Is it wrong for them to hide their mother-son relationship from the rest of the staff? A lot of people hate nepotism babies for understandable reasons. It’s not fair that Margaret Qualley has a movie-star mom and Bronny James has an NBA star dad, whose names helped them become an actress and a professional basketball …
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New hire ruins 9 months of employee work, management sign off on her actions: ‘I can’t even blame her’
It’s normal to make mistakes when you’re new on the job. It isn’t normal for it to be your manager who helps to create them. We all mess up at work now and again, and a time when we are particularly susceptible to it is when we start a new job. Learning the ropes is …
Seguir leyendo New hire ruins 9 months of employee work, management sign off on her actions: ‘I can’t even blame her’
Job seeker accepts ‘fully remote’ job, gets told they have to be in the office 3 days a week during their induction: ‘This team has been hybrid for a while now’
Why do job applicants get penalized if they lie on their résumés, but companies get away with doing it on job listings? While there are people out there who are desperate enough for work that they will take any old job, plenty of job seekers are intentional when they are looking for work. Just as …
Seguir leyendo Job seeker accepts ‘fully remote’ job, gets told they have to be in the office 3 days a week during their induction: ‘This team has been hybrid for a while now’
New hire eats carnivore diet, faces grilling from coworkers: ‘Whatever he’s trying to do clearly isn’t working’
Work is not the place to criticize lifestyles. A simultaneous benefit and drawback of the average workplace is that it often brings together people who would not interact otherwise. While spending eight hours a day around somebody with whom you have nothing in common can be painful, it can also offer a good lesson in …
Seguir leyendo New hire eats carnivore diet, faces grilling from coworkers: ‘Whatever he’s trying to do clearly isn’t working’
Employee refuses to help her new boss, whom she has trained, with something she’s taught her how to do 3 times already: ‘I’m sure you can figure that out. It’s above my pay grade.’
The new girl is not as great as her boss says she is. It’s easy for companies to get caught up in the potential of their new hires. It’s only natural, since new hires are much more likely to act as if they will do anything and everything for a company to prove that they’re …
Seguir leyendo Employee refuses to help her new boss, whom she has trained, with something she’s taught her how to do 3 times already: ‘I’m sure you can figure that out. It’s above my pay grade.’
Boss schedules an HR meeting with new hire at 3:30 on a Friday: ‘Is this a sign I am getting fired?’
A 3:30 meeting with HR on a Friday is never a good sign. We all go through things in life that are not workproof. You can’t be the best sales representative at a cosmetics store if you’re constantly crying off your mascara because you’re still grieving the loss of a family member. Anyone who expects …
Seguir leyendo Boss schedules an HR meeting with new hire at 3:30 on a Friday: ‘Is this a sign I am getting fired?’
22-year-old employee considers telling her new coworker that he’s about to get fired: ‘Our manager HATES him for very valid reasons.’
Her manager hasn’t told her that he’s going to get fired, but she has this instinct that it’s bound to happen sooner or later.
‘I know its cheesy…’: Woman helps a stranger in a thrift store pick an outfit for a job interview, then on a random bad day she bumps into that person and they turn their frown upside-down
Pay it forward, then when you’re having a bad day the universe might just pay it back. This woman had a bad day turned completely around after helping a woman pick an outfit out at a thrift store. It was just one of those days for this lady. She had nothing to do and was …
Seguir leyendo ‘I know its cheesy…’: Woman helps a stranger in a thrift store pick an outfit for a job interview, then on a random bad day she bumps into that person and they turn their frown upside-down
28-year-old employee teaches 50-year-old new hire how to use a computer; new hire cries to supervisor when employee doesn’t do her job for her: ‘The one moment I don’t help her the way she wanted me to, she had a meltdown.’
She is perfectly capable of doing the job; she wants her trainer to do it all for her. It can be terrifying to be hired for a job you’re not qualified for. A lot of people pad their resumes with skills that they haven’t actually mastered, and they panic when they’re tasked with using those …
Seguir leyendo 28-year-old employee teaches 50-year-old new hire how to use a computer; new hire cries to supervisor when employee doesn’t do her job for her: ‘The one moment I don’t help her the way she wanted me to, she had a meltdown.’
Stingy company only gives employees 5 days of vacation a year for their first 3 years of employment, gives 12 vacation days after 10+ years: ‘This has to be the worst employee vacation plan I have ever seen.’
The vacation time doesn’t even carry over to the following year. Vacation time is a precious thing. You shouldn’t have to spend every weekday at work for the rest of your life just because you have a job. We all need a little break sometimes, and often a three-day weekend won’t cut it. We all …
Seguir leyendo Stingy company only gives employees 5 days of vacation a year for their first 3 years of employment, gives 12 vacation days after 10+ years: ‘This has to be the worst employee vacation plan I have ever seen.’