I Called the Company Because the Job Description Needed Adult Supervision
You ever read a job description so confusing you start looking around your house for witnesses? Not references. Witnesses. People who can stand there, place…
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The Like Button Should Not Require Legal Counsel
There is a strange little moment that happens on LinkedIn now, and it deserves to be studied by scientists, therapists, labor attorneys, and at least…
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The Woman at Pump Four and the Corporate Policy Manual That Raised Nobody’s Child
You ever pull into a gas station thinking the most emotional part of your day is going to be watching the pump casually remove money…
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The Layoff Thank You Note Industrial Complex
There are moments in modern corporate life so bizarre that your brain does not immediately know where to file them. It tries professionalism first. Then…
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“It’s Just Business,” Said the Villain in Khakis
Some people say, “It’s just business,” with the calm confidence of someone who has never once considered that the phrase sounds less like strategy and…
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Authenticity, But Please Keep It Professionally Sedated
LinkedIn keeps telling people to be authentic, which is very sweet, in the same way a haunted doll saying “trust me” is sweet. Every few…
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When Compliance Finds a Body and Leadership Asks About the Budget
There is a special kind of corporate magic that happens when an employee discovers a serious compliance problem, raises the alarm, and suddenly leadership starts…
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The Fully Tagged Layoff Post LinkedIn Is Not Emotionally Prepared For
There is a version of LinkedIn that lives only in my imagination, and I visit it often, usually after reading the seventeenth layoff announcement of…
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When Bad Managers Wear Leadership Like a Halloween Costume
Some messages do not just land in your inbox. They walk in slowly, pull up a chair, turn off the fluorescent lights, and make the…
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When the Boss Becomes the Case Study
There are moments in adult life when you realize personal growth is not always quiet breathing, drinking more water, forgiving people in silence, or posting…
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If Laid Off People Were Honest on LinkedIn, the Platform Would Need a Wellness Check
There is a special kind of theater that happens after layoffs, and LinkedIn has somehow become both the stage and the hostage video camera. A…
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When Your Competence Accidentally Triggers the Hiring Manager’s Fight or Flight Response
There is a special kind of rejection email that arrives after an interview where you know, deep in the ancient ruins of your professional soul,…
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