The laws of the office revisited
Planet Money
- Published
- March 11, 2026
- Duration
- 29:35
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jun 7, 2026
Discusses Live event info and tickets here.If something is going wrong in your workplace, there's probably a l…
Summary
Live event info and tickets here.If something is going wrong in your workplace, there's probably a law that explains why. Meetings always seem long, and never end early? There’s Parkinson’s Law, which says work expands to the time allotted, or, restated: meetings will always take up all the time blocked on Outlook calendars. Is your boss bad at managing? …
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Live event info and tickets here.If something is going wrong in your workplace, there's probably a law that explains why. Meetings always seem long, and never end early? There’s Parkinson’s Law, which says work expands to the time allotted, or, restated: meetings will always take up all the time blocked on Outlook calendars. Is your boss bad at managing? Check the Peter Principle, which says people are promoted to their level of incompetence. A good worker does not a good manager make. And yet …