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Taking Shots

One hallmark of bad management is the failure to take ownership of decisions (e.g., a second shift supervisor blaming superiors for unpopular policies or protocols). But what if bad management

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Taking One for the Team

To better appreciate the athleticism of top athletes, people are encouraged to imagine what “ordinary” people would look like, say, playing a down in the NFL. In practice, the closest

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Need Not Apply

Earlier this month, a job posting for Arthur Grand Technologies, a Virginia tech firm, surfaced on Reddit. The job posting sought only “Born US Citizens” and contained the following information

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When Life Imitates Art… Badly

Ermenildo Castro, a software engineer at Zulily, stole over $300,000 from his employer via a “series of malicious software edits,” inspired in part by the film Office Space (which, no

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Way Beyond Meat

Beyond Meat’s Chief Operations Officer, Doug Ramsey, was charged with felony battery after a road rage incident led to a physical confrontation, culminating in Ramsay biting the tip of the

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You Have a Brian, Use It

In 2003, the NFL implemented the Rooney Rule, which requires teams to interview minority candidates for various roles. In his new lawsuit against the NFL (and the New York Giants,

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Dead to Me

Tim Russell, owner of Maggie’s Farm Rum and Allegheny Distilling (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania), was surprised when the SBA withdrew his EIDL application, citing as its basis that “Timothy Russell is deceased.”

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