How much extra work is she going to get done in one minute? Every office has its own etiquette for when employees should arrive and when they should leave. Generally speaking, if you’re working a salaried, white-collar job, you’re going to be afforded a bit more wiggle room regarding when you can leave the office. …
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25-year-old cashier walks out after new manager fires superstar assistant manager of 2+ years: ‘This is an assistant manager that gave her heart and soul to this job.’
Why would she fire someone who has given so much to the company? Have you ever had a coworker who gave their all to the company, but ended up getting little to nothing in return? Growing up, we were all taught that if we worked hard and played by the rules, we would be rewarded. …
Seguir leyendo 25-year-old cashier walks out after new manager fires superstar assistant manager of 2+ years: ‘This is an assistant manager that gave her heart and soul to this job.’
Employee doing the work of 2 people asks company for a $40K raise: ‘It would cost the company $120K to hire another employee to do my previous job.’
It doesn’t matter if he tells them he’s worth $40K more. They’re not going to give it to him. There’s an art to asking for a raise. Unless you’re getting a promotion, you can’t really expect to get too big a raise every year. Or maybe you can, depending on your industry! It really depends …
Seguir leyendo Employee doing the work of 2 people asks company for a $40K raise: ‘It would cost the company $120K to hire another employee to do my previous job.’
17-year-old refuses to give his gaming PC to his 13-year-old cousin after his aunt asked him to: ‘He’d appreciate it more.’
If you haven’t learned that stealing is wrong by the time you’re in your 40s, you might not ever learn it. A lot of parents feel conflicted about telling their children that they always have to share their toys. We’re led to believe that encouraging sharing at a very young age will teach kids to …
Seguir leyendo 17-year-old refuses to give his gaming PC to his 13-year-old cousin after his aunt asked him to: ‘He’d appreciate it more.’
Parents buy their lazy 36-year-old son a house, refuse to help hardworking 34-year-old daughter with finances: ‘I’m working 60-80 hour weeks, living with my partner in a small 1 bedroom apartment.’
That’s a surefire way to make sure their son never actually has to work for anything in his life. If you’re an aging parent with adult children, you might be uncertain exactly how much money to give each child in your will. Many parents split their net worth equally among their children, which is probably …
Seguir leyendo Parents buy their lazy 36-year-old son a house, refuse to help hardworking 34-year-old daughter with finances: ‘I’m working 60-80 hour weeks, living with my partner in a small 1 bedroom apartment.’
Job seeker flawlessly redesigns company’s app for job interview, company uses their design but refuses to hire them: ‘It was 85% my work. I got a generic rejection email.’
No good deed goes unpunished. There is a growing group of professionals who go online to proclaim that they don’t do any free labor, not even for a job interview. It might sound like a strict rule, especially if the «labor» in question is a test assessing whether they have the skills to do the …
Seguir leyendo Job seeker flawlessly redesigns company’s app for job interview, company uses their design but refuses to hire them: ‘It was 85% my work. I got a generic rejection email.’
Worker brings in hundreds of million of dollars in revenue, works from 4 a.m. to late at night, quits after her annual raises don’t even match inflation: ‘It didn’t matter. Nothing I did was respected or valued’
There’s this pervasive idea that the majority of workers are baseline kind of lazy and will do anything to get out of doing work. While there are definitely people like that, I’m inclined to believe there are many more workers who go above and beyond and never get credit for it. Everyone’s worked with someone …
Seguir leyendo Worker brings in hundreds of million of dollars in revenue, works from 4 a.m. to late at night, quits after her annual raises don’t even match inflation: ‘It didn’t matter. Nothing I did was respected or valued’
Tech Worker Sparks Outrage For Having a Fake Job
Is there a significant portion of the workplace who have «fake jobs?» They send a couple of emails, sit around with nothing to do, and only exist to fill a seat? This question has been raised on social media with increasing frequency, as «Day In The Life of A [Blank] Worker» videos on platforms such …
Seguir leyendo Tech Worker Sparks Outrage For Having a Fake Job