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GOLDMAN: Quiet Please — I’m Trying to Not Work Here
I don’t know whose bright idea it was, but the person who came up with the concept of the open office deserves to be severely punished. How about a sentence of 40 years, working […]
MARGENAU: Why Did I Start Getting More Money from Social Security?
I got a letter recently from the Social Security Administration. It told me that my monthly Social Security benefit was going up by a few bucks each month. And why […]
GOLDMAN: Want a Promotion? Lift Your Pinky
You’re throwing a dinner party for a bunch of tech bros. You know there will be fist-pumping and chest-thumping and all the other macho signaling regularly observed in boardrooms in Silicon Valley and gorilla cages […]
MARGENAU: Young People and Social Security
The people who syndicate this column have just assigned a new editor to me. She’s a relatively young person. (Of course, when you are 76 years old, as I am, […]
GOLDMAN: When Your Co-Worker is a Robot
Am I being paranoid? In the same week that Amazon announces it is firing 14,000 workers, The New York Times runs an article with the headline, “Amazon Plans to Replace More […]
MARGENAU: An Antidote to Maximizing Mania
I’ve written about my now deceased friend, Don Winters, before. But I can tell from my emails that it’s time to share his story again. Every single day, I get […]
GOLDMAN: Give Your Career a Rest. Hibernate Now!
You know that feeling you get at work every day around 1 p.m.? That feeling that comes after a morning dealing with cranky clients and annoying co-workers? Followed by a lengthy […]
MARGENAU: Social Security COLA for 2026
In early October of every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases its much-anticipated report on changes (usually increases) to the Consumer Price Index over the past 12 months. (It […]
GOLDMAN: The ‘Chunk’ Guide to Career Success
When it comes to building a career, there’s a lot we can learn from animals (and no, I’m not talking about the IT department.) Think about it. No motivation? Be as busy as a […]
MARGENAU: Benefit Adjustment at Full Retirement Age
I hear one or both of these rumors about Social Security benefits all the time from readers. Rumor 1: “I have been told that if I take a reduced Social Security […]
GOLDMAN: The Little Resume That Couldn’t
NO! No, you will not get the job. No, there is no reason to schedule an interview. No, we will not be keeping your resume on file. No. Absolutely not. No way. If […]
MARGENAU: Don’t Drop the Ball
Sometimes people will write to me complaining that the government, specifically, the Social Security Administration, has messed them up and cheated them out of benefits they might have been due. […]
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