They’re too cheap to hire another employee, so they have one employee doing the work of three. It’s normal for a job to increase in responsibilities over time, especially if the new responsibilities align with the primary ones. A manager or boss might want to see whether their employee can take on more responsibility; if …
Seguir leyendo Boss adds new job responsibilities that weren’t in the job description every week, tells employee she should be grateful when she pushes back: ‘I’m watching coworkers burn out left and right from the same creeping scope expansion.’
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Fired employee pays Etsy witch 25 dollars to cast a spell on her boss, then hears the boss got demoted after her behavior finally caught up with her: ‘Etsy magic isn’t something to take lightly. It might end up working’
Closure is a funny, sometimes overrated thing. But it gets way funnier when a burned-out ex-employee finds closure in the strangest corner of the internet by spending twenty-five dollars on an Etsy witch. After years under a department head who ruled through fear and humiliation, the office had become a slow-motion breakdown factory. The boss …
Seguir leyendo Fired employee pays Etsy witch 25 dollars to cast a spell on her boss, then hears the boss got demoted after her behavior finally caught up with her: ‘Etsy magic isn’t something to take lightly. It might end up working’
Wife returns from maternity leave after husband is promoted to feared plant boss, tanking her social life as his strict policies at work start spilling into their marriage: ‘Even people I know stopped inviting me for lunch’
Work-life balance usually means answering one email on the couch. In this case, it means being married to the guy who makes the whole plant stop laughing on sight. Same building, same company, one shared home, two completely different universes. At work, he is the top exec with a personal assistant, a reputation for being …
Seguir leyendo Wife returns from maternity leave after husband is promoted to feared plant boss, tanking her social life as his strict policies at work start spilling into their marriage: ‘Even people I know stopped inviting me for lunch’
Boss scolds new dad for sleeping during his unpaid lunch hour: ‘He even mentioned the statistic that naps are good for you, but not at the workplace.’
His boss needs to dig deep and think about why he felt the need to nap on the job. There are a lot of actions and behaviors that are not considered «professional» in the workplace, and we all do some of them. I am guilty of drinking way more of the free Diet Coke in …
Seguir leyendo Boss scolds new dad for sleeping during his unpaid lunch hour: ‘He even mentioned the statistic that naps are good for you, but not at the workplace.’
Manager lies to boss that her employee quit while she was out sick: ‘I explained that I never said that I quit, he said he already terminated my employment status.’
Your coworkers can make or break a job for you. I know people who’ve met their life partner while clocked in at the same place of employment. I know people who got hired at another company by their boss from their previous company. I know people who hang out with their coworkers at Happy Hour …
Seguir leyendo Manager lies to boss that her employee quit while she was out sick: ‘I explained that I never said that I quit, he said he already terminated my employment status.’
‘Isn’t it courtesy?’: Manager demands resigning employee give more than 3 weeks notice, she decides to give 0
Giving notice might be a standard part of leaving a job, but it isn’t usually done for the sake of the employee. In fact, it is widely accepted that this is a courtesy that is done to smooth the transition for the employer, so they can prepare for the exit of the worker and begin …
Seguir leyendo ‘Isn’t it courtesy?’: Manager demands resigning employee give more than 3 weeks notice, she decides to give 0
‘I don’t think this job aligns with my principles’: Job applicant walks out of interview after hiring manager tells her that the role involves unpaid overtime
Sometimes, employers reveal all of their red flags before they ever even hire you. Whether we like it or not, the place where we work dictates a lot about our lifestyle and level of happiness. As a result, a job interview is just as much about the applicant gaining an understanding of the company culture …
Seguir leyendo ‘I don’t think this job aligns with my principles’: Job applicant walks out of interview after hiring manager tells her that the role involves unpaid overtime
HR boss rejects one candidate for being 2 minutes early to the interview instead of 5 minutes, rejects another for wearing brown shoes with a black belt: ‘These people had better qualifications than our current team.’
Job interviews are a lot like dates…a lot of times, people are actively looking for a reason to reject someone instead of looking for reasons to stick with them. For dating, a lot of this comes down to that initial feeling of attraction. If you don’t feel attracted to someone in the first moments of …
Seguir leyendo HR boss rejects one candidate for being 2 minutes early to the interview instead of 5 minutes, rejects another for wearing brown shoes with a black belt: ‘These people had better qualifications than our current team.’
Manager claims employee could be fired taking a vacation day for exam, employee passes and finds a better job: ‘My former position is going to stay vacant for a very long time’
The whole point of a management position in a company is that the person appointed to said position is supposed to bring structure, order, and support to the projects and teams that they manage. Unfortunately, many employees end up in situations where this structure is designed to control and manipulate, and the support is almost …
Seguir leyendo Manager claims employee could be fired taking a vacation day for exam, employee passes and finds a better job: ‘My former position is going to stay vacant for a very long time’
HR employee confides in boss about salary dissatisfaction, finds out she documented their conversations: ‘The stuff she wrote? Some of it isn’t even what I said’
A lesson that almost all employees have to learn at some point is that the majority of the time, your boss doesn’t want to be your friend. Even if they are the type to cozy up to their coworkers and organize endless teambuilding activities, the quarterly targets and company interests are almost always going to …
Seguir leyendo HR employee confides in boss about salary dissatisfaction, finds out she documented their conversations: ‘The stuff she wrote? Some of it isn’t even what I said’