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Vol. I / No. 1585
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Work

Work Jun 8, 2026

She drafted her resignation letter in 2019. She hasn’t sent it.

A woman in Boston drafted a beautifully composed resignation letter in 2019. She has updated it forty-seven times. She has not sent it. The letter now lives in her drafts folder like an annual Christmas card…
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Work Jun 3, 2026

Her executive assistant turned out to be three different assistants.

A senior executive at a Boston firm discovered that her executive assistant — who she had been emailing every workday for two years — was actually three different contractors in three different time zones. The work…
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Work May 24, 2026

A woman expensed her divorce. HR approved it.

A woman in Denver submitted a $487 receipt from a family law attorney with the subject line "reimbursement: marital dissolution consultation." The HR rep stared at it for a full minute. Then she approved it. The…
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