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L.L. Bean puts more boots on the ground
L.L. Bean plans to triple its retail store count by 2020, the company announced Wednesday. The Maine-based retailer famous for its iconic boots and other outdoors gear has plans to open four new stores...
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When office gossip helps the bottom line
If corporations have learned anything in the era of social media, it's that they can't stop workers from tweeting, Facebooking, and Instagramming about their jobs. The web has even carved out special...
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Half of us have quit our job because of a bad boss
A new Gallup study released Thursday sheds new light on worker-manager relationships, finding that about 50% of the 7,200 adults surveyed left a job “to get away from their manager.” Interestingly,...
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Why and how managers should help workers set boundaries
In the old days, work was work, and home was home. Now, technology and the ability to work from anywhere have blended the two together. That's good news for people who want to work from home sometimes...
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So much for Mattel ex-CEO resigning. He was fired
Well, well, well. Mattel MAT said in a regulatory filing that former Chief Executive Bryan Stockton had been fired, contradicting its January 26 press release in which the toymaker said the executive...
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This company is setting its minimum wage at $70,000
Credit card processor Gravity Payments is making its minimum wage $70,000 a year, the New York Times reports. Founder Dan Price recently announced the ambitious plan to a room of about 120 staffers....
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These are Facebook’s 5 highest-paying jobs
It’s no secret that Facebook and other Silicon Valley tech companies pay well. But ever wonder just how much? Business Insider used data from job hunting site Glassdoor to determine which Facebook...
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End of the Piëch era nears for Volkswagen as board backs CEO
For 22 years, Ferdinand Pi?ch has dominated Volkswagen AG VLKAY as CEO and then as chairman, transforming it into the world’s second-largest auto group, with brands ranging from Porsche and Bentley to...
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Why U.S. olympic swimming is so dominant
Michael Phelps is back in the pool this week for the Arena Pro Swim Series in Arizona. It’s his first time in competition after a six-month ban from a drunk-driving charge last year. With 22 medals,...
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Twitter’s CEO Dick Costolo: Transparency in the workplace is key to success
Twitter's CEO Dick Costolo spoke with Fortune Senior Editor Christopher Tkaczyk on Wednesday about what it takes to build a great workplace. In a keynote event at the Great Place to Work annual...
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Google uses a clever trick to stop execs from leaving
Google reportedly uses an informal bench system to keep “prized engineers and product gurus” at the company, even when they’re not actively working on a project, Business Insider revealed Thursday. The...
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Introducing Power Sheet, Fortune’s daily guide on leaders and leadership
I’d like to invite you to be among the first to receive a new Fortune newsletter: Power Sheet, our daily take on leaders and leadership. Why are we launching this newsletter now? No one else is telling...
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14% of Zappos’ staff left after being offered exit pay
Online shoe seller Zappos offered at least three months of severance to any employee who wanted to leave by the end of April, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Around 210 workers, or 14% of all...
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DocuSign inks $233 million in funding for electronic signatures
There's money to be had in the world of electronic signatures. DocuSign, a startup that lets users sign documents online rather than with pen and paper, plans to announce on Tuesday that it landed a...
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Here are 8 major business leaders speaking at graduations this year
May means a slew of commencement addresses across America, as Generation Z seniors gear up for the start of their working lives. This year, top executives at Apple AAPL , Google GOOG , Salesforce.com...
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The 7 most memorable commencement speeches from business titans
On rare occasions, a commencement speaker can jolt graduates to attention with a personal, even uncomfortable truth from their working lives. Here are seven speakers who departed from the usual...
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Ex-staffer: ‘I’d rather go to Iraq than work for Carly Fiorina’
Carly Fiorina apparently left a trail of unpaid, unhappy campaign staffers after her unsuccessful 2010 U.S. Senate bid. According to Reuters, the former HP CEO and 2016 Republican presidential hopeful...
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How Sony got up and out of its death bed
In the annals of consumer electronics companies that have slipped from great heights, none has taken a bigger fall far from its glory days than Sony. But after years of struggling to right itself, the...
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These are the most extreme jobs
Adrenaline addicts looking for a new job may want to consider a few of the following: Crocodile physiologist, venom milker and skydiving instructor. They all made a list of the world’s most extreme...
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Holacracy and 3 of the most unusual management practices around
Over the past year, Zappos has instituted a controversial management structure called holacracy, which abolishes traditional corporate hierarchy in favor of self-governance. The online shoe retailer...
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