The Queen is dead, prices are up, inflation is rampant and a winter of discontent beckons. For the New York Times, the world's worst newspaper best known for Brit-bashing Anglophobia, is embroiled in something close to civil war. A directive from on high that the paper's hard-of-thinking hacks return to the office part-time, now that Covid has banished to the history books. One disgruntled employee moaned that commuting during a 'period of high inflation' meant workers being forced to spend more money on gas, mass transit, clothing and lunches, despite the lack of salary increases. NYT video journalist Haley Willis tweeted today: 'The @nytimes is giving employees branded lunch boxes this week as a return-to-office perk.

Source: The Times September 13, 2022 22:06 UTC