5 Types of People Who Waste Your Time at Work

And how to handle them

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Once, during a trip to visit my colleagues at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, I spent nearly eight hours over the course of a week waiting for people to show up to meetings because they were running late, or in some cases, had completely forgotten. Another time, I worked on a strategy proposal all weekend, only to find out my boss had…