Why Women Are Afraid of Calling Out Toxic Women Bosses
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Why Women Are Afraid of Calling Out Toxic Women Bosses

In progressive industries like mine, few women want to complain against another woman. How was I going to admit, even to myself, that my powerful female boss was a monster, while simultaneously complaining about the lack of women in leadership positions?
Why We Need to Pick Productivity Over Punctuality
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Why We Need to Pick Productivity Over Punctuality

In an Indian office your dedication is determined by what time you get to work. Which means, that you get labelled a “bad employee” for reaching work at 11 am instead of 10.30 am, but not if you’re one of those people who is at work at 9.30 am and yet does not meet deadlines.
Dear Bosses, Stop Telling Your Employees to Be a Big Happy Family at Work
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Dear Bosses, Stop Telling Your Employees to Be a Big Happy Family at Work

The office is just that – a place where you show up to deliver the work you agreed to when you signed the dotted line, and leave the minute you meet your deadlines. With happiness and without guilt. Why are bosses then, so obsessed with conjuring up a family within the workplace? I have one slightly neurotic, dysfunctional family at home, I don’t need another one at work, thank you very much.
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Don’t Fall for the Bean Bag! The “Cool Office” is a Myth

Lore says that there’s a land where there are no bosses, only friends. A land where coffee and hot chocolate flow freely. In this holy land, the demon entity named Corporate Culture has been vanquished. It sounds a lot like a start-up, but don’t fall for it. Because like purple dinosaurs and superheroes, the “cool workplace” is just a figment of your imagination.