Work Gen Z and work: is the ‘lazy generation’ just a stereotype? Lazy, spoilt, demanding? Gen Z is fighting for its reputation – and it’s their work ethic above all that’s being called into question. Is there anything to the stereotypes?
Work Cannabis as a career: how a dealer became a businessman. He cycled through the suburbs with bags full of weed – and everything went to plan. A former dealer explains why the cannabis trade made more sense to him than any shift job.
Work Taking a break – out of sight. In the back room, in the warehouse, on crates in the back yard: breaks are part of the working day – and often happen out of sight. Quiet, unremarkable, indispensable.
Work Juggling family and work: working, being a mother, staying human. A degree, a job and four daughters – Dalila has combined what seemed impossible. One special source of support kept her going again and again.
Work Milk churn meets mixing desk: new beginnings in Poland’s Podlasie. Few places in Poland are as sparsely populated as Podlasie. While many people leave, some are building something of their own here – out of conviction and family ties.
Work Wanted: travelling shepherd. Travelling shepherds are slowly disappearing from the pastures. Why there are still good reasons not to let the profession die out.
Work Expo observatory in Melle: the world’s largest amateur telescope. When estate agent Bernd Schröter set out to build the world’s largest amateur telescope, many people thought he was mad. But in time for Expo 2000, he really did open his observatory.
Work New Work: the philosopher who emptied the offices. New Work didn’t start with the pandemic but with the radical vision of a thinker in the 1980s. His ideas are more relevant today than ever.
Work A professional dancer at the limit: six and a half hours of training – every day. Robert Robinson dances to the point of pain – knowing that a single misstep could end everything he has worked for over the years.
Work Arolsen Archives: when remembering becomes work. A small town in Hesse looks after one of the largest collections on Nazi persecution. There’s a specific reason why its location isn’t public.
Work 800 euros less: a ZDF journalist on the gender pay gap. Her male colleagues earn considerably more – for the same work. What needs to happen so that equal treatment isn’t just theory?
Work Kidfluencers as a business model: when children become a commodity. Child influencers earn their parents a lot of money – but who protects the youngest when their privacy is marketed in public?
Work Parental leave for fathers: Dad's got this. A new study shows that fathers want more flexibility from their employers. Companies that respond will benefit in the long run.
