Recruiter rejects candidate because they want to make at least £25K per year: ‘It’s not something I can guarantee at this stage’

Ever since I was in college, I’ve gotten wild recruiter requests in my LinkedIn DMs. For some reason, the people at Volunteer For America and other low-paying teaching companies think that telling you they pay $15 an hour is a swanky deal for early 20-somethings trying to get their careers started. I don’t have the …
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‘Multiple managers viewed my LinkedIn profile’: Worker sets LinkedIn status to ‘open to work’ after HR puts them on a performance improvement plan

LinkedIn is one social media site you must be careful while using. Casually applying to different jobs is all fun and games until you go from barely using it to being on it every night from 7-10. If you start doing that and you’re connected with all of your current employers, good luck, Charlie. The …
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‘You’re manifesting my business’s failure’: Dispiteous boss accuses employee of «manifesting failure» of her business

Get your Tarot cards out and crystals ready cause we’re out here trying to manifest the failure of every terrible boss we’ve ever had. Like, can you imagine getting called into a meeting with HR just because your «vibes» were off? Like, heck, Erin, so what if I was in the water closet building a …
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‘HR isn’t your friend’: 30+ people share their best professional advice

There is no rulebook for how to be a working professional. Life gets much more complicated once you’re no longer working a low-stakes job at the Wolfgang Puck Express inside a regional airport, where you’re not particularly concerned with your professional development. When you’re working a big boy job with an annual salary and everything, …
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‘They said it wouldn’t be a problem’: Manager denies employees vacation request after it was approved during job interview

There’s something so scary about your vacation getting ripped out from under you. You spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars to have a couple of nice days away from your troubles at work, and if your vacation time gets retroactively denied, there’s nothing you can do about it. Well, there are things you can …
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‘Guess my last day is Friday!’: Inconsiderate HR worker flagrantly denies time off request they previously approved

As some of us are learning this time of year, time off from work is incredibly important. You need something to look forward to– something to break up the months so you’re not just staring down the barrel of endless workweeks. The weekends only do so much. And most of us are pretty good at …
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‘Should I be concerned?’: Worker confronts HR representative after their manager bans employees from discussing pay

There are some things that coworkers shouldn’t ask each other about. It’s usually a good rule of thumb not to discuss politics, religion, or s*x too thoroughly with the people you have to spend 40 hours a week with. Heck, I don’t even want to know the in-depth political compass of someone I only spend …
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‘I was never supposed to approve your vacation’: Boss tries to renege on employees Christmas vacation that he approved in October

Asking for time off during the holidays is pretty tricky. Everybody wants to get a couple of extra days off during that weird twilight zone between Christmas and the New Year, but unless your PTO expires at the end of the year, good luck getting an extra week off of work. I understand that it’s …
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HR Department Sends Former Employee Birthday Card 3 Weeks After He Got Fired

Nothing quite says, «Happy Birthday!» like «You’re fired; I never want to see you again!» When you get fired, there’s a lot of pain and worry attached to it. You might not have a ton of money saved up during that crazy 1-6 month period of job hunting. That being said, getting canned can make …
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Overworked Junior Employee Quits Without Notice, Leaving Lazy Boss Hung Out to Dry

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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