Shared Links (weekly) June 2, 2024
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Microsoft says M365 June outages were DDoS attacks– This is scary given how many businesses depend on M365 to be available.
Law Firms Must Normalize Working Parenthood to Retain Talent
As a trainer, this is vital to remember: “Reading and listening are often important steps in learning. Without having any instruction, pure practice is little more than trial-and-error. The fact that we can learn from instruction and observation is one of the greatest powers we have as a species. The mistake, however, is in assuming…
First off, I forgot one thing I will miss yesterday, the vacation time. Not only because taking a new job spoiled plans Angela and I were making but because I’m losing the “extra” vacation time earned by having been here a number of years. (I’ll go from 17 days per year back to 10) Of…
So yeah, we need to talk about this. Not just in IT, in every industry and workplace. 1 in 10 Americans reports suffering from depression. If you have more than 10 people working in your company, there is a very, very good chance that someone there is dealing with depression, and is at risk. They, like me, need help.
What I appreciate about the newsletter that I’ve linked below is that they go out of their way to point out how often we use language about a workplace culture that makes it seem like something we have no control over. It reminds me of the weather this time of year in South Louisiana. Everything we plan in the Summer is subject to the weather. An outdoor activity might get canceled because of storms, heat, hurricanes, etc. Weather events happen to us. We get no say.
That’s not what is happening in your workplace.
I was reading this article about the settlement Facebook reached with it’s moderators and I think this serves as a really good example of something where many people want an answer that fits neatly in a Tweet, or a slogan, but the reality is much more complicated. Take the Facebook example as explained by TechDirt:…