My office has just launched a brand new weight loss incentive. While participation is not mandatory (thank god), its presence has made a discernible impact around the office.
diets
money
It can feel gross to celebrate your success when so many people are out of work. But we need to celebrate our accomplishments. And we need to not feel bad about living the way we want to live.
work
“Someone has come to me,” my boss said, “And they’ve got some complaints about what you’ve been doing with your face and your hair.”
work
A good Work Flirt is agreeable and energetic and does whatever it takes to project ease and to foster comfort. I was in control, right?
issues
I'm a huge advocate of women talking about money -- and their salaries specifically -- loudly and publicly as a means of fighting the gender wage gap.
body talk
Food (and alcohol) are often problematic parts of office culture, especially if you have any kind of issue with them.
performing
Know what I used to do for a lot of the day? Google people I was jealous of and hate myself. And then: repeat.
career
Like with all buzz-killing life truths, there comes a time to realize that you are not a 24-year-old editorial assistant anymore.
behind the scenes
I actually was being considered for a full time sex editor job. Can you imagine?!
career
Forget "crying at work," try totally losing your mind on your co-workers!
jobs
This is the story of how I stopped being a teacher.
co-workers
When I first got to my current job and saw the Snack Cabinet, it was like a choir of angels descending on my upturned face. Until I noticed that I was only eating Wheat Thins and Jolly Ranchers, forever.
bullies
Every day people go in to work at jobs they can’t afford to quit with co-workers who make a genuine effort to bully and humiliate them. Too often, fighting back isn’t an option, and even if it is, it’s not guaranteed to make a difference.
work
I’m not a rising superstar in my company because I haven’t been given that opportunity: I am a woman.
sex toys
I opened the link and found, to my horror, that it was the gorgeous, iridescent purple double-headed dildo I’d been admiring.
gender
While my co-workers and I can have a dialogue about my identity and what I experience, I don't have time to take on the burden of educating each person that offends me throughout the day.
lean in
Someone working at Taco Bell or Burger King is not going to be able to have the same work-life balance discussion that someone who works for Facebook or The New York Times. Sheryl
bosses
Offices without bitchy bosses are often sorely lacking in one critical element: FEAR.
shoes
I am a really good fucking hostess and it is about 50% due to my choice of footwear.
career
I have had to tell people their breath stinks, their thong shows, their flatulence is making their office mate gag, and that their perfume smells like rotting cat food.
homelessness
I had no concrete plans when I left my lease renewal unsigned. All I had was a personal belief that I wouldn’t end up living on the train.
booth babes
I’d love to see more women at each con I attend. I just want them to be there as actual attendees or developers, not human props.
