There comes a point in many low-level employees’ lives when they need to throw in the towel. If you’re inexperienced or don’t have a college degree, it can be easy to put up with a lot of mistreatment for a while because you know that you might not be able to find opportunities elsewhere. Even …
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Worker Gives His Three Week Notice, Company Asks For Four Weeks And Quickly Fires Him
There is something extremely awkward about the two weeks after you tell your boss you’re leaving the company for good. Usually, there’s a lot to do…telling your coworkers how to complete the tasks only you know how to do, finishing up projects as best you can, and saying goodbye take up loads of your people …
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Boss Claims Employees Must Always Answer His Calls, But He Doesn’t Have To Answer Their Calls
In the workplace, as in life, I feel like the rules of communication are pretty universally understood. If you are unavailable to pick up a ringing phone, call the person back when you get the chance. Try to respond to texts and emails as quickly as possible, but don’t kill yourself to respond in mere …
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Boss Forces Single Mother To Bring Her Children To Work on Christmas Day
Nobody wants to work on Christmas. It doesn’t matter if you celebrate the holiday and take it incredibly seriously or if you couldn’t care less about decking the halls. Nobody should be working on Christmas, and I’m sure many people of all faiths agree with that sentiment. Unfortunately, some places of employment must be open …
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Law-Breaking Boss Bans Employee From Talking About Being Gay
Homophobia in the workplace can be incredibly stressful. Having to deal with people who are hostile to your existence in a place you must go to almost every day harms your state of mind, and nobody should have to deal with that. That’s why there are laws to protect minority groups from discrimination in the …
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Unreasonable Boss Gets Angry at Employee For Monetizing His Hobby
In the non-corporate world, it seems like everybody is monetizing their hobby. You look at friends’ social media, and you see so many people trying to make it as a writer, a performer, or an influencer, all while off the clock from their regular jobs. This phenomenon makes a lot of sense. Very few people …
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Worker Gets Cursed Out And Accused of Using $40K Per Year Job as a ‘Stepping Stone’ After Handing in Their Two Week Notice
Family businesses are wild places to work at. When you’re working at a company where no employees have familial ties to each other, it’s much more normalized to leave in search of better opportunities. Sure, your boss might not be happy that you quit, but it’s a standard expectation for some percentage of employees. In …
Seguir leyendo Worker Gets Cursed Out And Accused of Using $40K Per Year Job as a ‘Stepping Stone’ After Handing in Their Two Week Notice
Power-Tripping Boss Threatens to Tell Employee’s New Boss to Revoke His Job Offer
There is an art and science to quitting a job. You can’t just do it without any tact and expect things to go smoothly. You’ve got to make strategic choices based on how important you are to the company. If you’re one of hundreds of employees doing very menial tasks, putting in your two weeks …
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Irresponsible Manager Demands Employee Call Her When They Leave Their House And Show Up To Work 10 Minutes Early
There’s something to be said for arriving places early. If you leave early, you’re much less likely to be late; imagine that! Life is less stressful when you’ve got your eyes on the clock before you leave your house, and you’re not running ten minutes late to everything. That being said, I disagree with the …
Seguir leyendo Irresponsible Manager Demands Employee Call Her When They Leave Their House And Show Up To Work 10 Minutes Early
Unreasonable Manager Demands Employee Call Her When They Leave Their House And Show Up To Work 10 Minutes Early
There’s something to be said for arriving places early. If you leave early, you’re much less likely to be late; imagine that! Life is less stressful when you’ve got your eyes on the clock before you leave your house, and you’re not running ten minutes late to everything. That being said, I disagree with the …
Seguir leyendo Unreasonable Manager Demands Employee Call Her When They Leave Their House And Show Up To Work 10 Minutes Early