My 3 years at Tesla were the best and worst of my life

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Amanda Manley says her breaking point at Tesla was when she returned from maternity leave.

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I'm a female breadwinner who moved to Switzerland for my Google job. Our family dynamic is not easy in a conservative culture.

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Annalisa Pawlosky is an AI research scientist at Google.

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3 work problems HR can't solve for you, from an HR professional

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Amy Lentz.

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I'm the CEO of a recruitment company. Here's how we can tell someone used AI on a job application.

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Khyati Sundaram says there are subtle signs that an applicant used AI to write their résumé or test answers.

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An accounting manager struggled with work-life balance at PwC, Walmart, and Google. Leaving the Bay Area is what finally changed the tide.

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Mike Manalac says he struggled to prioritize his career without sacrificing family life.

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I became the breadwinner when my family moved to France. I feel like I've done my husband the biggest favor ever.

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Karen Kissane is a business coach living just outside of Cognac, France.

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I landed an easy job at Amazon after years of hard work. I felt deeply guilty until I realized it could be a strategic move.

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Years into her Amazon career, Kristi Coulter found herself coasting in an easy role that played to her strengths.

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I started my higher education at a community college and now have a six-figure job at a tech company. You don't need to have it all figured out in the beginning.

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Jen Lew took the first job that would hire her after college and learned by doing.

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I left London for a little town in Latvia. It lacks certain luxuries, but it's a safer, easier place to raise a kid.

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Vitor Urbano loves life in Latvia.

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I quit Amazon after being assigned 21 direct reports and burning out. I worry about the decision to flatten its hierarchy.

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Yvonne Lee-Hawkins says she felt disappointed she couldn't give her direct reports more individual support.

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