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Tess Martinelli

Associate Editor
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Tess Martinelli is an associate editor on Business Insider’s Business Contributors and Freelance team. She writes and edits first-person narratives and as-told-to essays that bring readers into the realities of layoffs, burnout, and work-life balance woes through the experiences of those living them.

She received her BFA in Broadcast Journalism and Documentary Film from Chapman University, and her work has appeared in publications such as Her Campus, Outside, and Well + Good.

If you'd like to share your story with Business Insider, reach out to Tess via tmartinelli@businessinsider.com. You can follow her on LinkedIn.

Selected stories I've written:
I'm a female software engineer. The men I date treat me like a manic pixie dream girl. 

I've been laid off from Microsoft twice. Having multiple income streams helped me stay level-headed through them both.  

I was laid off from Deloitte after I struggled to fit in. My coworkers wore burnout like a badge of honor, and I had to dim my personality.

I got a job within 30 days by sending personalized slide decks in place of cover letters. See how I did it.


I became a full-time content creator but quit after I realized I was sacrificing my morals for a paycheck. It made me insecure and anxious.

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