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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I do a lot of the invisible labor in my house. I'm teaching my kids to 'notice and do' so I don't have to ask for help.

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A little girl helps her mom make her bed.

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I've been on a ventilator for 11 years. It hasn't stopped me from getting my master's degree and working full-time.

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The writer, not pictured, graduated college and got a master's degree despite his chronic illness.

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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.

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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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I retired at 52. I got bored quickly and decided to go back to work.

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Lee Broders wanted to retire early since he had started working at age 16, but retirement turned out to be boring for him.

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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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I'm an American mom who raised my kids in Spain. They considered going to the US for college but changed their minds.

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Jackie Baxa and her family posing with their Foreigner Identity Cards in Spain. After 15 months of planning, the family relocated to Spain in 2016.

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