Transitioning from the service industry to a 9-5 job can be jarring because you realize that you make so much more money doing a job that requires way less work. The service industry demands you constantly perform cheerfulness. In an office, you might have to act a bit more professionally than you would outside of …
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Company Asks Employees To Donate Their PTO So Their Coworker Can Spend Time With His Dying Wife
Paid Time Off is a funny thing. Workplaces act like it’s a finite natural resource and not something that can be pulled out of thin air if necessary. Of course, not everything necessitates taking PTO. If someone wants to go on a month-long vacation, they can’t just get extra PTO because they want it. They …
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Legendary Worker Accidentally Ignores Work Emails For Four Years Without Getting Fired
Every country has a different work culture, but I can think of two that are diametrically opposed in nearly every conceivable way. Americans are work-obsessed. We’re rarely not thinking about working, and if we allow ourselves to have a moment of peace, something in the back of our mind is still dreading going to work …
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Savvy Employees Speak on the Importance of Work Email
There’s no denying that the average corporation would collapse without the invaluable support of their internal mail system. No matter how experienced you are, drafting a particularly essential email can be a nerve-wracking experience — but it’s also an essential one. While many of us love to complain about meetings, they do have a worthwhile …
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The Cringiest Parenting Texts of the Week (October 3, 2023)
A lot of context can get lost in text messages. Even if you think that you can gauge someone’s intentions from what they say in the digital sphere, we get so much information from vocal intonation. That’s why I tend to limit my texting conversations to jokes and utilitarian information. «What time do we want …
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Oblivious Company Emails ‘Pride Wordsearch’ to Employees, Gets Roasted for Questionable Allyship
It’s a tale as old as the pink dollar: the month of June rolls around, and every company who wants those sweet egalitarian profits makes an empty gesture towards the LGBTQ+ community. The most famous and well memed example of this is the rainbow pride month logo, but some businesses go even further than that. …
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People Discuss The Best Ways to Call Out of Work
There are some jobs you can’t help but call out from sometimes. Sure, sometimes you’re actually sick, but you know as well as I do that you’re not always telling the gospel truth when calling in with a story about a mystery illness. In college, I was addicted to calling off from my security guard …
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Workers Discuss Email Etiquette After Company Rejects Half of Employee’s Vacation Time Request
It is hard to believe how many people can’t craft a proper email. I didn’t wholly learn the art and science of professional emailing until I was a junior in college, and who knows where I would be if I didn’t take particular classes that taught me that. I’ll give you some general tips if …
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Dude Floats Genius Way to Cut the Time Workers Spend in Meetings
If there’s one philosophy that unites office workers up and down the land, it’s that the mind-numbing meeting they’re currently in could’ve just been an email. While face to face conversation is an important and necessary part of most jobs, there’s no denying that when it comes in the form taking minutes, it can seem …
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Manager Blows Up When Three Employees Hand In Notice On Same Day, Encouraging Fourth To Quit
The best thing for employees about many jobs is that we have the freedom to quit them if things aren’t going well. For employers, on the other hand, this can become a logistical nightmare. For the most part, things like notice periods and resignation letters are simply matters of common courtesy, but with the way …
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