If you had to swoop in for 20 minutes to do something critical at work, would you? Even if you weren’t being compensated for it? This can be a tough decision to make in the moment, and your answer says a lot about your relationship to your job.
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Employee starts 8 hour finance shift at 7 AM, boss reprimands him for his ‘schedule and visibility’: ‘Most people come in around nine and leave around six’
Is it right to allow an employee to make their own work hours? There are plenty of people in the workforce who, for one reason or another, believe that flexibility is essential when it comes to their satisfaction at work. They want to know that their job will be manageable alongside their other responsibilities, or …
Seguir leyendo Employee starts 8 hour finance shift at 7 AM, boss reprimands him for his ‘schedule and visibility’: ‘Most people come in around nine and leave around six’
Employee takes on second night job to save up, quits without notice when they halve her hours unexpectedly: ‘I got no heads up’
Should an employee tough it out when they have an unreliable employer? It is common knowledge by now that the job market in 2026 is hardly a great place to be, and even landing a role for a minimum wage, entry-level job can prove to be a struggle. The prospect of dealing with what it …
Seguir leyendo Employee takes on second night job to save up, quits without notice when they halve her hours unexpectedly: ‘I got no heads up’
Employee works 60 hour weeks only for promotion to go to director’s brother-in-law, fears getting fired when he reduces hours down to 40: ‘I increased productivity by 3x’
A lot of employers will never give you the appreciation that you deserve unless you demand it of them. Even then, they are not necessarily going to be interested in giving it to you if they feel like they have other priorities. If the anti-work people are anything to go by, it is rarely worth …
Seguir leyendo Employee works 60 hour weeks only for promotion to go to director’s brother-in-law, fears getting fired when he reduces hours down to 40: ‘I increased productivity by 3x’
19-year-old college student breaks into the ice rink that fired him and eats the food in the break room, hasn’t been caught in 3 months: ‘The break room is my only source of fresh and hot food’
To say that I eat at work is an understatement. I subsidize my diet with the various fruits, cheeses, sodas, and chips that are provided at my office. If a green apple, a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, two cheese sticks, and a can of Diet Coke isn’t lunch, then I’ve been doing it wrong …
Seguir leyendo 19-year-old college student breaks into the ice rink that fired him and eats the food in the break room, hasn’t been caught in 3 months: ‘The break room is my only source of fresh and hot food’
‘They stopped paying for your lunch’: Workers contemplate why 9-5s became 9-6s and 8-5s
There’s no question that the 8-hour workweek was a revelation back in the 1920s. I can’t imagine having to work 12 hours a day every day without any weekends or breaks at all. It’s no wonder people died at an earlier age back then; the stress of being worked to your bones is so bad …
Seguir leyendo ‘They stopped paying for your lunch’: Workers contemplate why 9-5s became 9-6s and 8-5s
‘So…6% pay rise for everyone?’: Company mandates 42.5 hour work week, does not offer overtime
The 40-hour workweek is one of those institutions that has remained the norm, no matter how much has changed in our world. Ever since the Labor Standards Act in 1940, we’ve been doing 9-5 or some variation on that. Even though we have computers and robots and fast cars, we still work as much as …
Seguir leyendo ‘So…6% pay rise for everyone?’: Company mandates 42.5 hour work week, does not offer overtime
‘Some days we aren’t here at all’: Small business’ unpredictable hours angers time-keepers of the internet
I wish we could return to a more rough-and-tumble way of life. Like the days of the Wild West, or maybe just the Wild West of the movies. I wish I was on a first-name basis with my local barkeep, and I wish he knew just how I liked my sasparilla. I wish I had …
Seguir leyendo ‘Some days we aren’t here at all’: Small business’ unpredictable hours angers time-keepers of the internet
Power-Tripping Boss Cuts Employees Hours Because He Bought a Motorcycle For Transportation
One of the worst things about working for an hourly wage is getting your hours cut. You can only make enough money to live if you’re scheduled enough, and it’s extremely easy for management to weaponize schedules for or against certain employees. I tend to see that the people who don’t want a million hours …
Seguir leyendo Power-Tripping Boss Cuts Employees Hours Because He Bought a Motorcycle For Transportation
Man Expresses Annoyance When His Wife Wants to Dine In at a Restaurant Just Minutes Before Close
If you’ve ever worked in the food service industry, you certainly know the pain of customers coming in right minutes before closing. While it’s still technically appropriate and enforced by management, the last thing you want after an eight-and-a-half-hour shift is to stick around an extra hour for a couple of customers. If you’ve never …
Seguir leyendo Man Expresses Annoyance When His Wife Wants to Dine In at a Restaurant Just Minutes Before Close