’Tis The Season For Oversized Sweaters, Fancy Holiday Coffees, And Toppling The Patriarchy.
Dearests! We’re a week and a bit into December, and the air in the Bay Area has chilled substantially (though I cannot complain about the temperature, as my brother works in the Yukon and it was -43 degrees earlier this week - and before you ask whether that’s Celsius or Fahrenheit, know that that’s basically where the two streams cross soooooo…. I am aware that it’s so much freaking colder elsewhere.)
TO THE INTERNET
We are all Dana Schwartz right now, wanting to buy mysterious strangers who’ve been wronged by their cad ex-husbands a drink: I'm In A Parasocial Relationship With Anna Marie Tendler (Bustle) - and BTW, I’ve been channeling “Big Divorcée Energy since 2019, and can confirm that it is GLORIOUS.
In this super tight labor market, I am hiring right now and in general the firm I work for is hiring like crazy (seriously, if you see a role you think might be a fit for you or someone you know, hit me up!). In every interview I conduct, the conversation turns to work-life balance, ability to work remotely, and how we are watching out for employee mental health, so I can attest that if you’re not structurally addressing these issues as an organization, you’re losing out on amazing candidates. So these stories of companies arbitrarily re-instituting in-office requirements and employees struggling to maintain work-life balance do not surprise me (WSJ). And as anyone who reads this Missive on the regular knows, I am very pro-flexibility - and am grateful to have clients that believe the same: Companies That Truly Trust Their Employees Will Offer Them Flexibility—Working The Way They Want (Forbes)
Related to the above, I tried four different ways of trying to convey my anger at this man in a clever and cute way, and everything came off trite, so here it is: may he step on rakes throughout eternity a la Sideshow Bob: Better.com CEO fires 900 employees over Zoom (CNN) - and, um, of course those employees recorded it and leaked it.
And finally, what a 2021 headline to read: Man in Custody for Allegedly Torching Christmas Tree Outside Fox News in Midtown (NBC New York)
You’re swell. Be kind to yourself, to each other, and go out and buy yourself a fancy warm beverage of your choice today. You got this!
xoxo Amy