#How Silicon Valley taught America to treat work as a religion

#How Silicon Valley taught America to treat work as a religion

“How Silicon Valley taught America to treat work as a religion” At the opening of her four-day self-improvement seminar, Jennifer Spargifiore was held in isolation for hours until a screaming man broke the silence, yelling that the attendees were “nothing.” The degrading experience “more and more resembled a cult initiation ritual as time went on,” reads a…

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#Eating away at the heart of small businesses

#Eating away at the heart of small businesses

“#Eating away at the heart of small businesses” Of the four restaurants Rick McQuaide owns across several counties in Western Pennsylvania, one is barely making a profit, two are losing money and the fourth has been “temporarily” closed for far longer than he ever anticipated. The 58-year-old small businessman from nearby Cambria County has one…

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#LinkedIn says most employees can work from home forever

#LinkedIn says most employees can work from home forever

“#LinkedIn says most employees can work from home forever” The majority of LinkedIn’s 16,000 employees will be allowed to work remotely full time, the company said Thursday, in a reversal of its previous policy. However, workers who relocate from cities like San Francisco and New York to cheaper locales may have their pay docked based…

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