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Have Some Dignity: Never Work for Nothing

Jun 3

This one’s for the writers and creatives in HR out there. Listen to Harlan Ellison. When somebody in a company asks you for a freebie, watch this video. Then say no.

You can thank me later.

(Um, in case you’ve never seen Harlan Ellison, he speaks plainly. He cusses. this could be NSFW.)

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Frank Roche

Frank started IFRACTAL over 7 years ago with Sarah Chambers. Together, they've created HR communications and HR software for some of the world's leading companies. Frank is also studying Flamenco guitar and origami.

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howard says:

June 3, 2010 at 5:30 pm

love this! and i sort of owe you for instilling this principle in my head a few years ago, so thanks for that, too.

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- Frank Roche says:
  
  June 3, 2010 at 7:58 pm
  
  Howard, that makes me smile. We creatives have to hang together.
  
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