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Submission Summary: 0 pending, 6 declined, 3 accepted (9 total, 33.33% accepted)

Submission + - Your incompetent boss is making you unhappy, says a study (andrewoswald.com)

HnT writes: A new working paper shows strong support for what many have always suspected: your boss's technical competence is the single strongest predictor of workers' well-being, way ahead of other factors such as education, earnings, job tenure and public vs. private sector. On top of other studies which have already demonstrated that happy workers are more productive workers (e.g. http://amp.aom.org/content/ear...), it does make you wonder how long organizations can afford to continue promoting incompetent bosses in today's very dynamic and competitive business world.
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Submission + - More details on the German government malware and (ycombinator.com)

HnT writes: The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reports details on cases where the government malware was used so far — all of them actually unlawful and in violation of its initial intention to only be used against serious crime and threats of terrorism.

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