I can almost taste the drink I’ll be ordering at happy hour… This work week felt longer than the Nile. Are your eyes red, tired, and sunken in from all of the necessary screentime at work? Do you hear your Microsoft Teams message tone in the back of your exhausted eardrum? You’re not alone. The …
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28 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (October 4, 2024)
It’s finally Friday! That means that it’s almost time for the weekend, or what I like to call the less-than-72-hour break! The time we spend during the weekend seems to always fly by quicker than we’d like—so don’t take your break for granted. Whether you prefer to couch-rot with back-to-back DoorDash deliveries or have a …
Seguir leyendo 28 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (October 4, 2024)
‘Underwater welder’: The jobs Redditors would never accept, no matter how much they paid
Everyone has their role in life. Some of us are destined to educate the next generation. Some of us feel compelled to learn all we can about the human body so we can help sick people. Others of us spend our days making lists of memes for people on the internet. But what about the …
Seguir leyendo ‘Underwater welder’: The jobs Redditors would never accept, no matter how much they paid
Mom applies to be a substitute at her children’s school district, gets offered a position as a 5th grade teacher: ‘I’m not a licensed teacher! I don’t have a teaching degree.’
It’s no secret that we’re having a teacher shortage right now. They’ve been an undervalued and unappreciated profession for years, and with great teachers leaving the profession at a startling rate, some schools are getting desperate to fill teaching positions. This summer, a mom got an unexpected job offer from her children’s school. She applied …
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Bored government worker complains they were given a $20k salary increase to do ‘literally nothing,’ while some claim it’s a dream job: ‘Use the facilities, use the benefits’
All the rage this spring… high paying low effort dumb email jobs. Those who have them are the envy of their friends. Everyone’s selling their soul to try to get one. But for real, sometimes the highest-paying jobs are the ones that require the least amount of effort. It’s one of the dirty little secrets of the corporate …
Seguir leyendo Bored government worker complains they were given a $20k salary increase to do ‘literally nothing,’ while some claim it’s a dream job: ‘Use the facilities, use the benefits’
‘Absolutely report her and her business’: Shady birthday party company requires 8 weeks of free labor from teenage employees
Getting your first job can be exciting. It feels like a step toward independence, having your own money, and making your own way in the world. It can also be a frightening awakening to the grim realities of the adult working world. My first job was a bundle of interesting experiences. I had an eccentric …
Seguir leyendo ‘Absolutely report her and her business’: Shady birthday party company requires 8 weeks of free labor from teenage employees
‘They told me about their severance packages in the first interview’: Employees Share Most Entertaining Job Interview Stories
Ding, ding… Alarm bells go off in my head anytime I hear the phrase, ‘Though there are set hours, most employees stay extra so to show they’re committed to this job’. Another big red flag is when the interviewer seems disinterested or unprepared. If they haven’t looked over my resume, or if they’re asking basic …
Seguir leyendo ‘They told me about their severance packages in the first interview’: Employees Share Most Entertaining Job Interview Stories
Mother Refuses to Accept Her Daughter Moving Out of Town, Tries to Make Her Apply to Jobs Closer to Home
Left alone with an empty nest can feel… well, empty. Watching your kids grow up and become adults with their own lives can be hard. Look, I get that being left alone sucks, especially when your entire identity is being a parent. But you have got to let them GO. Let them move out, let …
Seguir leyendo Mother Refuses to Accept Her Daughter Moving Out of Town, Tries to Make Her Apply to Jobs Closer to Home
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 …
Seguir leyendo Worker Gives His Three Week Notice, Company Asks For Four Weeks And Quickly Fires Him
New Job Red Flags Redditors Avoid Like the Plague
Starting a new job can be a whole ball of emotions: excitement, stress, and anxiety that they’ll figure out you lied on your resume about being the president of your high school’s debate team. Sorry, Vice President just doesn’t sound as good! It’s also the time when you’re figuring out the workplace ecosystem and how …
Seguir leyendo New Job Red Flags Redditors Avoid Like the Plague