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Would it be tolerable to accept you’ll never be part of an inner circle filled with sycophants and hollowed people?

Should I pretend to worship my boss so I can keep my job?

If you really want to stay, would it be tolerable to accept you’ll never be part of an inner circle filled with sycophants and hollowed people?

  • Jonathan Rivett

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With a bit of finessing in 2025, seven weeks of downtime are well within your reach.

The days you need to book off now to get seven weeks of annual leave

If you feel like four weeks of leave a year is not enough to rest and recharge, there’s a hack you can use to lengthen out your holidays – starting this month.

  • Millie Muroi
The Fair Work Commission handed down the ruling this week.

Virgin fails in bid to overturn unfair dismissal case over ‘pre-shift prosecco’

Virgin Airlines was found to have unfairly sacked a cabin crew member for consuming a glass of prosecco before his shift.

  • Jesinta Burton
Hugh Grant as Daniel and Renee Zellweger as Bridget in an office scene from Bridget Jones’s Diary.

Bridget Jones’ office romance with Daniel ‘inappropriate’: Zellweger

Actor Renée Zellweger says the workplace romance shown in the original 2001 movie would breach HR rules today.

  • Anita Singh
Mark (Adam Scott) is still searching for answers in the second season of Severance.

Mind the gap: Severance is back, and the strangeness is even stranger

Apple’s quirky workplace comedy-drama opens out in its second season, but it’s still a fascinating puzzle.

  • Karl Quinn
Mark Zuckerberg says the company will be making extensive “performance-based cuts”.

Meta to cut thousands of staff as Zuckerberg targets ‘low performers’

Meta is cutting roughly 5 per cent of its staff through performance-based terminations according to an internal memo sent to all employees.

  • Riley Griffin
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$550 for a haircut might seem a lot, but bad hair can really cost you

Attractive, well-groomed people usually get more promotions and make more money. But hundreds of dollars for a cut and colour, in this economy?

  • Rachel Clun
Workplace Minister Murray Watt.

Workers who steal from their boss can be charged with theft. Now dishonest employers risk jail, fines

Landmark wage theft laws that come into effect on January 1 will make intentional underpayment of workers a crime across the nation.

  • Olivia Ireland
Hatch co-founders Chaz Heitner and Adam Jacobs with investor Taryn Pieterse.
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It’s new and risky, but Gen Z workers are ‘all in’ on AI

Gen Z Australians are ‘all in’ on generative AI and are embracing tools like ChatGPT in the workplace at speed and without fear, according to new research.

  • David Swan
Navigating office dress codes can be difficult, but speaking to an employee one on one can be a good start.

My entire team is paranoid about what to wear to our Christmas party

After an employer’s accusation like this, I can see why people are feeling anxious.

  • Kirstin Ferguson

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/workplace-hzd