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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • I’ve worked at a lot of different places and in my experience it varies a lot.

    Some bosses cut everybody slack. Some bosses are jerks and cut nobody any slack. I would say most of them play favorites with their employees (some are blatant about it, some are more subtle). Some bosses cut the workers with kids more slack. Some bosses cut the workers with kids less slack.

    Anecdotal evidence is like that. It’s emotionally compelling, but doesn’t really tell us what’s going on in the bigger picture.


















  • The authorities will try to notify someone in the immediate family (often the spouse). After that, if you are in their estate, the trustee should make a good faith effort to contact you. Beyond that, it’s normally just friends and family contacting each other.

    Back in the days when printed newspapers were common, some folks would check the obituaries regularly.

    You could create a Google alert. If the stupid thing actually works, you should get an email when their obituary gets posted somewhere.