Most of us don’t really enjoy wearing uniforms. I, for one, wore a uniform for many years and hated almost every minute of it, for a few reasons. One, they’re almost never something you would pick out for yourself. They’re always weirdly formal or dated, and are never flattering on most body types, especially yours, …
Seguir leyendo Boss requires housekeepers to wear skin-tight pants and non-breathable shirt as part of work uniform, workers claim it’s a health hazard: ‘He refuses to listen to us because he thinks they look great’
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Interviewee incessantly monologues at hiring manager, he cuts him off and tell him to ‘shut up and listen’: ‘You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job’
We all need a little honest feedback every now and again. Most of us get very little of it in our day-to-day. We’re all used to being so polite to each other all the time that it can start to lack substance. I’m not necessarily complaining about this. I don’t mind having my feelings spared. …
Seguir leyendo Interviewee incessantly monologues at hiring manager, he cuts him off and tell him to ‘shut up and listen’: ‘You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job’
Interviewee incessantly monologues at hiring manager, he cuts him off and tells him to ‘shut up and listen’: ‘You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job’
We all need a little honest feedback every now and again. Most of us get very little of it in our day-to-day. We’re all used to being so polite to each other all the time that it can start to lack substance. I’m not necessarily complaining about this. I don’t mind having my feelings spared. …
Seguir leyendo Interviewee incessantly monologues at hiring manager, he cuts him off and tells him to ‘shut up and listen’: ‘You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job’
‘It’s not normal’: Boss looks through employee’s emails while he was on vacation, marks them unread to cover his tracks
Privacy at work is an interesting concept. Obviously, you’re entitled to a certain amount of it no matter what. You don’t sign away all your rights when you sign up for a new job. But you also have to learn the new rules around privacy concerning your job. If you work for someone else, they …
Seguir leyendo ‘It’s not normal’: Boss looks through employee’s emails while he was on vacation, marks them unread to cover his tracks
HR employee confides in boss about salary dissatisfaction, finds out she documented their conversations: ‘The stuff she wrote? Some of it isn’t even what I said’
A lesson that almost all employees have to learn at some point is that the majority of the time, your boss doesn’t want to be your friend. Even if they are the type to cozy up to their coworkers and organize endless teambuilding activities, the quarterly targets and company interests are almost always going to …
Seguir leyendo HR employee confides in boss about salary dissatisfaction, finds out she documented their conversations: ‘The stuff she wrote? Some of it isn’t even what I said’
Girlfriend in her 20s tells boyfriend it’s ‘lazy’ to want to retire at age 60: ‘What are you gonna do for the last 20 years of your life?’
Everyone has different visions of how they’d like their future to go. We all have different dreams and fantasies about what we’d like to do when we get older. I picture myself as an eccentrically-dressed old woman who has stopped caring about which patterns match and if that dress is too sheer to wear in …
Seguir leyendo Girlfriend in her 20s tells boyfriend it’s ‘lazy’ to want to retire at age 60: ‘What are you gonna do for the last 20 years of your life?’
‘Unless you’re getting paid OT, don’t work 12 hour days’: Company fires employee, forces coworker to take on 2x their work for no pay increase
Nobody likes to be undervalued, especially at work. Odds are, you bring a lot to the table when it comes to your job. You put in your all every day and sometimes even go above and beyond the call of duty. You realize your skills and you’re good at implementing them, and you have satisfaction …
Seguir leyendo ‘Unless you’re getting paid OT, don’t work 12 hour days’: Company fires employee, forces coworker to take on 2x their work for no pay increase
HR retaliates at employee’s boyfriend under the guise of them breaking the rules, girlfriend suggests she’s jealous: ‘It’s pretty evident she no longer likes me’
Romantic relationships and the workplace tend to work best if it’s on television and your names are Jim and Pam. For everyone else, it’s usually a rocky road. There is so much that can go wrong if you date somebody that you work with. It might seem like a good idea in the beginning, but …
Seguir leyendo HR retaliates at employee’s boyfriend under the guise of them breaking the rules, girlfriend suggests she’s jealous: ‘It’s pretty evident she no longer likes me’
Retail worker pretends to not speak English to avoid bad-mannered customer: ‘So I looked her […] in the eye and said, «No hablo inglés»‘
Everyone who has ever worked in a retail environment has tried to avoid a customer. Maybe it’s someone who you knew was going to be a problem, so you snuck off to the supply closet for a second. Some days, you just can’t be bothered to deal with unkind people. This is the terror of …
Seguir leyendo Retail worker pretends to not speak English to avoid bad-mannered customer: ‘So I looked her […] in the eye and said, «No hablo inglés»‘
Employee is written up for not answering a work text while on vacation: ‘They actually gave him a formal write up for delayed communication’
When you’re on vacation, you’re on vacation. It’s kind of the whole point. Unless you’re a doctor and you’re on the beach relaxing and someone yells, «Is anyone here a doctor?» you’re off the hook for doing whatever it is that you do. You’re off the clock. More than that, you’re off the grid if …
Seguir leyendo Employee is written up for not answering a work text while on vacation: ‘They actually gave him a formal write up for delayed communication’