I have never met a kid who likes or enjoys helping their parents around the house. Honestly, I highly doubt a kid like that actually exists. Who here has ever enjoyed folding their siblings’ pajamas and endless towels? When have you ever heard anyone say, ‘I can’t wait to go home to wash my dishes’? …
Seguir leyendo Mom forbids 13-year-old daughter from touching anything in the kitchen unless she cleans her baking mess, leading daughter to stop doing chores: ‘Fine, I won’t touch anything’
Categoría:malicious compliance
Regional manager demand retail workers don’t clean store until closing, gets forced to pay out overtime: ‘We didn’t finish until 9:30 every night’
Supposedly, managers achieve their managerial positions because they know what is best when it comes to running a team and/or a business. In reality, pretty much anybody who has experienced the world of work can say that this isn’t always true. In fact, there are many in supervisory positions who seem to enjoy nothing more …
Seguir leyendo Regional manager demand retail workers don’t clean store until closing, gets forced to pay out overtime: ‘We didn’t finish until 9:30 every night’
Regional manager demands retail workers don’t clean store until closing, gets forced to pay out overtime: ‘We didn’t finish until 9:30 every night’
Supposedly, managers achieve their managerial positions because they know what is best when it comes to running a team and/or a business. In reality, pretty much anybody who has experienced the world of work can say that this isn’t always true. In fact, there are many in supervisory positions who seem to enjoy nothing more …
Seguir leyendo Regional manager demands retail workers don’t clean store until closing, gets forced to pay out overtime: ‘We didn’t finish until 9:30 every night’
Manager demands 17-year-old fast food worker find shift replacement the night before final exam, finds themselves working with deadbeat brother: ‘My boss went ballistic’
Anyone with a little experience in the working world can understand that truly great managers are a rare commodity pretty much anywhere. However, there are some sectors that seem to attract ones that are atrocious at far higher rates than others. Very often, these are the industries that have a much higher proportion of young …
Seguir leyendo Manager demands 17-year-old fast food worker find shift replacement the night before final exam, finds themselves working with deadbeat brother: ‘My boss went ballistic’
Call center supervisors allow favorite employees to slack off while coworkers take calls, face payback when worker crashes personal computer: ‘I’m just a call center employee. I don’t code’
In the system that we currently live in, most companies, businesses, and workplaces are supposed to be meritocracies. In theory, those who are the best at their jobs should be the ones who get recognized and rewarded, or at least, that is the narrative that we are often fed. In practice, many embittered employees know …
Seguir leyendo Call center supervisors allow favorite employees to slack off while coworkers take calls, face payback when worker crashes personal computer: ‘I’m just a call center employee. I don’t code’
Employee works 75 hour weeks with unpaid overtime, boss complains about them being inefficient: ‘Without me overextending myself, the problems quickly grew’
It is common knowledge to those with at least some experience in the corporate world that most companies will try to extract as much as they can from their employees for the least expense possible (see: the classic pizza party instead of a raise move). What’s worse is that the attitude or inexperience of many …
Seguir leyendo Employee works 75 hour weeks with unpaid overtime, boss complains about them being inefficient: ‘Without me overextending myself, the problems quickly grew’
Supervisor insists employee is flouting casual work dress code, he gets him demoted by turning up to the office in a suit: ‘I look really sharp in it’
Being a mere underling can be a real pain in the workplace sometimes. It doesn’t matter if you do your job to the letter or even better, consistently go above and beyond; if you have a supervisor with a chip on their shoulder, you have a big problem to overcome. Ultimately, as an employee, it …
Seguir leyendo Supervisor insists employee is flouting casual work dress code, he gets him demoted by turning up to the office in a suit: ‘I look really sharp in it’
Manager denies employee promotion after taking credit for their work, faces fallout after employee stops completing managerial duties: ‘Things went south quicker than I could have imagined’
If there is one piece of advice that many dedicated employees wish they had taken on board at some point in their careers, it would be to be careful who you work hard for (and when you do it). Many a worker has put their heart and soul, or at the very least, many hours, …
Seguir leyendo Manager denies employee promotion after taking credit for their work, faces fallout after employee stops completing managerial duties: ‘Things went south quicker than I could have imagined’
Boss demotes managerial employee for taking 2 months of sick leave, faces consequences of rash decision making: ‘I told my former staff to direct ALL questions to my boss’
No matter how some bosses would like to pretend otherwise, human employees are not machines. Even the most healthy and robust of people can run into surprise health issues, and newsflash, target obsessives, stress and overwork are incredibly common reasons for somebody to need to take sick leave. When somebody is dealing with an unhelpful …
Seguir leyendo Boss demotes managerial employee for taking 2 months of sick leave, faces consequences of rash decision making: ‘I told my former staff to direct ALL questions to my boss’
Manager faces blowback after demanding hotel landscaper train employee to replace him: ‘I realized that I was too expensive for him’
Many factors make up how bearable a job is, but by far one of the biggest is what the management is like. In the average business, it is the people above you that make the rules and set the tone, and no matter what the role entails or what your other coworkers are like, it …
Seguir leyendo Manager faces blowback after demanding hotel landscaper train employee to replace him: ‘I realized that I was too expensive for him’