Companies want to know how many people are back in the office. They're using water coolers to find out.

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Offices are using the water cooler to track office occupancy.

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I took an office-personality quiz, and it turns out that as a remote worker, I'm a caged butterfly

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Rather than mourn the fact that I can't spread my wings in an office, I'll channel my extroversion in other ways, like Slacking with my butterfly buddies.

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If your boss is asking you to do more at work for the same pay, watch out — you're being 'quiet hired'

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Many workers today feel overworked and underpaid.

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I'm a Gen X working mom who tried TikTok's 'Bare Minimum Monday' trend, and it's harder than it looks

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Insider's Rebecca Knight studies TikTok to learn how to do Bare Minimum Monday.

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Starbucks corporate employees sign petition to reverse return to office mandate and stop alleged union busting

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Starbucks employees are pushing back against a return to office mandate.

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10 life-changing 'micro-habits' you can adopt quickly to improve your emotions and productivity

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'Quiet' is the workplace word of 2023

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There are discrete signals human resources pros flash to one another to warn about job candidates who look good on paper but are disasters in the workplace.

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How to work with a jerk when you're the one managing the team

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When dealing with a difficult manager, it's important to identify what they hold true or what speaks to their values.

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A Google worker says some staffers found out which colleagues had been laid off when their emails bounced back

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Google said on January 20 that it was laying off 12,000 workers.

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Over 100,000 workers walked out in 2022, showing that Americans' demands for better conditions aren't going away

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Academic workers at UC San Diego walk out as thousands of employees at the University of California campuses have gone on strike in an effort to secure improved pay and working conditions in San Diego, California, on November 14, 2022.

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