A nice, peaceful working area is essential for productivity. People feel so much more inspired when they’re in space that makes me feel calm and safe. In many ways, we are like fish in a fish tank. We’re happy to be confined as long as there’s clean water, some interesting plants, and cool multicolored rocks …
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‘It was really stressful and inconvenient for me to find coverage’: Manager asks employee to pay $100 to coworker who covered her shift
I empathize with managers who struggle to get workers to cover shifts for their fellow employees. It’s so screwed up that they have to do their jobs and make sure that the business is functioning, and it’s super selfish for employees to get sick out of the blue without even asking management first! I’m messing …
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‘The real question is, are meetings important?’: Internet applauds savvy employee who avoids all meetings by being good at his job
I don’t think there’s a single corporate employee on God’s green earth who hasn’t sat in a meeting and thought about the many more useful and/or entertaining things they could be doing right now. While it’s true that bringing people together in this way is an occasionally essential part of the working process, the mantra …
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‘Sat at my desk waiting until 2PM to have lunch’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 22, 2024)
Is there any day of the week that is crueler than Monday? Sure, the Sunday scaries may threaten the five days of work to come and Wednesday might be the big ol’ hump right in the middle of it, but Monday presents the base of the mountain that we have to climb yet again. 9 …
Seguir leyendo ‘Sat at my desk waiting until 2PM to have lunch’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 22, 2024)
‘Boomer dad got Boomered’: Progressive CEO buys employees laptops so they can work from home, gets endless complaints from a technologically challenged older woman
Young people all want to work from home now. We’re more focused, our workload is more manageable, and we don’t have a micromanager breathing down our neck every time we need to use the restroom. Personally, I love working from home and relish the chance to type on my laptop from the comfort of my …
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Company rewards loyal employee’s 10 years of work with 20¢ raise: ‘Wow now you can afford that hot tub’
Raises are a touchy subject. We’re told it’s impolite to talk about salary, but that it’s also up to us to ask for what we deserve. So where does that leave us in terms of asking for a raise? I applaud those who bust down their boss’s doors, armed with numbers and data and a …
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‘That one person trying to be my manager’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 15, 2024)
Ask many people about the things that they miss from childhood, and a lot of them will probably say something related to not having to work. Remember those months-long school summer holidays? Good luck getting the clearance for that amount of vacation time now. The trade-off for devoting much of our time to employment is …
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‘Well played’: Office prankster gets a taste of his own medicine in a collective payback prank by his coworkers
Much like every class in high school has the class clown, in many offices you would be able to find the unhinged funny coworker who likes to joke around. They might not be the troublemaker that the class clown usually was, but they can be just as bad, with silly jokes and office pranks that …
Seguir leyendo ‘Well played’: Office prankster gets a taste of his own medicine in a collective payback prank by his coworkers
‘But we’re a family’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 8, 2024)
Responsibility is no bad thing. However, it can seem that way when it comes down to the things that we have to be responsible for. This is especially true in the workplace, where many of us are tasked with holding down the fort in ways both pointless and annoying. As if that wasn’t bad enough, …
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‘They told me about their severance packages in the first interview’: Employees Share Most Entertaining Job Interview Stories
Ding, ding… Alarm bells go off in my head anytime I hear the phrase, ‘Though there are set hours, most employees stay extra so to show they’re committed to this job’. Another big red flag is when the interviewer seems disinterested or unprepared. If they haven’t looked over my resume, or if they’re asking basic …
Seguir leyendo ‘They told me about their severance packages in the first interview’: Employees Share Most Entertaining Job Interview Stories