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#The1800

February 17, 2018
i used to work for barnes and noble. i worked for them for 12 years. we split company six years ago. it doesn't seem that long ago, actually, but it has been. this past monday barnes and noble fired, yes, fired 1,800 booksellers. they were all full time. barnes and noble saved around 40 million&h...
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