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Why you need a work wife🤷‍♀️

Why you need a work wife🤷‍♀️

Redesigning worklife | #54

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Nika Talbot
Jun 27, 2021
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27 June 21. Art: Mar Ordonez. Mood: celebratory

I've had five, bringing joy to boring jobs. The name is cringey and old-fashioned, but they're VIP relationships. 

A birthday card arrived yesterday from my second work wife - it's 20 years since our first shift together at Wine Rack in Dulwich. She taught me the ropes, and we bonded over 'cups of tea' (you…

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