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Employers are scrutinizing WFH accommodation requests — here's how to make yours stronger

Fri, 11/22/2024 - 05:03

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Greg Mansell — Greg Mansell says elongated accommodation request processes can be stressful for disabled employees.
Greg Mansell

Law, Careers, work-from-home, RTO, amazon-rto, return-to-office-mandate, WFH

I left my 6-figure corporate banking job, and now, I'm a food influencer. I support my family by doing what I love.

Sat, 11/16/2024 - 06:18

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A man's hands taking a picture of dinner — After leaving corporate banking, I now work as a food influencer.
Westend61/Getty Images/Westend61

Careers, as-told-to, corporate-banking, Influencer, content-creation, cooking, Food

I was 17 when I gave birth to my son. Now that he's off to college, I'm trying to figure out who I am.

Fri, 11/15/2024 - 15:21

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Winnie Thompson and her family — Winnie Thompson dropped of her son in college in 2024 and is figuring life without him at home.
Courtesy of Winnie Thompson

Parenting, as-told-to, Parenting, parenting-freelancer, College

I got sober thanks to a monthly shot of a drug that helps stop my craving for alcohol. I lost 70 pounds in the process.

Fri, 11/15/2024 - 15:08

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A side-by-side image of a man fishing. In the first image, he is overweight. In the second, he has lost 70 pounds. — Jeff Horton lost 70 pounds in weight after quitting alcohol.
Courtesy of Jeff Horton

health, as-told-to, weight-loss, Alcohol, addiction-recovery, Family

I was Twitter's head of content strategy. Bluesky has the edge over Threads to be the new Twitter as people leave X.

Fri, 11/15/2024 - 11:48

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Gordon MacMillan smiling with his arms crossed — Gordon MacMillan was the head of content strategy at Twitter before it became X.
Gordon MacMillan

Tech, as-told-to, trending-uk, twitter, Bluesky, elon-musk, x

I'm a Microsoft manager. AI reduced my time spent on coding by 70%, but that doesn't mean I work any less overall.

Fri, 11/15/2024 - 09:04

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Naga standing infront of mountains — A 37-year-old manager at Microsoft says AI has reduced the time he spends on busywork — but the rush to scale AI has also resulted in more deadlines.
Naga Santhosh Reddy Vootukuri

Tech, as-told-to, Microsoft, AI

I set up a free-range playdate for kids in our area. Parents take turns watching the group, and we don't hover over them as they play.

Thu, 11/14/2024 - 11:18

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A group of kids in a playground — Sara Pecora took this photo from a distance during her shift as the one parent at the playground.
Courtesy of Sara Pecora

Parenting, as-told-to, Parenting, free-range-parenting, child-independence, playgrounds

I've been a teacher for 27 years. When ChatGPT first came out, I was terrified; now, I let my students use it to write essays.

Thu, 11/14/2024 - 06:43

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Left: Kelly Gibson. Right: Rows of desks in front of a green chalkboard in a classroom. — Kelly Gibson is a high school English teacher in Oregon.
Kelly Gibson ; LAW Ho Ming/Getty Images

Tech, AI, as-told-to, contributor-2024, chat-gpt, AI, Teaching

I was adopted into a white, middle-class family and never felt like I belonged. It impacted how I show up at work.

Thu, 11/14/2024 - 05:04

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Christelle Pellecuer — Nicole Benewaah

Careers, as-told-to, Adoption, childhood, Career, first-job, contributor-2024

My 11-year-old walked less than a mile away from home. I was arrested and charged with reckless conduct.

Wed, 11/13/2024 - 16:06

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A mother and her tween son standing in woodland. — Brittany Patterson with her son, Soren, 11.
Courtesy of Brittany Patterson.

Parenting, as-told-to, Parenting, free-range-parenting, child-independence, state-laws

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