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Twitter Lays Off 10% Of Its Workforce 

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Saturday night brought the first sign of layoffs for some employees; they found that their corporate email accounts and laptops had been logged out. Farewells were posted on Twitter by those that had been laid off, and the remaining employees used encrypted messaging services verify who was still employed.

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4 Challenges in Navigating Remote Work Layoffs

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The four key challenges of remote work layoffs are impersonal emails, legal requirements, returning equipment, and difficulties assessing performance. You’re less likely to be trashed in the media for impersonal layoffs if you’re not a big company, unless of course your email is completely tone-deaf.

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Research: Twitter Reveals Workplace Stress

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It also costs the U.S. Or, it could mean banning Monday meetings, providing every worker some down time during the stressful mid-week grind and doing away with weekend emails unless it's an emergency. In the U.S., about $444 billion a year.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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They achieve productivity more quickly; they cost less in total, and they’re a more flexible cost; they require less emotional investment from their employers; and they take less time and effort to replace. Source: “The Real Cost of Freelance vs. Full-Time Employees” What is a freelancer? What does a win look like?

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Sweet - SarcMark: A punctuation mark for sarcasm!

ProAssisting Blog

Submitted by Ethan on January 15, 2010 at 04:51 PM I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read an email, IM, Facebook post or comment online and not known if the person writing the remark was serious or not. We’re gonna keep an eye on this one but given that it costs $1.99 to download (why not free?), Enjoy this post?

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The ‘118’: The Modern Elevator Pitch

Success

The Good: Mentions your experience without name-dropping and shares your passion for work that connects to what your prospect needs: “For 15 years, I have lived my passion for designing the most cost-efficient communication systems in the business.”

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Procrastination Carries Big Costs

Ian's Messy Desk

Home About Contact Me Links Sitemap Procrastination Carries Big Costs Posted by Ian McKenzie Written on April 28, 2010 If youre new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. There are big costs to procrastination. Count the cost – I focus on what procrastination is costing me. Thanks for visiting! Health is one.

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