EST. 2026
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Vol. I / No. 1706
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Work Jul 13, 2026

Their office designated one room as a “wellness space.” The employees turned it into an underground economy.

A downtown Chicago office designated one small room as a "wellness/quiet space" in 2023. Employees have, without any official acknowledgment, turned it into an informal trading floor — power naps for coffee runs, meeting prep for…
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Money Jul 8, 2026

Her employer accidentally paid her twice for six months. She has not told them.

A woman in Minneapolis discovered in her second month at a new job that HR had set her up on two payroll systems simultaneously. She has been receiving her salary twice, every month, for six months.…
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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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