Company fires the best manager for standing up for his team, asks his team to give the company honest feedback: ‘They stress honesty and open communication, but those things got their top employee fired.’

A good manager can turn a mediocre job into a great job. A bad manager can turn a great job into a terrible job.  If you’ve ever been lucky enough to have a great manager, you know that they can make a mediocre workplace worth staying at. A manager who clearly communicates their expectations without …
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Employer rejects unpaid internship applicant for lacking experience, despite the internship being designed for inexperienced students: ‘I can tell they were disappointed that I didn’t have any real-world experience.’

Internships are supposed to be designed to give students experience! If you’ve ever seen an entry-level job posting that requires 3-5 years of experience, you might’ve wondered, «What gives? Aren’t these positions supposed to be for people who have little to no experience?» There are definitely levels to entry-level jobs, despite what the name implies. …
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Job seeker gets rejected 3 times for being a ‘bad culture fit’: ‘If this is your 3rd time hearing this, it’s probably you.’

What does it mean to be a bad culture fit? Have you ever been rejected from a job because you were a poor cultural fit? Sometimes, the meaning of «bad culture fit» is obvious. If you bring up your desire for work-life balance in a job interview for a startup that demands its employees work …
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Job applicant gets rejected for role, faces criticism for being try-hard in HR interview feedback: ‘Our team values authenticity’

Job seeking is exposure therapy for rejection sensitivity. Some studies suggest that it takes more than 200 applications for the average applicant to land a job, and there are plenty of people out there who have likely sent out even more copies of their resume than that. For those who cannot rely on a friend …
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Diablo 4 no quiere repetir el desastre causado con su último parche «nunca jamás»

Blizzard ha reconocido que la última actualización de Diablo 4 ha generado grandes problemas e insatisfacción para la mayoría de los usuarios, y se ha comprometido a no lanzar un parche similar «nunca más.» Los desarrolladores han admitido que el objetivo del parche era ralentizar la velocidad a la que los jugadores consumían el contenido …
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Professionals Introduce Themselves As The Most Offensive Feedback They’ve Received

Whether you’re a so-called career person or simply some guy who’s trying to make a dime to pay rent, it’s expected that you’re going to get some criticism of how you do your job from time to time. We’ve all got to take a step back to evaluate occasionally, but more often, this line of …
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Professionals Introduce Themselves As The Most Offensive Feedback They’ve Ever Received

Whether you’re a so-called career person or simply some guy who’s trying to make a dime to pay rent, it’s expected that you’re going to get some criticism of how you do your job from time to time. We’ve all got to take a step back to evaluate from time to time, but more often, …
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Crazed McDonald’s Feedback Invents Whole New Level Of Patriotism

We take it for granted that any industry that deals with the general public gets a few weirdos from time to time, but sometimes it feels like fast food restaurants get more than their fair share. There seems to be something about all those reasonably priced meal deals that makes a vocal minority incredibly entitled …
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