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This is how America’s childcare crisis is killing careers

Work Life

She was a secretary for Washington’s child services department, a job that came with her own cubicle, and she had a knack for working with families in difficult situations. To make ends meet, they’ve borrowed money against Jane’s life insurance policy. Slemp expected to return to work after having her son in August.

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How to Launch (and Maintain) a Successful E-Commerce Business

Success

If you fail to get this right, as I did with my online men’s store, then your customers won’t care about your offerings, and you’ll have to go back to your old cubicle job. Not working with a manufacturer halfway around the globe to prototype and build brand new products. Choose a product or service. No warehouse or dropshipping fees.

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the axe thrower, the carpet glue, and other astounding first impressions made by new employees

Ask a Manager

New hire insisted on naming himself as the beneficiary on his life insurance policy “in case I’m around when it pays out.”. The New Guy sat behind me, in the other half of the shared cubicle. After he was done with me he moved on to my supervisor in the next cubicle, who had heard the whole thing and repeated everything I told him.