Soulless Company Reprimands Employee for Being Thankful for Family Over Job

'Twas the week for being thankful. Scores of Americans sat around big tables over big plates of food and shared the things for which they were most grateful. It's a nice tradition, to put words to that warm fuzzy feeling, and to give credit where credit is due. We have to remind ourselves what's worth celebrating every now and then, or we can get too lost in the sauce of life. Usually, though, those conversations happen among family and close friends, and not… your employers. 

When the boundaries between work and life are blurred, it can be murky waters to navigate. But there's an underlying truth that most of us understand, that family ultimately comes first. Most of us work to live, but that's not what companies necessarily want to hear. So when a nosy boss asked their employees to share their thankful moments, an honest employee got an undeserved talking-to. 

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