Game Plan

You spend more time at your job than just about anywhere else. Game Plan, a weekly show hosted by Bloomberg reporter Rebecca Greenfield and editor Francesca Levy, takes a close look at the way we live our lives at work. Greenfield and Levy dive into everything from how we started speaking in office jargon to the strategic value of being nice to your colleagues. It turns out that there’s a lot more to say about the office grind than you may have realized.

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Maybe You'll Get Ahead by Being Nicer at Work

Some people abide by the Steve Jobs' theory of getting ahead at work: Be a jerk. In fact, the workplace in general is getting meaner, at least by some metrics. People have fewer friends than they used to and have less regard for their coworkers. But there's a case to be made for politeness at work. Francesca and Rebecca talk to the writer Paul Ford about how being a polite person has advanced his career. Plus, they learn a fun party trick. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Aug 02, 2016•25 min

Money Talks

How much money do you make? It's a question that makes a lot of people uncomfortable. Like politics and religion, our salaries are something we don't like to talk about with anyone but our closest friends and family. It can get awkward. Yet pay secrecy can lead to wage discrimination, especially against minorities and women. So, in this week's episode Francesca and Rebecca put it all out there. They talk about money -- how we get what we deserve and what we do with it once we have it. Joining th...

Jul 26, 2016•28 min

Why We Hate Office Jargon So Much

In this inaugural episode, Rebecca and Francesca talk office jargon--meaningless terms and phrases like synergy, circle back, and touch base that we're all guilty of using. Where do these words come from? How do they spread? And why do we hate them so much? To talk about this workplace pox, Rebecca and Francesca talk to comedian Sara Schaefer. Schaefer spent five years working in a law firm, which inspired her to write the web series Day Job. They discuss lawyer jargon, journalism jargon, comedi...

Jul 19, 2016•29 min

Welcome to Game Plan

You spend more time at your job than anywhere else. In their new show, Bloomberg's Rebecca Greenfield and Francesca Levy take a close look at the way we live our lives at work, from how we started speaking office jargon to the strategic value of being nice to your coworkers. Here's a taste of what you'll hear each week. Stay tuned for the first full length episode, which debuts Wednesday, July 20. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Jul 12, 2016•2 min

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