Would you go to an office holiday party if you had to pay? Parties cost money. You know this if you’ve ever thrown one. Even if you’re keeping it lowkey, there are costs that you’re going to incur. There is food to be bought and drinks to be provided. But you can offset some of …
Seguir leyendo Boss gives 2-day notice for holiday party, asks employees for $25-30 gift and a homemade appetizer: ‘That’s not a party, that’s unpaid homework with a cover charge’
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‘My emails become unnoticed by the manager’: Manager claims employee isn’t doing enough work because their work gets lost under coworker’s mountains of updates
Everyone requires a different level of communication. Some people need to be constantly kept in touch with. They want you to check in at all hours of the day, or else they feel abandoned. It’s their natural cadence, and they expect you to meet their needs. Other people you can go months without speaking to …
Seguir leyendo ‘My emails become unnoticed by the manager’: Manager claims employee isn’t doing enough work because their work gets lost under coworker’s mountains of updates
Company lays off minimum-wage worker but still expects them to come in every day, doesn’t provide severance: ‘I am the only licensed person that can perform the specific type of services’
What if you were laid off… but you still had to report to the office? Would you? Nobody wants to be laid off. It’s one of the things we spend our careers trying to avoid. We try to always have something cooking on the back burner, ready to go if and when we get cut …
Seguir leyendo Company lays off minimum-wage worker but still expects them to come in every day, doesn’t provide severance: ‘I am the only licensed person that can perform the specific type of services’
New employee receives 0 training during first weeks of new job, is left scrambling to figure out what to do: ‘Most days we don’t communicate at all’
Everyone needs a little guidance, no matter how experienced they are. It’s impossible to know exactly what to do at a new job without a little bit of guidance. Even if you’re an expert in the field, you still need a little bit of info. Every workplace operates differently, with its own internal systems and …
Seguir leyendo New employee receives 0 training during first weeks of new job, is left scrambling to figure out what to do: ‘Most days we don’t communicate at all’
Company gets rid of incentive to work on holidays and weekends, act ‘surprised and disappointed’ when nobody signs up to work holidays: ‘You only get as much loyalty as you’re willing to pay for’
If you remove the incentive to do something, you can’t be surprised when nobody does it. Humans are simple creatures. We like to be rewarded for what we do. It’s a complex system in our brains that can mainly be boiled down to «I deserve a treat for what I do.» And we’re not wrong. …
Seguir leyendo Company gets rid of incentive to work on holidays and weekends, act ‘surprised and disappointed’ when nobody signs up to work holidays: ‘You only get as much loyalty as you’re willing to pay for’
Manager messages employee on Facebook on their approved PTO days asking for help with a project: ‘I muted both, marked them as read, and didn’t reply’
When you’re off, you’re off. This is the philosophy that most of us subscribe to when it comes to working. We work so hard and so often that we relish the times when we don’t. We work hard for our paid time off, and we expect not to be bothered while using it. But this …
Seguir leyendo Manager messages employee on Facebook on their approved PTO days asking for help with a project: ‘I muted both, marked them as read, and didn’t reply’
Manager calls out employee for using phone while on lunchbreak in company cafeteria: ‘That’s not a professional look’
Rule #1 of staying sane during the corporate grind: breaktime is sacred. Although it may have become increasingly acceptable to answer emails or take calls while chowing down on a chain restaurant slop bowl and call it ‘lunch’, it remains a fact that actually making time to have a decent break during the work day …
Seguir leyendo Manager calls out employee for using phone while on lunchbreak in company cafeteria: ‘That’s not a professional look’
Company sends out reminder to ‘complete available tasks’ during Christmas vacation: ‘We appreciate that this is a busy time; any assistance that you can provide is valued’
It’s a delicate time of year to balance work and life. While most of us who work cushy email jobs likely have some time off to spend with our families, it isn’t always that simple. Maybe you’ve had to do a little bit of extra work to cover the time off for the holiday, and …
Seguir leyendo Company sends out reminder to ‘complete available tasks’ during Christmas vacation: ‘We appreciate that this is a busy time; any assistance that you can provide is valued’
Boss reprimands employee for not being ‘excited enough,’ suggest they smile and laugh more: ‘I asked what am I doing specifically wrong and they didn’t have anything to say’
One of the most annoying things that you can ever be told is, «smile more.» It’s almost never what anybody wants to hear. If we felt like smiling, we would. It’s not just something you can do on command unless you want to feel like a crazy person. It’s also usually always said for the …
Seguir leyendo Boss reprimands employee for not being ‘excited enough,’ suggest they smile and laugh more: ‘I asked what am I doing specifically wrong and they didn’t have anything to say’
Boss asks employee to pick up her keys at another office off the clock, refuses to admit it’s wage theft: ‘No, I am not her personal assistant’
This worker found herself in a tricky situation when her boss asked her to do something off the clock. Sometimes you have to go above and beyond for your job. You have to do things that aren’t exactly in your job description to show that you’re a team player. But these moments should be taken …
Seguir leyendo Boss asks employee to pick up her keys at another office off the clock, refuses to admit it’s wage theft: ‘No, I am not her personal assistant’