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		<title>I&#8217;m not a child&#8230;</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rick Tonoli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Manager, I am one of your developers, when you hired me you treated me with respect, you asked me about my skills and abilities and (I assume) hired me because of these. Please could you explain to me why, now, the respect is gone and I&#8217;m being treated like a mentally deficient child? If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Performance appraisals, do we really care?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rick Tonoli</dc:creator>
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