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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Here's what to do if you find a secret inappropriate boss-employee relationship in your workforce

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Cheating on your partner doesn't always involve sex.

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I was jealous of people who were laid off from Big Tech and posting about it since I got laid off from a startup and felt invisible. Then I realized shame drove my resentment.

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In 2021, Hanna Matyiku-Nuñez was laid off from her job at a tech startup while on maternity leave.

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I got addicted to an app that helped me turn my most ambitious goals into daily routines

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Turning your habits into a game can help motivate you, but it also comes with some downsides.

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How to fall in love with your 9-to-5 again

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To find joy in your work experts and quiet quitters advise reworking your schedule, finding opportunities outside the office, and communicating with your manager.

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Generation Precarious: How young people wound up trapped in a volatile cycle of saving, spending, and debt that will haunt them for decades

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Just as previous generations' view of the world was defined by cataclysmic events, experts say that the financial scars of the pandemic era will stick with Gen Z and millennials.

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Social rejection at work can feel like middle school all over again. Here's what to do about it.

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Social rejection hurts.

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Deloitte's chief purpose officer says he's pushing execs to think differently about change in corporate America

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Got a thriving side hustle? Here's how and when to tell your boss about it — and why you probably should.

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Side hustles are a great way to fulfill a passion or make some extra cash.

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This could've been an email: If MLB can speed up games, bosses can shorten meetings. Here's how.

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Los Angeles Angels pitcher Shohei Ohtani, center, became the first player to be penalized as both a pitcher and batter by MLB's new pitch clock.

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