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GOLDMAN: 6 Business Blunders You Can Make From Home
Is your boss trying to drag you back to the office? Are they luring you with tantalizing treats of on-demand foot massages from the HR staff and fun team-building events […]
MARGENAU: Geezers, Floozies and Valentines
This column should be coming out around Valentine’s Day. And it was 50 years ago, on Valentine’s Day, that my soon-to-be wife and I went out on our first date. […]
GOLDMAN: Getting Layered at Work
When it comes to doing your job, you‘re productive, responsive, cooperative, creative, caring, supportive, enthusiastic and loyal. In short, you‘re crushing it. And what do you get as a reward for all […]
MARGENAU: Retirees With ‘Disabled Adult Children’
This is going to be a column about DACs. And what’s that? It’s the abbreviation the Social Security Administration uses to refer to “disabled adult children.” Here is some background. Since […]
GOLDMAN: Looking for motivation at work? Join the crowd.
2024 is only one month old and already the reality of your job situation has set in. It isn’t pretty. You could quit, of course, but since you’ve developed the habit of […]
MARGENAU: How your retirement benefit is calculated
Q. Even though I’m not on Social Security, I’ve been reading your column for years. A while back, I had clipped out a column you wrote explaining how benefits are […]
GOLDMAN: Start the Year Wrong!
You have no one to blame but yourself. January is almost over and you’re still driving yourself crazy, coming up with ideas for how you can make up for the career […]
MARGENAU: What We Expect From Government
I have been writing this column since 1997. So this will be my 27th year of helping people better understand all the intricacies of the various Social Security programs. But […]
GOLDMAN: Is It Too Early To Stop Being Late?
Sorry if I kept you waiting. I know how important it is to have a new “Work Daze” for you, right on schedule, but I had a serious finger-fatigue emergency from […]
MARGENAU: Not All Bureaucrats Work For the Government
Well, this week I learned that not all bureaucrats work for the government. They can be found in any organization anywhere, in the public sector and the private sector. They […]
GOLDMAN: What It’s Like When No One at Work Likes You
I like you. Let’s get that straight, right at the jump. Of course, I’m a person with low expectations and a high bar for bad behavior. In other words, you can be […]
MARGENAU: Women and Social Security — Common Misunderstandings
Whether you’re a man or woman, Social Security rules can sometimes be confusing and hard to understand. Today I’m going to go over some common misunderstandings that women have about […]
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