So, you want to be a professor? You find simple joy in studying your field of interest, whether it be literature, or engineering, or anthropology. Your grades are stellar. And so you think, why not get paid to study this for the rest of your life? Think again.
Increasingly, people are taking their work home with them, and continuing off the clock—students are no exception to this pattern.
There’s still a premium placed on experience, and unpaid placements definitely still exist. But one key change does happen—financial responsibility.
Scandinavian countries have been experimenting with this concept for a few years. A recent study of Swedish firms found that when workdays were only six hours long, productivity and worker satisfaction improved, while turnover dropped.
Experts say women are at a disadvantage when it comes to studying business, illustrated in part by low enrolment of female MBA students.
