Is it always appropriate to give your real opinion in the workplace? Being professional and telling the truth are not always synonymous with one another. There are plenty of instances when saying what you really think when you are on the clock could lead to some unwelcome ramifications. At the same time, there are also …
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Employee repeatedly steals booked work room, protests when coworker reports her behavior: ‘Laptop open, headphones on, fully settled’
A big part of sharing any kind of environment is respecting other people’s personal space. Anyone who is constantly acting entitled to what others have already claimed as theirs is always going to cause problems that could easily be avoided with just a little forethought and understanding. Much as they can be annoying at times, …
Seguir leyendo Employee repeatedly steals booked work room, protests when coworker reports her behavior: ‘Laptop open, headphones on, fully settled’
Newborn mom complains neighbor’s dog wakes up her baby, she refuses to apologize for dog’s occasional barking: ‘I can hear her baby crying through the walls quite often’
Extra noise is one of the most contentious issues that comes from living in an apartment. How quiet and/or tolerant your neighbors are when you have this kind of home often feels like the luck of the draw. The last building I lived in, we never had any issues, even if we had multiple people …
Seguir leyendo Newborn mom complains neighbor’s dog wakes up her baby, she refuses to apologize for dog’s occasional barking: ‘I can hear her baby crying through the walls quite often’
Guest gives dirty vacation rental three star rating, property owner tries to bill $640 for floor damage in retaliation: ‘I’m not a difficult guest’
Booking a stay away from home can come with costs we don’t expect. In the day and age of short-term rentals and vacationing in homes over hotels, the results of an innocent choice of accommodation can be somewhat unpredictable. Individual landlords tend to be more unpredictable in their behavior than hospitality managers, and can leave …
Seguir leyendo Guest gives dirty vacation rental three star rating, property owner tries to bill $640 for floor damage in retaliation: ‘I’m not a difficult guest’
Two women are repeatedly blinded by a nearby group’s camera flash as they take multiple videos at a late-night sushi spot, ignoring the women’s polite requests to stop filming, the group goes on to mock them further: ‘The flash shining at us’
We genuinely think that this could be a Top 10 internationally-recognized worst public pet peeve! It’s no shock that people don’t just jump with joy at the idea of someone shining a flashlight into their eyes and filming them in a dark restaurant without their consent… we’d also prefer to eat our Maki in peace, …
Seguir leyendo Two women are repeatedly blinded by a nearby group’s camera flash as they take multiple videos at a late-night sushi spot, ignoring the women’s polite requests to stop filming, the group goes on to mock them further: ‘The flash shining at us’
Junior colleagues disrupt company director’s business trip for industry award, complain when she takes flight without them because they were sightseeing: ‘I’m leaving for the airport at 4 pm sharp’
Few parts of having a career are more daunting than taking those very first steps in it. These days, the hiring process is so complicated and stressful that it can feel like an actual job is little more than a pipe dream, and once one is secured, there is a deluge of different rules, processes, …
Seguir leyendo Junior colleagues disrupt company director’s business trip for industry award, complain when she takes flight without them because they were sightseeing: ‘I’m leaving for the airport at 4 pm sharp’
29-year-old marketing analyst repeatedly gets reported to HR by coworker for being ‘too quiet’: ‘I undermine team morale because I don’t send emojis in the group Slack’
The level at which you should fraternize with your coworkers is such a fraught topic that a big old chunk of employment law is dedicated specifically to it. While it is often true that a job can be made more pleasant and fruitful when an employee makes an effort with those they work with, it …
Seguir leyendo 29-year-old marketing analyst repeatedly gets reported to HR by coworker for being ‘too quiet’: ‘I undermine team morale because I don’t send emojis in the group Slack’
‘Young people today are too afraid of being embarrassed’: People reveal their most millennial gripes
Once upon a time, certain millennials felt like they were the most maligned generation in history. Every other news article seemed to be blaming them for ignoring social mores, shutting down industries, and generally being a disappointment to those who had come before them (cough, boomers). There was just something about coming of age in …
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Dedicated employee ponders leaving job after getting skipped for promotion in favor of external candidate: ‘I have been at my job for 2 years, going above and beyond every single day’
The contemporary working world is one that is full of contradictions. One of the biggest of these is that working hard at your job and fulfilling all the requirements of the role doesn’t necessarily mean that you will get rewarded for it. You would think that businesses would have every incentive to pay attention to …
Seguir leyendo Dedicated employee ponders leaving job after getting skipped for promotion in favor of external candidate: ‘I have been at my job for 2 years, going above and beyond every single day’
Confused Gen Z works office job, complains that they get 5 days of work done in 2: ‘Is this what life is going to be like for the next 50 years?’
The transition into the white-collar working world can sometimes be a difficult one. A fresh employee might try to focus on the positives, like a salary hike and not having to endure face-to-face customer service, but then they get rudely confronted with the joys of BCC emails and office politics. In some roles, another thing …
Seguir leyendo Confused Gen Z works office job, complains that they get 5 days of work done in 2: ‘Is this what life is going to be like for the next 50 years?’