"And so it ends... in a drizzle," began Captain Kaylyn's last-day email address to PayScale's 26 Bike to Work Month participants. Yes, it is a drizzly day here in Seattle, but many PayScalers rode in nonetheless. Rain is unlikely to stop us. In fact, when asked about their fondest memories after a month of biking to work, riding in the rain often topped the lists of PayScale's intrepid bike commuters.

Earlier this week, I wrote about the dirtiest areas of the workplace, and a separate study by San Diego State University indicates that men's and women's offices differ in terms of the germs they harbor. Which gender has the messiest work areas?

Job-related stress and burnout can torpedo team productivity and engagement, so it's essential that managers know how to spot overworked employees. The top reason for employee dissatisfaction is work stress, according to Gallup research, and recognizing the warning signs of burnout or rust-out can spell the difference between retaining an employee's effectiveness or pushing him to his emotional brink.

Forbes contributor Mark Fidelman recently visited a Microsoft Technology Center and called the tech giant's vision of workplaces of the future "brilliant." What factors drive this glowing description?

We know the health dangers of stress at work, and this infographic explores the many ways in which your boss might be killing you slowly. Employees spend, on average, 13 hours each workweek and another 6.2 hours each weekend fretting over their boss. That stress manifests itself in a variety of ways, none of which are conducive to good health or productivity.

People often ask Christine Park, the 28-year-old lead designer for the Cadillac division at General Motors, how she went from art school student to car designer.

Germaphobes might not want to read the results of Kimberly-Clark Professional's study on the dirtiest areas of the workplace. Researchers studied 4,800 surfaces in offices like health care companies, manufacturing facilities, call centers and law firms, swabbing as many areas as possible. What zones are particularly laden with germs?

Modern workplaces are riddled with distractions, and according to research by Harmon.ie, workplace distractions cost U.S. businesses $10,375 per employee each year. That's more than most American drivers will spend on annual car maintenance and ownership costs. What distractions are to blame for this colossal waste of resources?

Today's Memorial Day edition of salary trends, career stories and job news focuses on military veterans.

For many, today is marked by BBQ, beer and fanfare; for others, though, it's a somber day for reflection and reverence. My dad, a Vietnam veteran, always reminded me of the significance of Memorial Day growing up, and if I was lucky, he'd sometimes tell stories about the happier memories he shared with fallen comrades. I have a half-dozen close friends currently serving overseas and a half-dozen more who have returned from a tour of duty in the last year. I'm proud to honor and remember all of their sacrifices today.

Want to nail that job interview? Sit up straight.

Hey, want to get really mad? CEOs of big companies make 6 percent more than they did a year ago, according to research by executive compensation data provider Equilar for the Associated Press. And as if that weren't enough, the value of their perks has increased 2 percent, to $161,337 annually, or roughly elevendy-bajillion times more money than you made this year in pure salary.

Every Friday we round up the salary trends, career stories and job news that you may have missed during the past week.

Have you ever complained that it feels like you live at work? If your name is Eric Simons, you're telling the literal truth.

That's because Eric Simons spent two months actually living at AOL's Palo Alto headquarters. Here's how it all went down.

The U.S. is often dubbed the "no-vacation nation," but when it comes to the country with the longest average working hours, our fair country doesn't even land in the top 10, according to the latest data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Your work environment can enable or impede your best work, and this Mindflash infographic examines how office design affects productivity. Noise, air quality, lighting and even interior color schemes all shape how effectively we work and how happy we feel.

Hot on the heels of General Mills' layoffs comes the news that HP is cutting 8 percent of its workforce -- some 27,000 employees. What facets of the business will be affected most?

Job references are a necessary yet hassle-filled part of the application process for both employer and candidate, and Terefic is a new tool that hopes to streamline the process. Terefic enables jobseekers to essentially build a portfolio of confidential job references from friends, coworkers and former colleagues; when it comes time for a company to vet job references, they simply visit the candidate's Terefic profile.

General Mills announced plans yesterday to eliminate 850 jobs to hopefully improve productivity, boost effectiveness and cut costs. Last year, the Minneapolis-based company had some 35,000 global employees; Minnesota Public Radio reporter Martin Moylan writes that the cuts are mostly in support and administrative positions. What will General Mills do with the savings?

This infographic examines the growing phenomenon of self-learning using free online courses. These video lessons may come from recognized institutions of higher learning like Stanford and MIT or startups like Udemy, a platform that enables users to create classes and set their own per-class fees. Is this the future of education?