{"id":1265,"date":"2021-10-04T17:45:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T16:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/?post_type=rq_author&#038;p=1265"},"modified":"2022-01-14T11:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T11:33:57","slug":"karen-gardiner","status":"publish","type":"rq_author","link":"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/author\/karen-gardiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Gardiner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/profile_karen-gardiner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/profile_karen-gardiner.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/profile_karen-gardiner-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rethinkq.adp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/profile_karen-gardiner-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Karen Gardiner is a freelance travel and culture writer from Scotland, currently based in the United States. Her stories have appeared in the Washington Post, National Geographic, BBC and Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Her first paycheck<\/strong>: \u201cI was a chambermaid at a hotel in St. Andrews, Scotland. I earned about \u00a33 per hour and was paid fortnightly. 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