Hello World, it’s time for an unplugged letter. Please, please, please(!) stop asking me these questions about how I can possibly work from home. I find them at best, annoying — and at worst, offensive — and I bet I’m not the only one. I know you are just curious, but here’s how it makes me […]
Archive | Unplugged Letters
Need to write that letter, but refrain from sending it? Well, you still can, and you can even publish it right here. We promise we won’t share it with your boss or co-worker, but we will need to ensure it’s not full of inappropriate language. Unplug with your complete and utter emotional honesty. Just be sure to self-censor and use your judgment as to the necessity and appropriateness of the selected adjectives!
Greg Smith’s Not-So-Unplugged Letter
Greg Smith quit his job very publicly yesterday by writing an op-ed in the New York Times, titled Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs. In the article, he describes the current culture as “toxic” and shares his views about how the firm went from being a great place to work to a place he could […]
Leaving the Worst Job Ever
A while ago I wrote about my Worst Job Ever. If you remember the management feedback I gave them, you’d know it was a pretty horrible place to work. I had to get out, and I did. I don’t remember having much of an exit plan, just an urgent sense to get away before their […]
