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Passive-Aggressive/Ways To Fire Your Employees?/Try A Text Haiku!

BY Mike HobanSun Sep 11, 2011

Carol Bartz was unceremoniously fired by the chairman of Yahoo's board via a phone call. In 2006, a well-known national electronics retailer created some less than favorable PR when the company fired hundreds of employees through e-mail. What's next? Text! A humorous look at how to can employees in 17 chilly syllables. READ»

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iFive: Hawking vs. God, Layoff-Happy CEOs, Euro Shopping Spree, Walkmen vs. iPods, Hurricane Earl

BY Kit EatonThu Sep 2, 2010

Professor Stephen Hawking rethinks God, CEOs who fire more earn more, European consumer spending is up, Walkman sales somehow surpass iPod sales in Japan, and Hurricane Earl spins up the Eastern Seaboard.READ»

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British Teenager Fired From Job Via Facebook, After Cookie-Related Ineptitude

BY Dan NosowitzWed Mar 24, 2010

Here we have an extremely important World's First: this right here is the World's First Firing Via Facebook in England. Even better, the whole story hinges on the power of a cookie addiction.READ»

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“Contractor” Employee Misclassification is Costing Companies – Again

BY Nick ReddinMon Oct 19, 2009

As a cable-television installer in Massachusetts, Fritz Elienberg drove a van and wore a shirt emblazoned with “Comcast.” He installed equipment from Comcast Corp., and customers paid the cable provider for his work.Mr. Elienberg ...READ»

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Are You Commited or Engaged at Work?

BY Nick ReddinSat Jan 26, 2008

BY NICK REDDIN I was driving down Interstate 235 to work the other day. There I was with hundreds of other people all doing the exact same thing as me - heading to work. I realized it's the same every day, over and over. ...READ»