The baby shower as office perk, eh?

Ted Bauer
3 min readJun 28, 2022

Saw this screenshot in an article about the erosion of workplace loyalty, a topic I’ve written about a gazillion times but never in an influential-ish place like Wharton’s website. The bottom of the screenshot I agree with — when trust is gone, people leave; that applies to marriages and relationships as well as work — but the top part is downright hysterical. This person wants to contextualize office unity around baby…

Ted Bauer

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