Companies can't do layoffs right because they're trying to act like 'cool parents'

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The harshness of recent layoffs suggests that any managerial empathy workers gained during the depths of the pandemic was short-lived.

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Nobel economist Paul Krugman says this is the best job market in decades, and the Fed doesn't need high unemployment to bring down inflation

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People walk by a Help Wanted sign in the Queens borough of New York City on June 04, 2021 in New York City.

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Food delivery drivers say they aren't being tipped enough by customers to make a living

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A DoorDash delivery person.

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Everyone needs a work spouse — even if some millennials don't think so

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A "work spouse" is really just another name for a "work best friend."

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Nobody showed up to a best-selling author's book launch. She called it a 'career low point' but found out she's far from alone.

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Suzanne Young is a New York Times best-selling author.

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The drama and politics in my office are so distracting that I have to work harder to make up for lost time

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A man sits at a desk in a dimly lit office.

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Amazon’s head of HR rejects employees’ return-to-office petition

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It's finally Friday, friend-o. I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I've made it through another week of procrastination (AKA talking too much).

I spend a lot of my day thinking about writing. Then I talk for hours with colleagues about anything and everything. But once my stress hits a breaking point, I might finally hunker down with noise-canceling headphones to write.

A software CEO ditched Chicago for a Midwestern college town and said the move was 'huge upgrade' for his whole family

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Ravi Bhatt and his family.

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A popular post on Blind says all tech workers who got jobs during the pandemic were 'charity cases,' but getting hired now at a big tech company will actually mean something

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Tech CEOs like Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai have admitted that their overhiring during the pandemic is partly to blame for mass layoffs now.

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Bill Gates says 'we need a fire department for pandemics' as he worries we're unprepared for the next one

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Bill Gates discusses his new book 'How To Prevent The Next Pandemic' onstage at 92Y on May 03, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
Bill Gates.

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