How to Ask for More Time in the Workplace?

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Andi', i've learned, you know, that i need to figure out what helps me function happily in the world. I also think, as a manager, i need to commune that, and particularly to women in the office because it gives them permission as well to take care of themselves. We find in some of the data that i've collected that asking for more time on adjustable dead lines at work, un surprisingly, people, employees who do it and feel like they can, are less burnt out. They're happier. But the problem is junior people and women could stand to benefit most additional time. Women, on average, take on more tasks at home so that can cut into

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