‘We’re doing the exact same job’: Employee finds out coworker they trained is being paid 20% more, considers bringing it up in salary review meeting

It is a cruel reality of the modern workplace that the pay scale at many companies is not exactly fair, or even particularly organized. As much as some look down on job hopping, it has to be said that when it comes to the corporate modern landscape, it is one of the few guaranteed ways …
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How Gen Z are Rewriting the Corporate Jargon Lexicon

With bright eyes and bushy tails, fresh college grads leap into the workforce, hoping to land a cushy corporate job to line their pockets, pay off their student loans, and beef-up their future resume. Entry-level, cheaply-dressed, and full of ambition, these new additions to the workforce don’t realize they’re entering foreign lands and will soon …
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‘The professional entry level senior role’: Coding intern job listing demands 7 years of work experience

At this point, it is widely accepted that looking for a job these days is not as good as it once was. Arguably, it hasn’t been good for a very long time, but now it has somehow become even worse. The culprits behind this are many, including things like economic stagnancy, the AI boom messing …
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Fresh college grad lends a phone charger to an older woman at the airport, earns the mentorship of a lifetime: ‘It’s wild how small things can snowball into something way bigger.’

We know it’s not easy out there right now when it comes to job hunting. It’s a dog eat dog world. Your career is important to you, but that’s you and everyone else… You’re not the only one reaching out to that job that’s a «perfect» fit for you. You have to work your way …
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Porcelain Safehouse: How ‘bathroom camping’ became Gen Z’s mental health break in the workplace

You’ve only just walked into the office and your boss is already on your back about next month’s deadlines. The chattering voices of your coworkers waft over the cubicles, and the tinnitus in your ears rings over your manager’s muffled nagging. Your aching mind wonders how, after six months, you’re still juggling three specialized office …
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‘This and your HR manager’: 26 Best Memes Roasting That Cheating CEO at the Coldplay Concert

HR is supposed to protect employees’ rights in the workplace. Often, with the company guidelines in hand and waving around the latest Code of Conduct in the faces of the employees, the work of an HR manager usually goes unrecognized. Employees will hem and haw about their duties with the HR office, but the CEO …
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‘I locked a customer in the building overnight’: 20+ employees share the biggest mistakes they made on the job

We all want to be the best at our job, to never make a mistake, and to never feel like we have to be on our toes when we step into the office. We also all know that it is practically impossible to feel that way, because everyone makes mistakes, especially during the 8 hours …
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21 LinkedIn Atrocities From Grindset Warriors Forever Making A Sale

Which social network is the worst, and why is it LinkedIn? The very concept of a social media platform that is focused on work is a demonic idea, because it takes the fun out of everything that these places have going for them in the first place.  In practice, it isn’t much better, but at …
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‘Lady I work 3 jobs, I serve dozens of customers…’: 20+ Baristas share times random strangers demanded they were ‘regulars’ and how they dealt with them

We all our the main characters in our own journey—this also goes for people working service industry jobs. I know for some people coughKARENScough, they think baristas, servers, hotel staff, etc. are all just born to be NPCs in their entitled little world where the sun revolves around them, but that’s just not how it …
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23-year-old refuses to participate in her company’s Christmas in July party because she doesn’t want to buy a gift for her 19-year-old coworker who she hates: ‘I just can’t justify spending money on her’

Secret Santas are fun if you’re doing them for people you want to hang out with, but they’re a pain if you have to do them for someone you have a transactional relationship with. I enjoyed participating in Secret Santa with my college friend group because we didn’t have enough money to get great gifts …
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