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torebel711:
A police dog trainer once "said there’s a smart end of the leash and a dumb end of the leash. Guess which end you’re on?"
wilcoxcopywriting:
This is scary similar to when parents take their kids to therapy. Often when the kid’s problems are externalizing behaviors (aggression, tantrums, hyperactivity, etc as opposed to anxiety, depression, etc) therapists want to work with the parents to teach them skills to help manage the kid’s behavior. You wouldn’t believe (or maybe you would lol) how many parents are too defensive and refuse. They think their kid is the problem and not them. Usually it’s them 😬.
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So, how exactly can an exposed industry secret affect a company? For one, their reputation may take a hit. As licensed mental health counselor Tyler Jensen tells Bored Panda, it’s when the general public begins to form unconscious biases, which he says is part of human nature.
“These biases can turn us off of that company altogether at worst, and garnish appropriate distancing at best,” he said, adding that larger corporations may not suffer from the fallout as much, given they have more resources to do effective damage control.
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I'm feeling for what's going on in the muscles & making sure your bits are covered as I move you around.
But I PROMISE YOU idgaf about your body hair or where you hold fat or literally anything else you chastise yourself for in the mirror.
__alexa_jones_:
Massage therapist, 15 years. I have never once had a thought about someone’s body and have never had another lmt express a thought to me about any clients body - only their attitude.
Outside of the reputational damage is the effect on company culture, which Ultimate Kilimanjaro operations director Michael Sawyer says is often overlooked. He explains that it is a long-term effect where employees eventually lose faith in their leaders. Potential candidates may also withdraw interest, while partners may question their involvement in the business.
“A business’s character is more than the number of sales it makes; it is about the trust that every stakeholder puts in it,” he emphasized.
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40lovebc:
Same w/your lawyer. If they dunno what they’re representing irl, you’re totally wasting your retainer. It’s not their job to judge you. &, even if they do, wgaf? If they wanna get paid, they’ll do their job.
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If you give your kid a smart phone in middle school (or earlier), you will be hindering their educational progress from then on.
The assumption that major corporations may be immune to the damage of a leaked unpleasant secret may not be as accurate. Senior lawyer Emma Alves says she has witnessed billion-dollar companies shrug off $10 million fines, only to lose 30 percent of their consumer loyalty.
“Money may be returned, but suspicion remains for decades,” she said.
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Signed,
Middle School ELA Teacher.
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Keeping potentially damaging information a secret in itself may carry heavy consequences. Game Host Bros founder Hone Tito witnessed it firsthand during community and technical crises, and he says, “In a secrecy and denial culture, the trust gap is larger.”
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prompterchick:
The amount of wasted water from people who will open a bottled water, take one sip and leave it, is insane.
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“There’s no one in line you must not be busy” bro we also process and fill 500+ scripts a day between phone calls and checking in orders (and vaccines), you’re not our only patient.
There are risks in revealing an unpleasant industry secret, especially if the company requires a signed NDA. However, it doesn’t mean employees who witnessed controversial practices or even those that break the law have their hands tied.
As Sawyer points out, NDAs cannot legally bind anyone to silence if they witnessed something illegal. And in such cases, he advises reaching out to an employment attorney or a whistleblower specialist.
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This is a post about self-driving automobiles.
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The disinfectant sprays they use at gyms aren't often used correctly. You have to let the spray sit wet for, like, 10 minutes before wiping it. Nobody does that.
katie225:
Also, a lot of fitness "experts" at the gym encourage disordered eating, are required to sell a certain number of supplements, and/or run MLMs on the side and use the gym as a leads generator.
Alves echoed a similar statement, clarifying that “the paper wall crumbles” once NDAs interact with illegal behavior. She also explained that clauses designed to conceal criminal activity are typically given limited consideration in court.
“An attorney can help facilitate a disclosure to the regulator or law enforcement so that the truth is brought to light without subjecting the whistleblower to crushing liability,” Alves said, adding that there are multiple ways to find truth in the system, as long as you know the “doors to open up first.”
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1. When putting together an order, workers look at a computer screen that mentions what’s in the order and what size box should be used. Many times it’s correct, but often it’s wildly wrong. If the box is too small, the worker is trained to change the box. If the box is too big, the worker is trained to pack the item anyway and then fill up the rest of the boxwith dunnage (the filler material) because it’s faster than building a new box. The workers have a rate they’re expected to maintain (translates to one box every 30 seconds), and fiddling “unnecessarily” with boxes can affect it.
2. The item you ordered is considered hazmat, and is not allowed in a smaller box. Due to a law outside the company’s control, any object that is hazmat needs an outside marker so people are aware of it (one of the common reasons, lithium batteries, aren’t allowed to travel by air). The label has a barcode to be scanned to ensure that it’s there, and it’s placed on the side of the box so it doesn’t get in the way of the barcode that’s responsible for prompting the shipping label. If the side of the box is too small, it’s not allowed for hazmat items, even if the item being shipped is super small. That’s also why you’ll never receive hazmat items in envelopes.
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rosebuds92:
I did this! Fired a nurse because she didn't like my labor Playlist and told me I had to turn it off 😒.
_goddess_jen_:
Yep! The doctor on staff who was going to deliver my son had suggested I let him die bc of his complex medical condition at a previous prenatal appointment. I immediately requested someone else as I did not feel he would give my child a fighting chance at life. Fast forward I have a healthy, thriving teenager with his rare & severe congenital heart defect.