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View Article  Fred Harteis News Articles- 10 Worst Things to Say in the Workplace

Fred Harteis News Articles-  These days, your job security is unstable enough as it is. The last thing you need is to make an off-the-cuff remark that gets you fired (or shunned from the likes of your co-workers). To help keep your career on track, here are 10 things you should never say or discuss in the workplace:

 

1. "That's not my job."

When you boil things down, everyone does things that "aren't their job." If everyone complained that a certain task wasn't in the offer they signed, the labor force would be in more trouble than it ...   more »

View Article  Fred Harteis News Articles - It's time to unspoil your kids

Fred Harteis News Articles - Fourteen-year-old Dalyn Fountain has all the trappings of today's teens: her own cellphone, an iPod, a new laptop, and cable television in her bedroom. Until recently she also had a ready line of credit from the Bank of Mom & Dad - no payback necessary.

 

But with the country in a recession, Donna and her husband (Dalyn's stepfather), Dexter, 36, feel an urgency to change Dalyn's spendthrift ways - and, frankly, their own as well. "We've been extravagant with our kids and with ourselves," says Donna. "Now we're readjusting."

 

For one, they've put ...   more »