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Do You Work in 2015…or 1950?

November 20, 2015 Sarah Payne

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Does your boss ever remind you of Michael Scott—selfish and offensive? Or maybe Don Draper—absent and ungrateful? Unfortunately, lots of managers and companies are still way behind the times when it comes to workplace culture

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