Stop the crackdown on coffee-badging — here's the real problem

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Coffee badging is performative compliance in response to a performative expectation, writes Bonnie Dilber.

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I quit my $240,000 job at Meta. Here's how I got hired and grew my salary — and why I left.

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Alexandru Voica worked at Meta for four years.

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My wife and I both work from home. I have a ton of fears about how remote work will impact my kids as they grow up.

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Jeffery Smith (right) began working remotely after the COVID-19 pandemic.

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I went on a secret holiday for a month without telling my boss, using a mouse jiggler to avoid suspicion. I'd do it again.

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The tech employee took a monthlong trip to Italy but only used one week of PTO.

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My boss and I were good friends. Then I got laid off.

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Angelica Miller says her boss broke an agreement they had.

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We live in hotels full-time with our 14-month-old baby. We won't be settling in the suburbs.

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Noah was born in Australia in 2022.

Yusuf Omar

My wife makes $500,000 a year and I'm a stay-at-home dad. It's been difficult to fit in with the mom crowd.

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The Mac family.

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My honest review of working at Amazon for 7 1/2 years as a software engineer

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I was kicked out of high school, so I turned to the Marines for a way forward. Now, I'm a corporate lawyer with degrees from Stanford and Harvard.

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Andrew Hanson practices securities enforcement at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom.

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I've been laid off 6 times, but being let go at 54 was different. I've been unemployed for a year.

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