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Are you a 'personality hire'? The internet is convinced that slackers with soft skills are still critical to the office ecosystem.
The term refers to an employee beloved for bringing a positive attitude to work — usually to compen…
Geoff Weiss
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The White House pushes back on Ted Cruz's 'galling' comments that Biden canceled student debt for the 'slacker barista' who studied 'completely useless things' in college
Following Sen. Cruz's criticism of student-loan forgiveness, economist Bharat Ramamurti emphasized …
Ayelet Sheffey
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Photos show how San Francisco's 'mask slackers' and the Anti-Mask League defied mask-wearing laws while the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic seized the city
The city enforced the wearing of masks during the 1918 pandemic. But some residents were dismissive…
Katie Canales
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9 most despised work personality disorders that slow productivity [Infographic]
“Productivity is never an accident. It is alw…2 mins read
Maximize Earning Potential By Marrying A Slacker
However, the results suggest that ambitious women who marry and have children with high-earning men…
Shane Ferro
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Peter Thiel Says Europe Is 'A Slacker With Low Expectations'
"I think people in Europe are generally pessimistic about the future. They have low expectations, t…
Mike Bird
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5 things you should never say to your boss
Here are five things you should avoid saying to your boss if you want to build a strong relationshi…
Erin Snodgrass
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I burned out trying to be an overachieving parent. I learned it's OK to ask for help.
I was an overachieving parent with my first two kids. With my daughter, I learned I didn't have to …
Amanda Miller Littlejohn
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6 things you do at work that annoy your boss
Cultivating a good relationship with your boss is key to professional success. Here are six things …
Erin Snodgrass
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The Fed still probably isn't ready to give Americans the interest rate cuts they're hoping for
The Federal Reserve is likely to continue holding interest rates steady this week, but a cut could …
Ayelet Sheffey,Madison Hoff
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A 51-year-old mom went mega-viral admitting she felt 'helpless' as her adult children struggled to get ahead, urging compassion for Gen Z's economic plight
"Gen X was called the slacker generation," Jessica McCabe told Insider. "So why are we continuing t…
Geoff Weiss
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I tackled my midlife crisis by visiting Kurt Cobain's Seattle shrine. The trip prompted me to quit my job.
A 41-year-old's trip to Cobain's Seattle shrine showed him that he was a man-boy living in the past…
Rob Furber
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Bill Gates says he wishes his younger self knew 'there is more to life than work'
In a recent commencement address, Bill Gates said he used to watch for which staffers left early or…
Grace Kay
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I'm a dream expert. Here are the 5 most common dreams about school and what they mean.
Dreams about school are common. Scenarios like failing a class or being back in school years after …
Kelly Sullivan Walden
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Ted Cruz says there's a 'real risk' that Biden's student-loan forgiveness will help Democrats in the 2022 midterm elections
"If you are that slacker barista who wasted seven years in college," he said, adding that if they "…
Yelena Dzhanova
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After blasting Biden's student-loan forgiveness, Ted Cruz says it 'may prove a real challenge' to fight the relief in court
Sen. Ted Cruz has frequently slammed student-debt cancellation as a policy for "slackers," but he a…
Ayelet Sheffey
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Elon Musk is behaving 'like the local drunk,' says a former Twitter executive
Elon Musk recently accused a former Twitter director who has muscular dystrophy of using his disabi…
Grace Dean
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Redditors who say they make over $100,000 without being 'killed' by stress are discussing the type of jobs they have
A Reddit user asked for advice on how to find a $100,000 job that wasn't too stressful and it went …
Grace Kay
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Marc Benioff may be right that Salesforce's young, remote employees are hurting the company's productivity. But it's not their fault.
Benioff dismissed remote workers as less productive, but experts in remote work say the way workers…
Shana Lebowitz
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TikTok's time wasters are explaining how to make it till 5 o'clock for employees adjusting to returning to offices in the remote and hybrid work era
"They won't tell you this, but the real work flex isn't grinding for 80 hours a week. The real work…