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ח' באדר ה'תש"ע (22 February 2010)

In January, I went on vacation for a couple weeks. I had only been with my current company for five and a half months, and two of those were as a part time employee, so I didn’t have enough vacation days accrued to take the whole vacation. The company let me go anyway, and I [...]

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Stupid Boss Tricks

כ"ה בשבט ה'תש"ע (9 February 2010)

Boss: [returning from lunch] Hey, Genius, when do you think you can have that document ready for me? Genius: [about to go to lunch] Oh, hey. That one? Well, if you need it fast, I guess I can drop everything else and get it done in about half an hour [optimistically]. Boss: Great! Excellent! Hey, [...]

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Divorce

י"ז בכסלו ה'תש"ע (4 December 2009)

It happened suddenly. I worked closely with a certain guy for a couple years. We were on the same team in a job with some customer service orientation. He was phenomenally good at dealing with the clients. He’s a problem-solver; he loves to help people. He is gentle, progressive and generous to a fault. He [...]

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Femininity

י"ב במרחשון ה'תש"ע (30 October 2009)

I had one of these great conversations yesterday that stays in my head, turning around and around so I can analyze and re-analyze it for a long time. A fellow in my office, about my age but born in Israel and lived here his whole life, asked me about my Aliyah – am I Jewish, [...]

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