If a lunch with your boss makes you feel uncomfortable, you don’t have to go. Suggest an alternative.
Category: Careers and Professions
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As Chronic Work Stress Climbs, Enter the Burnout Coach
As chronic work stress climbs, entrepreneurs find opportunity in the burgeoning space of burnout coaching.
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Dropping in Just to Say ‘Hi!’
What to do when a colleague seems to have a communication problem.
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Why the Egg Freezing Industry Is Booming
Mine is the first generation that has corporate benefits for a technology with the potential to slow the biological clock. Is it feminist dream or Silicon Valley fantasy?
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How to Alienate a Colleague, One Coffee at a Time
Introducing your new Work Friend: Anna Holmes.
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Goodbye, Work Friends
After four years, as she prepares to hand off to her successor, our workplace advice columnist reflects on the rewards and the frustrations of office life.
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Don’t Say ‘Elite’: Corporate Firms’ New Pitch Is Meritocracy
McKinsey, Accenture and other big firms want to recruit with a wider net, focusing more on skills than on pedigree. It may be easier said than done.
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They Spent Their Life Savings on Life Coaching
Some people who wanted to improve their lives and careers through coaching found themselves trapped in what they described as a pyramid scheme.
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Teamsters Struggle to Unionize Amazon and FedEx Delivery Workers
The Teamsters union has made little headway in organizing workers at Amazon and FedEx despite wage and other gains it secured at UPS last year.
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Dogs at the Office: Who’s Controlling Whom?
Someone needs skills training.
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The Annoying, Go-Getting Colleague: Beat Her or Emulate Her?
When corporate jousting, don’t choose jealousy.