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Satellite Sisters August 16, 2015: All Five Sisters Tackle Body Heat, Amazon and Potato Chips

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On today's Satellite Sisters, we tackle workplace issues from thermostat wars and millenials who bring their parents to job interviews to today's eye-opening story about what its like to work at Amazon. First up, Monica has Science of the Obvious:  Men and women seem to prefer different temperatures in the workplace. It's actual science, people. What's her personal plan for dealing with this? Lian brings us a story from a career coach on Huffington Post about how the parents of millenials may actually be holding their adult children back.   Liz asks:  Just exactly how important is it to you to make sure customers get their toilet paper quickly?  The New York Times has a fascinating story today about the workplace culture at Amazon today.  Entitled INSIDE AMAZON; WRESTLING BIG IDEAS IN A BRUISING WORKPLACES, it's definitely worth a read.  Does your impression of Amazon change when you read male ex-employees say "Nearly every person I work with I saw cry at their desk." Or that a true Amazonian is called an "Am