Sometimes your workplace reveals its true intentions without you realizing it. When you’re starting out at a new place, you might not know what to expect. You might think you’re in for one thing, but really you’re in for another. It’s not until you’re there, boots on the ground, that you really know what is …
Seguir leyendo ‘A 31-minute lunch means you leave office at 7:00pm’: Workplace demands 1 hour of unpaid work for every minute exceeding 30-minute lunch break
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Employee brings homemade cupcakes to the office, coworker sends a passive aggressive message when she doesn’t get one
Are you entitled to the food that your coworker brings in? This is a pretty easy «no.» Just because someone brings in food doesn’t mean that you’re entitled to it. If they brought enough to share- a rare act of kindness that should be celebrated- then you’re lucky to get one. You don’t automatically earn …
Seguir leyendo Employee brings homemade cupcakes to the office, coworker sends a passive aggressive message when she doesn’t get one
Employee refuses to take a call during their 1-hour unpaid lunch break, coworker ices them out
Should you have to take a work call on your lunch break? When you’re off the clock, you’re off the clock. Every job is different, but you’re allowed to have boundaries around whether or not you want to push yourself for your job. Things are rarely as urgent as everyone else wants them to be, …
Seguir leyendo Employee refuses to take a call during their 1-hour unpaid lunch break, coworker ices them out
Receptionist Lies to HR About Coworker Being Condescending to Her, HR Refuses To Help
What do you do when you can’t go to HR for help? Sometimes you find out that you’re in a workplace that doesn’t respect you, and you just have to live with that. Or you have to extricate yourself out of there as quickly as possible. But this isn’t always possible on the timeline that …
Seguir leyendo Receptionist Lies to HR About Coworker Being Condescending to Her, HR Refuses To Help
Boss fires top-performing employee because their customer reviews weren’t 90%
Can you measure an employee’s work based on one metric alone? An employee is more than just a number. An employee is a person that you work with. If you can’t see them with the full breadth of humanity that they deserve, then you shouldn’t be employing them. Sure you have to keep track of …
Seguir leyendo Boss fires top-performing employee because their customer reviews weren’t 90%
Company gives out expired Costco muffins to thank workers for working in a humid, short-staffed warehouse
Sometimes the wrong gift is worse than no gift at all. They say it’s the thought that counts when it comes to gifting, but what if there is no thought at all? Gifts are interesting things. They’re part of our culture, and we have a whole etiquette around them. As you get older, you generally …
Seguir leyendo Company gives out expired Costco muffins to thank workers for working in a humid, short-staffed warehouse
Employee Making $100K/Year Is Offered a 200% Salary Increase To Go Fully In-Person, Considers Turning It Down
We all have different priorities. Money isn’t always the most important factor in choosing a job. There are a lot of other factors that go into whether or not you might want to work somewhere. The content of the job itself is awfully important. You would hate to be stuck at a job doing something …
Seguir leyendo Employee Making $100K/Year Is Offered a 200% Salary Increase To Go Fully In-Person, Considers Turning It Down
Employee completes 8 rounds of interviews, travels 6 hours and works 1 shift, is ghosted with no pay
What would you do if you underwent 8 interviews with no pay? That is a crazily high number of interviews just to get ghosted anyway. We all know it’s a tough market out there and getting a job is not easy. Any job. But there is a certain amount of grace we should give each …
Seguir leyendo Employee completes 8 rounds of interviews, travels 6 hours and works 1 shift, is ghosted with no pay
Employee sends in their thoughtful resignation letter, manager responds with a «thumbs up» emoji
What would you do if your manager replied to your resignation with a «thumbs up?» Emojis are wonderful things. What did we do before we had them? How did we express emotion over text or lighten the mood? I’m a huge fan of peppering in emojis where I see fit. The right one takes a …
Seguir leyendo Employee sends in their thoughtful resignation letter, manager responds with a «thumbs up» emoji
Restaurant boss comments on 16-year-old server’s weight in front of customers, leaving her speechless
Just because someone is older or more advanced in their career doesn’t mean they’re more professional. Professionalism is something that we all owe each other, but we might all have different definitions of it. We have differing degrees of what we allow ourselves to do and say in the workplace, and what we will tolerate …
Seguir leyendo Restaurant boss comments on 16-year-old server’s weight in front of customers, leaving her speechless