Georgia Institute of Technology College of Sciences

To truly understand how individuals experience work it is important for us to give them a voice. One way we have given them a voice is by posting their work stories and narratives. Below you will find a collection of work stories. Until we begin collecting our own interviews, we will be posting links to stories written in a New York Times column called "Life's Work" by Lisa Belkin.

Life's Work by Lisa Belkin:

• Dear Valued Worker, You're Fired

• It's No Act, I Need a Job

• Putting Younger Workers to Shame

• What Do I Do? It Depends on What Week it Is.

• When Whippersappers and Geezers Collide

• Why Dad's Resume Lists Car Pool

• You Won't Find Me in My Office, I'm Working

Stories by Storycorps (storycorps.org):

• For a Garbage Man in Minnesota, "Trash Tells a Story" 

• A Stanford Family:  Groundskeeper Dad cultivates his son's classroom dream