year on the job, department General Manager Phil Ginsburg announced today.The spokeswoman goes. The pagoda abides​Speaking at this afternoon's Recreation and Park Commission meeting, Gin ... More >>

@sk Jamie Varon: I lied on my LinkedIn profile

Recreation and Park Department Spokeswoman Lisa Seitz Gruwell will be leaving city government after just over a year on the job, department General Manager Phil Ginsburg announced today.The spokeswoman goes. The pagoda abides​Speaking at this afternoon's Recreation and Park Commission meeting, Gin ... More >>

Rally Today for Ferry Worker, Allegedly Fired for 'Acting Too Gay'

While the world's greatest seafaring empire was unabashedly founded on the back of "rum, sodomy, and the lash," it seems even a bit of risque talk can cost one a seafaring job these days. And by "risque" we don't mean in-depth conversations about rum or the lash. The Harvey Milk LGBT club and Pride ... More >>

Sexist double standards in the land of "Star Wars"

While the world's greatest seafaring empire was unabashedly founded on the back of "rum, sodomy, and the lash," it seems even a bit of risque talk can cost one a seafaring job these days. And by "risque" we don't mean in-depth conversations about rum or the lash. The Harvey Milk LGBT club and Pride ... More >>

Ranger Noir: S.F. Park Patrol Run as Money-Making Machine

While the world's greatest seafaring empire was unabashedly founded on the back of "rum, sodomy, and the lash," it seems even a bit of risque talk can cost one a seafaring job these days. And by "risque" we don't mean in-depth conversations about rum or the lash. The Harvey Milk LGBT club and Pride ... More >>