Category: At work
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To Take Back A Life (Ode To Kate Baer)
Yesterday morning I woke up angry. I had the feeling I had lost the past several weeks of my life to work. It was like I blinked and weeks had passed, and work had been done – and wedding planning and some sleeping – and not much else. I happen to love my job. I…
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Going Over My Boss’s Head: How It’s Going
This post is Part 2 of last week’s post: Going Over My Boss’s Head: How It Started. Over the following months I sent Bill several examples of Steve’s underperformance, including emails and screen shots documenting my points. Three of my other colleagues were facing the same issues with Steve, and one of them quit abruptly…
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Going Over My Boss’s Head: How It Started
Awhile back I noticed my supervisor at work was not doing his job properly. Steve had joined our team a few months prior, and for those first few months, I noticed he wasn’t doing what he needed to do but I figured he was still learning the ropes, and I decided to give it time.…
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What We Notice When We Snap Our Laptops Shut
Arlington, MA-January 2023 I spent this past week in DC for work. I flew down Monday evening, so I could go to in-person meetings with colleagues and work from our office in Arlington, VA. I’ve just joined a new project this month; there is so much to be done. The gravitational pull of my work…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…