When you’re not working, do you still answer your work phone? If you have a certain kind of job, you might need to be on call all the time. If you own a small business, you probably always have your phone on. Even if you have other people helping you, if something goes wrong, it’s …
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Categoría:Horrible Bosses
Boss asks employee making $62K to front $2300 for a business trip, calls him broke because he can’t afford it: ‘You need to plan better and have an emergency fund.’
If a business cannot afford to put $2300 on a company credit card, you should not keep working for them. Traveling for work can be stressful and questionable if you have to pay for your own expenses. I have a friend who used her own credit card to book her hotels and flights for a …
Seguir leyendo Boss asks employee making $62K to front $2300 for a business trip, calls him broke because he can’t afford it: ‘You need to plan better and have an emergency fund.’
Boss denies employee lunch break for being 8 minutes late, employee takes break and quits: ‘I clocked out and went ‘to the deli»
Breaktime is the only point in the working day that an employee has to themselves. As a result, most do not take kindly to those who try to mess with it. When you are spending seven plus hours a day doing your bit to increase shareholder value, it only seems fair that you get that …
Seguir leyendo Boss denies employee lunch break for being 8 minutes late, employee takes break and quits: ‘I clocked out and went ‘to the deli»
Manager contacts employee’s personal phone number while she’s on her honeymoon, she feels her boundaries have been violated: ‘I’m not trying to escalate. I just want boundaries respected’
When you’re on vacation, you should not be bothered. This is why it’s called vacation. You get a break from all the little notifications on your phone. It’s for the better. Think about how many times in a day you have to do something you don’t want to do? There are too many to count. …
Seguir leyendo Manager contacts employee’s personal phone number while she’s on her honeymoon, she feels her boundaries have been violated: ‘I’m not trying to escalate. I just want boundaries respected’
Managers rejects employee’s 2 week’s notice, tells them 2 weeks starts after they hire a replacement: ‘That’s how someone tries to squeeze free labor out of you while shopping for your replacement’
That’s simply not how it works, boss. A two-week notice is a courtesy. It’s what you do if you’re trying to leave on good terms and you have a little bit of time to spare. It should give everyone enough time to get their ducks in a row before you go on your merry way. …
Seguir leyendo Managers rejects employee’s 2 week’s notice, tells them 2 weeks starts after they hire a replacement: ‘That’s how someone tries to squeeze free labor out of you while shopping for your replacement’
Manager messages employee on Facebook on their approved PTO days asking for help with a project: ‘I muted both, marked them as read, and didn’t reply’
When you’re off, you’re off. This is the philosophy that most of us subscribe to when it comes to working. We work so hard and so often that we relish the times when we don’t. We work hard for our paid time off, and we expect not to be bothered while using it. But this …
Seguir leyendo Manager messages employee on Facebook on their approved PTO days asking for help with a project: ‘I muted both, marked them as read, and didn’t reply’
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’
Corporate client makes businessman work 2 months of unpaid overtime, pay large invoice he sends by mistake 1 year later: ‘The worst working experience of my life’
Not all customers are created equal, and those who work for them should react accordingly. Some people or companies are an absolute dream to collaborate with, the kind of experience that gives the motivation to keep going even when everything else seems to be less than perfect. Others seem to have been summoned directly from …
Seguir leyendo Corporate client makes businessman work 2 months of unpaid overtime, pay large invoice he sends by mistake 1 year later: ‘The worst working experience of my life’
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.’
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.’
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’