I had to put LinkedIn workers on performance-improvement plans — then I got laid off myself

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LinkedIn laid off thousands of employees last year.

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I'm a lifelong Jersey girl choosing to retire in South Carolina. It's where my adult daughter is planning to live — and it's cheaper.

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Charleston, South Carolina.

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I spent over $1 million on a Victorian house that hadn't been touched in 70 years. It was crumbling and rotting, but I have no regrets.

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Natalie Glaze has spent over a year renovating her dream Victorian house in London — and the project is still ongoing.
Natalie Glaze has spent over a year renovating her dream Victorian house in London — and the project is still ongoing.

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I was over-employed and worked other jobs on top of my full-time one. To achieve the American dream, you have to beat the system.

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Millennial project manager Kendall McGill said she feels uncomfortable having just one job in the current economy.

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I was a personality hire. We get away with doing less work, but you can't deny our value to the office.

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Daniel Bennett explains why personality hires like himself are so important for companies.

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IBM's marketing chief explains how the company is harnessing AI to boost productivity

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IBM employees are using in-house generative AI to produce quicker quality results for clients, says marketing chief Jonathan Adashek.

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I was put on an unfair PIP by my toxic manager. Here's how I fought it and went on to get promoted.

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Keeping receipts and querying the validity of a PIP helped this worker keep their job and get promoted.

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I went from making $15K to nearly $700K over my career at Oracle, Apple, and Meta. Here's how I increased my total compensation.

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Sandeep Rao says he took a low-paying job to get his foot in the door.

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I supercommute every week from New York City to Ann Arbor for work. I have to pay my own way, but I love getting to enjoy the benefits of both cities.

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Susan Miller enjoys living in New York and teaching in Michigan.

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I'm a US Army sniper in the Arctic, a beast of a place that can chew up even the strongest soldiers

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Cho told Business Insider the Arctic can be an challenging beast, but soldiers can thrive in it like any other environment.

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