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One year ago I began talking to an atheist chaplain, Devin Moss, who was giving spiritual care to an atheist man on death row in Oklahoma, named Phillip Hancock. I followed along as they wrestled with the question: How do you face death without God?
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Jack Merritt, my Cambridge classmate, was stabbed during a terrorist attack near London Bridge on Friday. He was a tireless advocate for prisoner rehabilitation. His dad reminds us to mourn his death without forgetting what he stood for in life
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Gen Z is scary! They're coming for your "9 to 5." They hate your emojis. They're laughing at your jeans. And they're making things in the office political. It's my first Sunday Biz story and it's a dispatch from corporate America's generational wars
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Would a female version of Pete Buttigieg make it this far in the presidential race? For Buttigieg's 38th birthday, I searched for 37-year-old women in politics around the country and asked them questions he has answered on ambition, identity and experience
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I wrote about what the Great Resignation has really looked like for workers. Almost everyone who quit has actually switched jobs. Most are in hospitality and retail. And they've raised their pay. What if it's actually a moment of huge ambition?
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personal news!!! I'm writing a book for @HarperCollins about the medical students who graduated early to help during the Covid-19 crisis in New York. I'm extremely excited about it. These new docs are incredible and I can't wait to tell their stories
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the future is hybrid
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Just over a year ago, a beautiful group of people graduated from med school early and started working in NYC hospitals treating Covid patients. They gave me so much hope. I'm honored to share their stories in Life on the Line, which is out today!
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There’s 998 million square feet of office real estate sitting empty. I wrote about what it would take to turn some of that into housing — and the people across major cities trying to make that happen
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Millions of millennial and Gen Z workers grew up learning that the way to have a career was to make yourself a brand: meditation guy, yoga girl. But it's tiring to feel like your work and identity are combined. I wrote about burning out on being a brand
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At many hospitals across the US, it is routine for med students to conduct pelvic exams on unconscious women — sometimes, without their consent. For @NYTScience I spoke to patients and doctors about growing calls for informed consent in the wake of #MeToo
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I wrote for @jdforward about Omar & Tlaib. As Israel escalates its suppressive tactics, it brings to mind a Hemingway quote about how the author went bankrupt: “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” So too goes a nation’s slide away from democracy
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Are you taking any kind of exam that has been disrupted due to Covid? Bar exam? GRE? Any other kind of post-grad testing or certification? DM me and please RT for an NYT story!
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The road to a medical degree is lined with invisible costs — thousands of dollars on test fees, equipment, and study aids. For @NYTScience I spoke with students across the country who struggle to make ends meet in a system designed for those with means
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3 years
feat dead emojis and political tomatoes 😂💀
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Dara Kass is an E.R. doctor who predicted the chaos coronavirus would unleash long before it was declared a pandemic. Then, she got infected. "In Her Words" is telling the stories of women on the frontlines of Covid-19 starting today
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Last spring, when Covid was surging in New York, a group of medical students graduated early to help the hospitals under siege. I was so lucky to hear their stories. Meet Iris and Gabriela, @MD4Babies , on the cover of this week's Sunday Review.
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There are not enough exclamation points to contain my excitement about this new, dream role. I get to cover the future of work for the Biz team!! Hit me with all your workplace story ideas
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We’re thrilled to announce that Emma Goldberg ( @emmabgo ) is joining @nytimesbusiness as our new future of work reporter.
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Thousands of young women, especially women of color, marched this weekend. They sang. They called #GeorgeFloyd 's name. They held one another in tense moments and shared Band-Aids and supplies. Here are some of their stories
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I wrote an owl obit for a very beloved bird 😢🦉
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I went to Mississippi and spent time with Ylonda Sherrod, a call center worker who worries A.I. is coming for her job. To Ylonda, the type of job that A.I. is coming for — one that’s allowed her to buy a home and rise out of poverty — is worth fighting for
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2 years
if you play tomorrow, the word of the day is scabs! solidarity with @NYTimesGuild
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"Ramona did not consider herself to be a pest. People who called her a pest did not understand that a littler person sometimes had to be a little bit noisier and a little bit stubborn in order to be noticed at all.”
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We are saddened to share that cherished children's book author Beverly Cleary passed away yesterday, March 25, at 104 years old.
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"Ten bystanders, ranging in age from 9 to 61, took the stand in the Hennepin County courthouse this week. Some said they can’t stomach ever going back to the place where it happened." Read @jeligon on how the trauma of George Floyd's killing rippled out
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Jewish Currents is a 76-year-old little magazine taking on the powerful Jewish establishment. They've brought in Bernie Sanders and Judith Butler, thrown a 400-person party with an impromptu hora, and constantly reinvented themselves. Was fun to cover them
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NEW: I wrote about doctors who have joined the frontlines of protest for @NYTScience . "When I hear ‘I can’t breathe’ I’m usually rushing to someone’s bedside."
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2 years
is “quiet quitting” just… doing your job? but it’s summer and you also wanna hang? what am I missing??
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After a series of racist emails targeting geoscientists at Columbia, researchers are grappling with the question: Why are the earth sciences so white? As one told me: "You look around and it’s all old bearded guys." My look for @NYTScience
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4 years
Spoiler: asking women and men about leading in a time of crisis leads to some striking contrasts. Take their responses to @karaswisher 's question on healing the pain of this political moment
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Women make up under 25% of America's surgeons. Many say they're warned not to pursue surgery because 80-hour workweeks and motherhood don't add up. For @NYTScience I spoke with doctor-moms changing the system: “It’s like a secret society we’re part of"
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4 years
Ahh I feel so lucky and excited to be recognized by @NYNewswomen along with so many of my women journalist heroes! Grateful to the change-makers who bravely shared their stories with me this year, from doctors to protesters on the frontline.
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The Front Page Martha Coman New Reporter Award goes to @nytimes 's @emmabgo for her work covering the coronavirus pandemic and investigations of non-consensual pelvic exams in the U.S., and physical & sexual abuse at the Human Resources Administration.
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@karaswisher I was told: “Men wake up in the morning, look in the mirror and say ‘I’d make a really good governor." So I asked men and women about what made them decide they were qualified for public office. The differences are striking.
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2 years
‘Online chess’ erasure!
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I wrote an essay for @nytimesbooks about keeping Shabbat, reporting on work, and two new books that made me rethink time and ambition
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owning myself with this bracelet I made thinking it would say bagel
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What happens to downtowns when companies go remote — and the relationship between office workers and local businesses comes undone? My very wonderful colleague @ConorDougherty and I spent the last months thinking about what comes next for San Francisco
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everyone is golfing! and getting their hair done, and working out, and hanging. I wrote about the rise of the "afternoon fun" economy — with new research from @I_Am_NickBloom
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something i think about often... when my coworker's wonderful girlfriend told me she had gotten her PhD in journalism and shwarma, and i told her those were two of my favorite things, esp having family in Israel, and later in the night learned she studied journalism and trauma
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pretty remarkable scene at Amazon headquarters now in Seattle where hundreds of workers have walked off the job protesting RTO, layoffs and the company's climate impact — carrying signs with slogans like "Just Say No to RTO"
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“My father famously said, when a friend asked him before he died, ‘George, what’s the end point?’ He said, ‘When nobody else is hungry.’ The friend said ‘But there’s always going to be poverty,’ and he said ‘Well, then you never stop fighting’ ” @rtraister
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2 years
Did you start your first job during the pandemic? Tell me about it for a project the @nytimes is doing on young people, and what it's like to make work/life choices in crazy times
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NEW: While most Americans are scrambling for Covid tests, white collar workers at some major companies — Google, BlackRock, JPMorgan Chase — have been getting at-home tests that are free and readily available. w/ @LaurenSHirsch and @dmccabe
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3 years
Watched Jehuda get his second dose of the Covid vaccine this morning in Midwood. He survived the Holocaust, came to America in 1961 and now works as an EMT. He told me: “I’m lucky I am alive. You have to fight for life”
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4 years
The pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of teenagers. They're navigating a public health and economic crisis, while distancing from friends: "I feel like the world is caving in," Aya Raji told me
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2 years
The @nytimes is giving employees branded lunch boxes this week as a return-to-office perk. We want respect and a fair contract instead — so I’m working from home this week along with 1,300 of my @NYTimesGuild and @NYTGuildTech colleagues, with support from @wirecutterunion .
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for @NYTmag I wrote about the stand-off over offices, why strict in-person rules keep breaking down and what could be coming next in the battles over how people work
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4 years
I talked to more than a dozen older Americans about the polio memories that resurfaced as the Covid vaccine arrived. Meet Jean Norville, who lost her saintly older brother, Jonas Salk's three sons who got the shot first, and many more.
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I wrote about companies scrambling to figure out abortion policies. They're facing potential legal challenges and answering to past political $$$. They're also figuring out privacy: "You shouldn’t have to tell your manager you’re getting an abortion"
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4 years
What's it like to take the SAT in a pandemic? Much to the horror of my high school self, I can tell you all about it. Yesterday I sharpened my No. 2 pencils and took the train to Sleepy Hollow High for the 3-hour test
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What does it look like to be a medical specialist in a time of pandemic? Hundreds of anxious phone calls, medical dilemmas — even office theft. For @NYTScience I looked at how the spread of Covid-19 is creating new challenges for doctors across every field
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Hospital chaplains have suddenly found themselves on the front lines: “We are walking in the valley of the shadow of death, along with our patients and their families," one told me. For @NYTScience I looked at how they're keeping the faith amidst pandemic
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I wrote about the divide between work-from-home and back-in-the-office America, with new research that answers: Where are people back in the office? Small cities, places with car commutes, and states that had shorter Covid lockdowns.
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I wrote about the perfect date for a Return to Office: April 25, when it's not too hot, not too cold and all you need is a light jacket. JK!! The perfect RTO date doesn't exist, CEOs are saying. My @nytimesbusiness look at how company plans went haywire
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It's been 20 months of negotiations. Enough is enough. I'm proud to join more than 1,000 @NYTimesGuild members pledging to walk out if the @nytimes doesn't agree to a complete and fair contract by Dec 8.
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There's powerful new research documenting the impact of remote work. The upshot: workers who want to work from home most, including women and young people, might be most likely to feel the downsides of it — less feedback. w/ @bencasselman
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Everything is expensive now — including returning to the office. I wrote about how RTO plans collided with the pressures of inflation.
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4 years
Do you remember when the polio vaccine was rolled out? Want to share your story with the New York Times? Please DM me or email emma.goldberg @nytimes .com
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I wrote about how "vulnerability" became the new favorite corporate buzzword — and how bosses have taken it too far, including posting their crying selfies on LinkedIn.
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Women are living in a world built for men. The @nytimes gender team made a course about different forms of gender bias, from politics to health — 7 issues in 7 days. Read @FrancescaDonner kicking it off and my piece today on bias in tech and product design
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I wrote about the peculiar American tradition of politician commencement speeches. From JFK to LBJ and Obama, political leaders have used graduation ceremonies to talk to a country in crisis. What's the class of 2020 missing out on?
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Six months ago, photographer Yana Paskova invited me to join her following a group of Orthodox Jewish women training to be EMTs. From my own Orthodox family members, I knew the barriers they'd face — from Covid to rigid gender norms. Here is our story:
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I wrote about my week of Chatfishing all my coworkers, sources and friends — aka, only talking to people through ChatGPT
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Ten years ago the NIH found a gap in the number of grants it was giving to black and white researchers. Initially the thinking was that mentorship could mostly solve for the gap — but new research tells a different story. My first piece for @UpshotNYT
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after this crazy Silicon Valley Bank week, @sm agreed to share with me the diary of a founder whose bank collapsed — and her hellish 48 hours trying to get $200,000 together to pay her staff
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2 years
I wrote about the weirdness of making working from home feel permanent! And also asked @BeschlossDC about what we can learn from a person or president's work setup, and @CoryBooker how he felt about his 2/10 on Room Rater
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NEW for @NYTScience : Medical schools in Boston and New York are moving up their graduations to send fourth year students to the frontlines of Covid-19 care. Or, whatever you'd call the opposite of senioritis.
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NEW: Joe Biden will soon sign an exec order establishing a Gender Policy Council. @Alisha__g and I did a deep dive on this newly empowered office. We talked with @HillaryClinton and sat down with the new White House co-chairs for their first interview
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I wrote about office jerks!! The ice queens, the evil geniuses, the founder who fired 900 of his workers on Zoom. For this week's Sunday Biz cover, I dug into the reckoning over bad bosses, and the question: What will it take to get rid of mean coworkers?
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3 years
SO excited that some of my favorite writers read my book and responded so generously. You can preorder a copy of Life on the Line now! Here’s what early readers had to say. Get your copy here: Or even better from an indie:
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I wrote about people who never liked the office. It was never one-size-fits-all, and the 50 million Americans who left it behind in March 2020 could change the way we work.
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Each year, thousands of doctors try to match into residency — and face rejection. They're left unemployed and $100,000s in debt. I spent time with some of them for @NYTScience , and their stories broke my heart: “You wonder if you’re useless" one told me
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only the first workday of 2022 but potentially the mondayiest monday on record???
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I cover all the ways the workplace is changing — job quitting, union drives, remote work — for @nytimes , and we want to bring more voices and stories into our coverage. Fill out our callout to share yours
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NEW: Could the pandemic herald the end of tipping, or the subminimum wage for tipped workers? I dug into the challenges facing service workers, from policing mask-less customers to "maskual harassment."
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I wrote for @GuardianUS about Trump & Bibi’s game of anti-democratic chicken and the complicity of Jews who advocate no strings attached aid. As @PeterBeinart notes they only worry about critics visiting Israel because they know there are cruelties to hide
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I talked with some kids celebrating their 12th birthdays the best way! By getting vaxxed 🎂
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“Turning 12 in 2021 means a different kind of celebration,” Nicole Tu wrote as she celebrated her daughter's getting a Covid vaccine on her birthday. Since early May, children 12 and older in the U.S. have been eligible for the shots.
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With NYC poised to shut schools again, I spoke with teens about the isolation of remote learning. In their words: "I feel like the world is caving in" "I felt like I was suffocating" "It’s hitting us the hardest" For @NYTScience
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I wrote about the workplace's Roe generation — women who entered adulthood as abortion became legal, and felt their career and economic choices open up. Women's participation in the labor force jumped from 43 to now almost 60%.
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Artificial intelligence could automate 300 million jobs. The technology could create more jobs than it eliminates — but the disruption for workers will still be massive. I looked into the question: What would help displaced workers?
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I wrote about how corporations got obsessed with keeping workers happy — and the problems that fixation raises. Corporate carrots like Lizzo concerts feel to some workers like a distraction from what they really want: raises and flexibility.
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Striketober but make it January?? Starbucks workers just walked out protesting Covid conditions at a unionized store in the Buffalo area
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NEW for @NYTScience : Because personal protective equipment is in short supply, medical interpreters have to work remote. "We are seeing an overall degradation in the quality of care given to patients who don’t speak English," one ER doc told me
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I went on the Daily to talk ivermectin with @kevinroose !!! Hear how Joe Rogan, Ron Johnson and pandemic desperation helped create a run on an unproven drug
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For Black women doctors, microaggressions are a constant. They are mixed up with nurses and asked to take out the trash— "micro" refers to the frequency, not the impact. I talked with over a dozen docs about this: "It’s like death by a thousand paper cuts"
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I went to Harvard Business School and wrote about how aspiring corporate leaders are talking about social responsibility — a conversation that has its limits at a place one professor referred to as "a bastion of capitalism."
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NEW: Bar exams and medical licensing exams have been delayed, leaving graduates unable to work: "I have $300,000 in loans, and I have no idea how I’ll start paying them off," one grad told me. I spoke to the students in limbo for @NYTNational
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Today the Department of Health and Human Services said hospitals have to get informed consent from patients before doing sensitive exams, esp when patients are under anesthesia, citing our 2020 @nytimes investigation of patients getting nonconsensual exams
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NYT memo today says we are all welcome back at the office 😇
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I spent some months following the CIRCUS. The circus is trying to reinvent itself — with the help of two cultural mavens, who ask the age-old question: Can you hack popularity? Feat circus-themed perfume, acrobats, the Beatles and "so much soleil"
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this fall I started looking into how personality testing is being used for the weird new world of work. So @rachel_dry and I decided to make a quiz on office personalities. Are you a cubicle cat, breakroom butterfly, corner office creature or couch koala??
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