(Business people) speaking a language familiar and dear to them. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high adventure; executives walk among toner cartridges, caparisoned like knights. We should tolerate them - every person of spirit wants to ride a white horse. -William Strunk Jr. (The Elements of Style)
In the two years I've been writing about Americans' changing relationship to work, there's one theme that's come up over and over again: loyalty. Whether my stories are about quiet quitting, or job-hopping, or leveraging a job offer from a competitor to force your boss to give you a raise, readers seem to divide into two groups....
I really like my job. However, the company and I are a simplified relationship. They pay me, I do work. If they stopped paying, I would stop working.
I am loyal to the people and they to me. I wouldn’t leave them with no/low notice because that is a dick move. This is not entirely altruistic, of course, as my best chance for a new job are the people I know.
U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) calls on Biden to lower food prices ( www.kolotv.com )
Knights among toner cartridges ( infosec.pub )
(Business people) speaking a language familiar and dear to them. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high adventure; executives walk among toner cartridges, caparisoned like knights. We should tolerate them - every person of spirit wants to ride a white horse. -William Strunk Jr. (The Elements of Style)
Darktable: Emulate Film Halation ( nishchalb.github.io )
For fans of text tutorials/haters of video tutorials, I’ve started writing some darktable tutorials! Here’s one on emulating film halation.
The end of workplace loyalty: Why work feels so broken right now — and how it can be repaired ( www.businessinsider.com )
In the two years I've been writing about Americans' changing relationship to work, there's one theme that's come up over and over again: loyalty. Whether my stories are about quiet quitting, or job-hopping, or leveraging a job offer from a competitor to force your boss to give you a raise, readers seem to divide into two groups....