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New data, though, shows fully remote workers are falling behind in one of the most-prized and important aspects of a career: getting promoted...

There is missing detail in this stat.

"Promotion" has two meanings, title/responsibly, and money. The two used to be almost 100% correlative. They are no longer and anecdotally I think the former more than the latter is the case.

Title is important in same parts of the career journey. For me not so much.

Then there is the "over employed", people with literally 3 or more full time salaried jobs. These people work100% from home and they are not looking for a promotion.

In my opinion the only way it is possible to deliver to expectations is if the employers have huge inefficiency built in.

Add to that the stories of tech companies hireing people only to deny their competitors the talent. Oh, look Citi group is cutting 20,000 employees.

It's musical chairs, there are no "new" jobs added. Something wicked this way comes.

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Dear CNN Chicago: Anyone living in the southeastern highlands knows full well what thundersnow is. We get two or three such storms every year. Big deal....

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One wonders where SOD Austin was when the decisions were made to bomb the Houthi’s. Or if Joe Biden understood what the military was doing, or had any hand in the decision.

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I’ve been there pretty close to Austin’s situation (post surgical infection). It’s horrible beyond description. It’s hard to imaging him really being fully engaged.

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Re: the strikes against the Houthis. Good.

The easiest drone or missle to defeat is one that never gets fired. Destroy them on the ground, - and kill the guys that fire them - and that's at least dozens of missles that we don't have to intercept.

YouTuber Ward Carroll, a former F-14 RIO (think 'Goose' in Top Gun) says we've been shooting at arrows, not the archers.

It's about time that's changed.

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Glad to hear from another Mooch fan. Of course, blowing up the bow and arrow factory (in Iran) would be better yet, plus help Ukraine and Israel.

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Glad I adequately attributed the comment to Mooch, otherwise I'd be just as guilty as Claudine Gay.

Agree with your comments about Iran.

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Jan 12Liked by Philip Swicegood

"The Dolphins at Chiefs NFL playoff game could be the coldest game in history. " Its also going to be the LEAST watched in history because its exclusively on Peacock. Don't have that, oh well. SOL.

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