There’s this pervasive idea that the majority of workers are baseline kind of lazy and will do anything to get out of doing work. While there are definitely people like that, I’m inclined to believe there are many more workers who go above and beyond and never get credit for it. Everyone’s worked with someone …
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‘There’s even an At-Will clause in my contract’: Boss refuses to accept employee’s resignation, threatens to sue him for quitting
Knowing you can leave anytime is one of the best things about a lousy job. Sure, it might not be advisable to quit your job the second something bad happens, but at least you’re not an indentured servant in 1700s America who cannot leave until their mandatory contract is fulfilled. Quitting can be intimidating because …
Seguir leyendo ‘There’s even an At-Will clause in my contract’: Boss refuses to accept employee’s resignation, threatens to sue him for quitting
Boss Chews Out Employee For Quitting With Little Notice, Employee Leaves During Lunch Break After Agreeing to Work Two More Weeks
I understand the function of giving your employer a two-week notice. It can be difficult to replace valuable employees, and even though two weeks usually isn’t long enough to do so, it’s long enough to get a good head-start. That being said, I’m aware of the Reddit adage, «If my employer fires me, they won’t …
Seguir leyendo Boss Chews Out Employee For Quitting With Little Notice, Employee Leaves During Lunch Break After Agreeing to Work Two More Weeks
‘I really need you to train your replacement right’: Boss Pressures Employee to Stay After His Two Week Notice Ends Because New Hire Refuses To Be Trained
One of the coolest things about jobs is that you’re allowed to quit them. We are not living in the times of indentured servitude anymore; most jobs have you on a contract that can be terminated at any time but typically doesn’t require you to stay a certain amount of months or years. Once an …
Seguir leyendo ‘I really need you to train your replacement right’: Boss Pressures Employee to Stay After His Two Week Notice Ends Because New Hire Refuses To Be Trained
Boss Threatens to Fire Employee for Posting Hourly Wage, Employee Immediately Quits
Trying to obtain the bare minimum required to live is a near-impossible task when you’re below the line of poverty. Unfortunately, there are way, way too many jobs that are happy and more than willing to pay you next to nothing. As is the case with many of these sorts of positions, these jobs are …
Seguir leyendo Boss Threatens to Fire Employee for Posting Hourly Wage, Employee Immediately Quits
‘We’re short-staffed, so you can’t quit’: Boss demands new hire work unpaid overtime due to being short-staffed, leading to quiet quitting
New hires are like the runt of the litter; small, without confidence, and in need of some extra assistance. Bosses often underestimate new hires, under the assumption that they should be grateful to have a job, and should want to contribute and ‘take one for the team’ until they reach emotional burnout. In this case, …
Seguir leyendo ‘We’re short-staffed, so you can’t quit’: Boss demands new hire work unpaid overtime due to being short-staffed, leading to quiet quitting
‘I quit my job and there may be a massive domino effect’: Manager causes ‘domino effect’ when they quit their job
Sometimes all it takes is for one person to pull the plug and quit to make others realize they have other options as well. When that happens, the entire team can turnover within months, with the last of the team practically sprinting to get out of there before the building collapses on them (—will the …
Seguir leyendo ‘I quit my job and there may be a massive domino effect’: Manager causes ‘domino effect’ when they quit their job
‘I quit; my coworkers followed suit’: Employee quits after being denied vacation request, a domino effect of employees quitting ensues
Upper management glosses over the fact that it has been proven, time and time again, that micromanaging employees results in more problems than it solves. In this case, OP was working at a company for over 10 years, overseeing about 30 employees. The upper management in OP’s company micromanaged its employees, ignored mental health issues, …
Seguir leyendo ‘I quit; my coworkers followed suit’: Employee quits after being denied vacation request, a domino effect of employees quitting ensues
Shameless Boss Attempts to ‘Charge’ Employee for Quitting
The worst kind of manager thinks they can do literally anything they want, like refuse to pay an employee as punishment. Unfortunately for these types of horrible bosses, there are labor laws that prevent this specific flavor of exploitation. Even if your employee quits their job on the spot, leaving you with an absolute catastrophe …
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Obnoxious Liars Who Got Conclusively Told to Cut the Crap
Perhaps I’m just an overly literal-minded person, but I’ve never understood the impulse to get on the internet and lie one’s a** off. If it’s for the sake of a genuinely funny bit, I can accept it — many a hilarious viral post has been born that way. However, when it comes to the countless …
Seguir leyendo Obnoxious Liars Who Got Conclusively Told to Cut the Crap