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The Manager Who Needs to Be Liked
Everyone agrees that Pradeep is the nicest boss they have had. His best engineer has just resigned, and his weakest is about to be let go without ever having been told why.
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The Message at 10.40 p.m.
A bill that would let Indians ignore the office after hours has sat in Parliament since December. Even if it passed, it would not reach the real problem.
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The Best Performer in the Building Drinks Alone
She has never missed a filing, never slurred in a meeting, never once been late. That is the evidence she offers, to herself most of all.
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Burnout Is Not Tiredness
Tiredness is cured by rest. Burnout comes back from a fortnight's leave and is itself again by Tuesday.
9 min readFifteen minutes, two faces on a screen, one of them from HR. Losing a job is a financial event for about a week. After that it is a question about who you are.
The Layoff Arrived by Calendar Invite
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Work That Ate the Rest
Some people work long hours because the job demands it. Others work them because the office is the one place where they know the rules.
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