What if you were punished for someone else’s tardiness? Some people just run late. It’s who they are. You likely have a friend or family member who is simply tardy, and there is not much you can do about it. Whenever you tell them to show up, they will be there an hour later and …
Seguir leyendo IT worker is blamed for coworker showing up late, says it’s their fault for leaving on time: ‘They’ve basically gotten used to arriving late, and the person ending the shift is stuck covering past their scheduled time’
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Employee finds out their place of work is closing via Facebook post: ‘That’s the notice I got. No discussion in person beforehand. No phone call. No text’
Imagine finding out you were out of a job… via a social media post. The thing about social media is that we’re often messing around and finding out. Who among us hasn’t found out some information that they would have rather avoided? Maybe you see a photo of your ex with someone new. Maybe you …
Seguir leyendo Employee finds out their place of work is closing via Facebook post: ‘That’s the notice I got. No discussion in person beforehand. No phone call. No text’
Prospective employee rejects job for requiring 1 week trial period with no pay: ‘A one week trial that requires office attendance and full employee level work is not a trial but unpaid labor’
Would you show up to a week of work without pay? What if that was what it took to get the job? Getting a new job is famously not easy. You have to put yourself out there again and again just to get rejected. You have to know how to pitch yourself, and constantly do …
Seguir leyendo Prospective employee rejects job for requiring 1 week trial period with no pay: ‘A one week trial that requires office attendance and full employee level work is not a trial but unpaid labor’
HR director accidentally forwards list of layoffs, employee reads his own name on the list: ‘Years working here. I’m devastated at the lack of integrity and now what do I do?’
Nobody likes to find something out by accident. Especially bad news. We’d all rather hear bad news delivered to us on our own terms, or preferably not at all. But it’s especially awkward when you find something out that you weren’t supposed to. We’ve all done this… snooped around until we got our feelings hurt. …
Seguir leyendo HR director accidentally forwards list of layoffs, employee reads his own name on the list: ‘Years working here. I’m devastated at the lack of integrity and now what do I do?’
Job-seeker is ‘fired’ from a job they applied to but never received an offer for, company advertises the position with a $10k drop in salary: ‘I forgot about that whole debacle, but it came back to me’
Rejection is never easy. You can get used to it over time, but it doesn’t always soften the blow. Nobody likes to feel like they aren’t wanted. This is why job applications can be so disheartening. You have to face rejection way more often than you face success. You work yourself up to put yourself …
Seguir leyendo Job-seeker is ‘fired’ from a job they applied to but never received an offer for, company advertises the position with a $10k drop in salary: ‘I forgot about that whole debacle, but it came back to me’
Food service boss denies loyal employee’s request for rotating weekends, gives new hires weekends off in less than 3 months: ‘I’m not sure what to make of this and feel really frustrated’
One of the things that you should expect at a job is loyalty. If you’re putting in your effort and hours to a job, then you probably expect something in return. Maybe you’ve helped them through rough moments or demonstrated exceptional ability. Maybe you’ve never thought about going anywhere else, and they can always rely …
Seguir leyendo Food service boss denies loyal employee’s request for rotating weekends, gives new hires weekends off in less than 3 months: ‘I’m not sure what to make of this and feel really frustrated’
Manager schedules 18-year-old high schooler to work from 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM on Christmas Day: ‘Since there was no school, he’d ignore their set availability.’
This teens’ parents have an essential decision to make: march down to the job and give the manager a piece of their mind, or let their kid have a very adult Christmas. Nobody wants to spend the most important holiday of the year working. There are some industries, like healthcare and sanitation, where being scheduled …
Seguir leyendo Manager schedules 18-year-old high schooler to work from 11:30 AM to 7:30 PM on Christmas Day: ‘Since there was no school, he’d ignore their set availability.’
Company shames employee of 3 weeks for only giving $50 to boss’ gift, claims they should have given at least $100: ‘The project manager started shaming me for being greedy’
They say that gifts should always flow upwards, but what should you do when you’re being asked to participate? Nobody likes being the squeaky wheel. Okay, maybe some people enjoy it and get some kind of pleasure out of it, but most of us just want to go with the flow. We don’t want to …
Seguir leyendo Company shames employee of 3 weeks for only giving $50 to boss’ gift, claims they should have given at least $100: ‘The project manager started shaming me for being greedy’
Employee quits their job 1.5 hours before his whole team is laid off with severance: ‘If you ever know you’re getting let go, don’t resign’
Timing is everything, even with leaving a job. What if you leave right before they get an espresso machine? You’d be kicking yourself from here to Tuesday. At the same time, when you have to go, you have to go. That means, though, that sometimes you end up in situations that you wish you hadn’t, …
Seguir leyendo Employee quits their job 1.5 hours before his whole team is laid off with severance: ‘If you ever know you’re getting let go, don’t resign’
Manager schedules 17-year-old worker for 3-9 PM shifts Monday through Friday, despite her getting out of school at 2:30 PM: ‘I work 10:30 AM-7:00 PM on weekends.’
She’s way too overscheduled for a high school kid. If there’s one group that is easy to take advantage of in the workplace, it’s teenagers. Sure, there might be pesky child labor laws keeping bosses from treating them like late-19th-century factory workers, but the ethos of that era still often rings true. I remember the first …
Seguir leyendo Manager schedules 17-year-old worker for 3-9 PM shifts Monday through Friday, despite her getting out of school at 2:30 PM: ‘I work 10:30 AM-7:00 PM on weekends.’