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Essay: Working at Google seemed like a dream job. But the reality?

Grant Lindsley The Washington Post
Oct 21, 2017 7:17 am - The banner atop the Google Careers portal caught my eye back when I was one of 3 million hungry applicants: "Do Cool Things That Matter." It speaks at once of the tech i...
Survey: Sharp divide in how men, women view corporate efforts at gender equality

Jena McGregor The Washington Post
Oct 15, 2017 7:19 am - Corporate executives like to say gender diversity is one of their top priorities. They mount publicity campaigns, tout their equal pay measures, start up women's network...
Are biased workers entitled to protections?

By Karla L. Miller
Oct 01, 2017 7:16 am - In the early days of this column, I responded to a reader about socializing at an office party with a "bigot" of a co-worker who subjected others to "talk of collecting ...
5 types of jerks at work and how to cope with them

By Jena McGregor
Sep 24, 2017 7:22 am - Ten years ago, the typically sober and staid management book genre welcomed an off-color title to its shelves. Despite a name unable to be printed in a family newspaper,...
Wife wonders if spouse's job-hopping is smart

By Karla L. Miller
Sep 24, 2017 7:17 am - Q: My husband changed careers a few years ago to a niche retail industry. Six months after starting in an entry-level position, he was recruited to manage a startup in a...
Yes, you can be fired for missing work during a natural disaster

Danielle Paquette The Washington Post
Sep 17, 2017 7:15 am - Two days before Hurricane Irma was expected to hit South Florida, Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., urged residents to flee inland as though their lives depended on it. "You need...
The new job vs. the counter-offer

By Karla L. Miller
Sep 17, 2017 7:15 am - Q: After close to a decade in my current job, I started applying to new jobs because my salary has remained stagnant, and I was concerned about layoffs. I have accepted ...
How to help a daughter move beyond being ﬁred

By Karla L. Miller
Sep 10, 2017 7:16 am - Q: My 20-something daughter worked for several years at a local retail chain. She was fired after knowingly and repeatedly letting a customer take advantage of her at th...
Reddit co-founder the latest tech exec to take advantage of parental leave

Hayley Tsukayama The Washington Post
Sep 10, 2017 7:15 am - When college roommates Alexis Ohanian and Steve Huffman cooked up the idea for Reddit, they weren't thinking about company culture or worker benefits. But now Ohanian, R...
Why hiring remote workers might - or might not - pay off

By STEVE NICASTRO NerdWallet
Sep 03, 2017 7:17 am - More people are trading in commutes and cubicles for couches and coffee shops: As of 2016, 43 percent of employees worked remotely at least part of the time, up from 39 ...

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