Economist's workplace agony uncle returns with tongue-in-cheek advice on office quirks
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The Economist's agony uncle columnist, Max Flannel, returns to answer workplace questions, such as where to find the office watercooler and how to make small talk before meetings.
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Flannel advises on issues like weirdly named meeting rooms, impostor syndrome, malfunctioning AI tools, inappropriate bathroom loiterers, and problems with timing one's comments in meetings.
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Flannel offers tongue-in-cheek advice like making up dull anecdotes for meetings, complaining about meeting room names to avoid using them, and getting promoted so people have to listen to you.
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The column pokes fun at modern workplace trends and phenomena like obsession with TV small talk and pressure to seem authentic and quirky.
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Flannel promises to keep answering reader questions about management and work issues in future columns.