Settling into a new job is never easy. Even when the role is something that you have years of experience in, getting to know a new company, new coworkers, and a potentially new set of expectations takes a lot of time, and often, the occasional mistake as well. It can be difficult to tell whether …
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New employee asks to shadow coworker to learn the job, gets offended when accused of copying his work: ‘She said I was blocking her professional growth’
Supporting a coworker doesn’t mean doing their job for them. The reality of being that much-desired good team player is that we have to be amenable and helpful to our colleagues. Like it or not, most employers expect those who work for them to bring this kind of attitude. Depending on what coworkers we end …
Seguir leyendo New employee asks to shadow coworker to learn the job, gets offended when accused of copying his work: ‘She said I was blocking her professional growth’
Boss demands 15-year-old daughter shadow employee for school project, gets upset when told she’s a liability: ‘The girl has zero boundaries’
All work experience has to start somewhere. One of the many frustrating parts of the modern working world is that it seems like even the entry-level jobs magically expect applicants to have the knowledge and training to slip seamlessly into the role with no effort on the part of the employer. As we all know, …
Seguir leyendo Boss demands 15-year-old daughter shadow employee for school project, gets upset when told she’s a liability: ‘The girl has zero boundaries’
27-year-old refuses to let mom move into his apartment after selling her house and giving money to 24-year-old brother: ‘She said I was punishing her’
Favoritism often comes at a price. Treating everybody fairly can be a struggle for parents with multiple children, even as they grow up and start to spend less time comparing how many presents they each have under the Christmas tree. Even in adulthood, it can seem like equal treatment is a dream that is never …
Seguir leyendo 27-year-old refuses to let mom move into his apartment after selling her house and giving money to 24-year-old brother: ‘She said I was punishing her’
Boss insists project engineer takes notes at every meeting, gets offended when she refuses after he claims it’s ‘women’s work’: ‘My wife takes notes at her job all the time’
Nobody enjoys being stereotyped, and especially not in the workplace. Unfortunately, there are plenty of people in the working world and beyond who happily ignore this basic wisdom, creating problems for themselves further down the line. Discriminating against a coworker or employee because of something like gender is, in many cases, technically illegal, but that …
Seguir leyendo Boss insists project engineer takes notes at every meeting, gets offended when she refuses after he claims it’s ‘women’s work’: ‘My wife takes notes at her job all the time’
Data analyst refuses to answer work messages outside of working hours, coworker 7 hours ahead protests when she won’t respond to ‘urgent’ problem at 9 PM: ‘On a random Tuesday I counted 47 notifications after 6 PM’
It has long been observed that one of the difficulties of working in the modern corporate world is that if you’re not careful, you never truly clock out. The evil trifecta of emails, Teams, and Slack can be used to reach you 24 hours a day if you let them. This is a problem that …
Seguir leyendo Data analyst refuses to answer work messages outside of working hours, coworker 7 hours ahead protests when she won’t respond to ‘urgent’ problem at 9 PM: ‘On a random Tuesday I counted 47 notifications after 6 PM’
27-year-old moves into first solo apartment, stepmom flips out when he refuses to accept her decorating tips: ‘She told me if I ever want to find a woman, I need to let her redecorate’
Living alone should be a peaceful experience, but that is not always the case. Supposedly, one of the biggest perks of being the only person at home is that it comes with a freedom that you just don’t have otherwise. When a place is all yours, you can choose exactly how you want to live …
Seguir leyendo 27-year-old moves into first solo apartment, stepmom flips out when he refuses to accept her decorating tips: ‘She told me if I ever want to find a woman, I need to let her redecorate’
‘My backyard looks like a construction site’: Dad insists on using 29-year-old daughter’s yard as business storage, flips out when she tells him to stop
When somebody purchases a home, they normally expect to be the person in charge of what it’s used for. The whole point of owning your own property is that you can, within reason, do what you want with it and enjoy all the freedoms that come from not having to answer to anybody but yourself. …
Seguir leyendo ‘My backyard looks like a construction site’: Dad insists on using 29-year-old daughter’s yard as business storage, flips out when she tells him to stop
28-year-old receives inheritance from late father, stepmom insists she share it with her younger stepsiblings: ‘Dad put both of them through college while I paid for mine myself’
Aside from the headache that comes from all the paperwork, one of the most difficult things about receiving an inheritance can be all the other people who feel entitled to it aside from you. While this doesn’t always happen, there are an unfortunate number of bereaved individuals who face the trauma of losing a loved …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old receives inheritance from late father, stepmom insists she share it with her younger stepsiblings: ‘Dad put both of them through college while I paid for mine myself’