Manager Expects Employee to Work Off the Clock, Gets Massive Overtime Request Instead

If you work for a company that prohibits overtime, then under no circumstances should you ever be working off the clock. And if your boss ever makes it clear that they expect you to do so, then you better get it in writing. When one redditor asked their boss if they could switch to a …
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Worker Faces Significant Blowback After Acting Out For Pay Raise

Most of us know that getting on the wrong side of an unsympathetic boss is a horrible experience. Not only does it make the working environment unpleasant, it can even leave your job hanging in the balance.  However, when there’s some aspect of your position that you’re not happy with, it’s important to be canny. …
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Manager Expects Employee to Work Off the Clock, Gets Big Overtime Request Instead

If you work for a company that prohibits overtime, then under no circumstances should you ever be working off the clock. And if your boss ever makes it clear that they expect you to do so, then you better get it in writing. When one redditor asked their boss if they could switch to a …
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Treasurer Withholds Employees Check From October, Says He’ll Get it in December

There’s nothing worse than waiting to get paid by a shady corporation. When I worked at a restaurant during my senior year of high school, my boss told me that the clock-in system was broken. He told me not to worry and that he would ensure I got the time I worked during those shifts …
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Worker Refused Full Pay Raise, Entire Department Finds Better Paid Jobs Elsewhere

For something which most working adults are completely reliant on, pay can be a very awkward topic to discuss. A simple discussion about salary with a co-worker can be the thing that takes your relationship from dumb in-jokes and a shoulder to cry on to frosty looks across the breakroom. This is before you even …
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Woman Gets Put on Blast for Finding Random «Target» to Pay For Her Meal

From the samples at the grocery store to winning a giveaway, it’s hard not to love a freebie. The feeling is only sweeter when you get the goods thanks to your natural charm, because it feels like you earned it. They weren’t lying when they said that the best things in life are free, but …
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Enlightening Thread Explains Why Most Companies Don’t Like Pay Transparency

Love it, hate it, or so used to clocking in you can’t imagine anything different, the bottom line is that almost all of us are doing our jobs for the money. We’ve all got bills to pay, and besides that, we want a quality of life, too. As it stands, a lot of the nice …
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Worker Faces Serious Blowback After Acting Out For Pay Raise

Most of us know that getting on the wrong side of an unsympathetic boss is a horrible experience. Not only does it make the working environment unpleasant, it can even leave your job hanging in the balance.  However, when there’s some aspect of your position that you’re not happy with, it’s important to be canny. …
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Worker Gets Refused Full Pay Raise, Entire Department Finds Better Paid Jobs Elsewhere

For something which most working adults are completely reliant on, pay can be a very awkward topic to discuss. A simple discussion about salary with a co-worker can be the thing that takes your relationship from dumb in-jokes and a shoulder to cry on to frosty looks across the breakroom. This is before you even …
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Twitter Rips Apart Ad Suggesting People Take Out Payday Loans To Purchase Fries

The allure of buying yourself a load of unnecessary treats is never more tempting than in that stingy week before you get paid. After all, you do need to be looking and feeling your best to enjoy those three whole glorious days before you go back to feeling broke again. There are many of us …
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