Have you ever been let go from a job at the exact right time? Leaving a job can be a stressful thing, but it doesn’t have to be. Sometimes the stars just align, and everything is handed to you on a silver platter. That’s what happened to this employee, who found themselves in an interesting situation. When …
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Employee is laid off with 7 months severance days before they were going to quit: ‘You hit the jackpot’
This worker won the employment lottery… but did they pay a price for it? Some employees dream of the days they get to walk out of their jobs. They count down the minutes and the days until they can walk out of those doors and onto a new life. Maybe you’re worried about quitting your …
Seguir leyendo Employee is laid off with 7 months severance days before they were going to quit: ‘You hit the jackpot’
Employee accidentally joins boss’s private HR call about them: ‘Am I going to get fired?’
Have you ever overheard something you wish you hadn’t? Sometimes you stick your nose so far into something that things go wrong. Eavesdropping is an excellent activity. I do it all the time. It’s so interesting to overhear things that are happening in other people’s lives. Whenever I’m on the subway, and somebody is texting …
Seguir leyendo Employee accidentally joins boss’s private HR call about them: ‘Am I going to get fired?’
23-year-old employee is continually excluded from work events: ‘They all just ignored you’
It’s never a good feeling to be excluded from something. Being excluded is a horrible feeling. It can make you feel like a middle schooler again, when everybody is choosing teams for basketball and gym class, and you get chosen last. Even if you have a good sense of self and a good sense of …
Seguir leyendo 23-year-old employee is continually excluded from work events: ‘They all just ignored you’
Employee loses new job after 4 days when they complain about their PTO policy: ‘They were unwilling to meet me halfway’
What happens when you start a new job and nothing goes to plan? It can be a risk to start a new job. You never quite know what it’s going to entail until you get there. You are taking a risk on what kind of environment you’re going to step into, and you can get …
Seguir leyendo Employee loses new job after 4 days when they complain about their PTO policy: ‘They were unwilling to meet me halfway’
Employee is laid off with no severance, then asked to complete a work project for free: ‘I had asked for 6 weeks of severance, but they refused’
Would you sacrifice a good reference for a swift exit? When you’re leaving a job, things might get a little bit messy. If it wasn’t your choice to leave, then you might be blindsided by the decision, and it might cause you to lose a little bit of respect for the people that you work …
Seguir leyendo Employee is laid off with no severance, then asked to complete a work project for free: ‘I had asked for 6 weeks of severance, but they refused’
Bosses accidentally include employee on email thread about her: ‘They keep referring to me as “the girl”’
Sometimes a goof-up lets you know what your employers really think of you. There is so much fake kindness in the professional world. You have to run around smiling at each other just to keep things on an even keel. At certain jobs, professionalism just means fakeness. You don’t get to say your real opinions …
Seguir leyendo Bosses accidentally include employee on email thread about her: ‘They keep referring to me as “the girl”’
Workplace replaces lunch break with mandatory ‘lunch and learn’ where employees present on their work
What would you do if your workplace took away your lunch time? Having breaks is incredibly important. It’s an essential part of being in the workplace. You can’t just work and work all day with no break. Your mind would quickly grow tired of it, and you would get worse at your job as the …
Seguir leyendo Workplace replaces lunch break with mandatory ‘lunch and learn’ where employees present on their work
The unnecessary workplace rules that nobody actually follows: ‘She hides in the bathroom, so she can be on her phone’
What are the rules that you just can’t be bothered to follow? There are so many rules in our world that it’s worth breaking at least one of them just to see what happens. Not every rule is justifiable, and some rules have a way of making things seem a little weirder and a little …
Seguir leyendo The unnecessary workplace rules that nobody actually follows: ‘She hides in the bathroom, so she can be on her phone’
20-year-old yells at 64-year-old assembly line coworker for disrespecting her on the job: ‘She told my team lead that I was “intentionally causing her to panic»‘
What do you do when you work with someone you don’t gel with? When you work with someone, you might have to compromise on things. You can’t agree on everything, and nor should you. But you have to set aside your differences in order to make things happen, and this isn’t always easy. Collaboration requires …
Seguir leyendo 20-year-old yells at 64-year-old assembly line coworker for disrespecting her on the job: ‘She told my team lead that I was “intentionally causing her to panic»‘