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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

“I worked at a law firm where almost every single legal assistant rage quit. ’ Cue everyone popping up out of their chairs like meerkats to see who it was (it was a cubicle farm, so no privacy at all). ’ from behind their cubicle wall and everyone would laugh. I still don’t regret it.” It was spectacular.”

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NOVEMBER 1, 2022

I overheard a conversation between two supervisors in our office (I have a cubicle, they were in the conference room opposite me, the door was half-open, and they’re both loud talkers). Friends have cautioned me not to quit until I see paychecks appearing in my bank account. You don’t need to keep working (for free so far!)

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JUNE 1, 2017

It was a company large enough where we had building security at all entrances, and you were supposed to have an ID to get through to the elevator banks (swipe a badge to unlock the turnstiles, and then unlock any doors) before reaching your desk. He somehow got into the building, past security, and into the locked office area.

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JULY 9, 2015

That in and of itself wouldn’t normally be considered sexual harassment in the legal sense (it would need to be “severe or pervasive,” and this doesn’t sound like it rises to that level). I work in a cubicle with two other people in cubes near me. My overtime hours are being banked for later. Nope, it’s not legal.

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Fellow

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Software is the primary way that remote teams connect with one another—not a face-to-face meeting, not high-fives, and certainly not cubicle chatter.” – Joey Price, CEO of Jumpstart:HR. First things first—before we jump into the best software for remote teams, let’s quickly cover why having the right software in place is so important.

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