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- Racked sings the praises of, yes, Crocs — and chronicles the rise of Old Navy.
- Byrdie recommends some non-drying matte lipsticks.
- How would you react if “power shoulderpads” became mainstream again?! (The New York Times)
- Members of Generation Z (people in their teens and early 20s) are clearly not fans of email, reports The Wall Street Journal.
- Entrepreneur lists four ways to become a leader.
- The New York Times has an opinion piece by Julia Baird about mansplaining, the “manologue,” and the different speaking habits of men and women.
- The Atlantic takes a look at a surprising statistic — that “nearly half of American adults are ‘financially fragile' and ‘living very close to the financial edge.'”
- Harvard Business Review reviews a survey experiment that showed how simply thinking about not being the breadwinner affects men's thoughts about other things.
- Self tells you what to do if you happen to choke while you're alone. (One more tip: If you call 911 for such an emergency, consider unlocking your front door first.)
- From The Onion this week: “Woman Leaving Meeting Worried She Came Off As Too Competent.”
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Anonymous
Choking alone is such a horrible thought! I had a coworker choke once and I was the only other person around until someone came running and realized what happened. If she had been alone she definitely would’ve choked to death. If you are choking, put your hands at your neck! This is the universal sign for choking, otherwise people may not realize what’s happening.
Also — the 911 tip is kind of obsolete now unless you have a house phone. Otherwise, the 911 call is coming from your cell.
October
This is the main reason I have a house phone, now that I have a kid. It is worth the monthly fee to know that in an emergency situation (choking, intruder, etc.) 911 will have my info immediately. Also, since we barely use the handsets except for local calls, they are always on their charging stations and easy to locate/ready to go. I wish 911 had a text option.
ANON
I somehow missed the Crying at work post. Has anyone ever been in a situation where a fellow male coworker has cried? In all my 15 years in law I don’t recall even one time.
anon
Yes, although admittedly it wasn’t about work. I saw several men wiping away tears at my firm the day of the Sandy Hook shooting. (We are many states away). I’ve also seen male associates look like they wanted to cry during particularly stressful times.
Teary old man
An old male partner who is known for being grumpy/rude/hostile/awful got teary in my friends office when *her* grandfather died. It was the weirdest thing . He must have been close to his own grandparents, because he made a comment about how hard it is to lose grandparents and just got teary. She sat there with a deer-in-the-headlights look and he left.
Anon
I know this is not what you are asking for. I also missed Crying at wok post. But I have cried twice at work.
Once when I was summoned by my manager when I couldn’t do a seemingly simple task after one year into that job. The fact was I was miserable there, there was not much to do at all. Sitting there for 8 hours a day doing nothing and no internet was terrible. I just didn’t care about that job at all. I was preparing for GRE at work because I had nothing to do. I just told him point blank that how miserable it was to come to work and do nothing, how I wanted to achieve something, do interesting work and I was preparing for GRE and will apply to grad school soon, all the time sobbing !!! Manager was so surprised, probably felt sorry for me. He spoke to some higher level manager and got me some good work which I liked and did a good job. After one year, I left for grad school. He gave me a letter of recommendation when I was applying for grad school. I was 22 at that time. Now it feels funny :-)
Second time I wept was when my manager called me and said he will fire me for performance reasons with no warning. I couldn’t believe it and I wept like there was no tomorrow. I couldn’t talk, breath when I was sitting in that chair hearing that I didn’t perform well. I went to HR and demanded my manager prove me that I performed poorly. He couldn’t prove it and still I left that job because I didn’t want to report to that jack@$$ anymore.
Cecelle
What would be appropriate attire at a CLE event held at Stanford?It’s a conference on tech and social media law. I practice in-house in a different city, and I tend to find that people tend to be on the dressier side of business casual (ie., a dress and cardigan, non-matching suit jacket and trousers) when I go to CLE events (although at the last tech-related CLE I attended, there were people there in jeans). I don’t want to stick out if I’m wearing a suit, and frankly, I’d rather not. I’d rather be comfortable, particularly if I’m travelling to get there.
anon in sv
No one will be in a suit. Basically no one in the valley wears suits except lawyers for job interviews and lawyers when in court. I’ve been expressly told NOT to wear a suit by partners when we go visit clients because it tells the clients we are totally, totally out of step with their culture. I might wear a non-matching jacket over a cardigan, but definitely don’t wear a suit.
anon in sv
over as in “instead of”
MarlboroughDO
In praise of Crocs? oxymoron here, surely?