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There are no federal parental leave protections for entrepreneurs. Here’s how to manage

Work Life

On top of that, friends and family members were praising my work ethic and career dedication. For entrepreneurs or self-employed mothers, there is virtually no safety net, although 14 million women-owned small businesses account for nearly 40% of all companies and generate $2.7 I rode that high until I crashed.

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my coworker is cc’ing his mother on work correspondence

Ask a Manager

In my last email to all of them, I asked why his mother was being cc’ed, and asked whether she was a consultant for our company. (I We don’t have any of those confidential or business-only type clarifications in the email signatures (the way schools and larger companies do); we are a very small business.

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helping a bored new coworker, manager got injured at the concert we went to together, and more

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I certainly hope that you won’t let it impact your assessment of my own work and my own work ethic.”. We do high level consulting so this isn’t just some throwaway job for myself or my colleges, this is a career and several of my colleagues rely on the benefits to survive (even though they are far from comprehensive).