The Boss Who Hates Sick Day Requests - The New York Times

kept by eddie jan 11

A boss's aversion to sick day requests highlights workplace tensions and the impossible demands placed on middle managers.

How to Attend Meetings
HN commenters largely agree with slide-deck advice on declining useless meetings but cite cultural resistance and lack of enforcement as barriers.
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Feedback doesn't scale
As organizations grow beyond 100 people, feedback becomes overwhelming noise because personal relationships don't scale, requiring structured systems like proxy relationships and working groups to replace direct trust.
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Meta’s New A.I. Superstars Are Chafing Against the Rest of the Company - The New York Times
Meta's AI elite clash with longtime Zuckerberg lieutenants, creating an us-versus-them tension inside the company.
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Harvard Faculty Vote to Approve Cap on A’s Per Course in Effort to Curb Grade Inflation - WSJ
Harvard faculty voted to approve a cap on the number of A's per course in an effort to curb grade inflation, despite sharp student backlash.
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