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Working Hours: Can I Show Up Late and Stay Late?

Dear CC: I'm not a morning person - I show up at work later than anyone but stay a few hours after everyone's gone home. It seems more than fair to me. What do you think?

It's not what CC thinks; it's what your boss and your colleagues think. In some offices, people work completely independently, and as long as your work gets done, great. But in most, people rely on each other-to pass work to, to bounce ideas off of, to spoil the ending of last night's Heroes that you TiVo-ed. You don't want them getting frustrated when they can't find you. Here's some advice: Show up on time and stay late. Red Bull and espresso drinks are close at hand.

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Cubicle

Call me "CC," Cubicle Coach. I have been "you" and now I can hire "you." I have many years of experience playing the angles, doing the dance. In my time, I've seen 'em all - the strivers, the poseurs, the weasels, the Eeyores, and the precious few who "just get it." I'll tell it to you straight.

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Eileen Conlan is an assistant editor at Marie Claire. She lives in New York City, and loves cooking, reading and reviewing new books, and shopping the city for the perfect deal. She also has an affinity for traveling, and anything vintage, making the Hell's Kitchen flea market her favorite weekend haunt.

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I'm an editorial assistant in the features department, I'm addicted to the New York Times crossword puzzles (Monday only!), figuring out how to save a little money in the country's most expensive city and bad reality television.

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Maura Kutner is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer who was recently laid off from her glamorous magazine job. While she searches for employment, she gets by babysitting, selling her stuff on eBay, and bartending in midtown Manhattan.

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