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AI is turning workers in ‘cyborgs,’ ‘centaurs,’ and ‘meat puppets’

Work Life

However, as AI takes on more tasks, some people could become ‘meat puppets’, executing manual tasks under AI supervision, which deviates from the idealistic promise of AI freeing us for creative work. Maintaining a clear delineation between human and AI roles also aids in accountability and ethical governance.

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Exempt vs. non-exempt: The ultimate guide to white collar workers

Insperity

Examples include people who have authority to negotiate and bind the company on important issues, provide consultation or expert advice to management, or are involved in planning long- or short-term business objectives. For example, you might ask, “Do you conduct independent research or supervise anybody?”. Professional exemptions.

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The Patient-Enemy: How Derrida Helps Explain Psychiatry’s Cruelty and Care

Mad in America

A psychiatric consultant who examined Chapman’s patient described him as “basically a psychopathic personality with overtones of paranoid schizophrenia” Do any of these labels actually mean anything? Kallert published a chapter called “Mental Health Care and Patients’ Rights—Are These Two Fields Currently Compatible?

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community member asks to hear from male employees instead of me, saying “that’s above my pay grade,” and more

Ask a Manager

I and other colleagues at my workplace (local government) have been meeting informally with members of the public about a project in my community that I am the project manager for. If the answer is no, there isn’t anything they can do, should I consult an employment lawyer? It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go….

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updates: the sabotaging coworker, the anti-vaxxer, and more

Ask a Manager

I moved from non-profit to government work (unsurprisingly: comparable pay and benefits). I don’t supervise a team anymore, which I miss, but I do have a lot of autonomy to run a regional branch of a federal program (vague enough?). I had heard that management hired a consultant for my old manager to learn to be a better leader.

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employee quit and deleted his files, old job still contacts me daily, and more

Ask a Manager

Recently there were concerns of him possibly bullying a new colleague he was training, and he was skipping supervisions and making rude comments to his supervisor (which we addressed with direct feedback). We gave the computer to our IT consultant, but nothing can be recovered. He didn’t give any reason for quitting.

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our white manager centers herself in conversations about racism — and other questions with Michelle Silverthorn

Ask a Manager

Reader #2: I am a Black woman working in government. I plan to continue advancing within government. I don’t need you to consult with your Black colleagues first. She supervises a team comprised of all people of color. I hope you find a place worthy of your talent, and your allyship. Feedback on tone. This is a call-out.

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