Failure to raise a salary in line with inflation is a pay cut. If we are going to be frank, the vast majority of people in the workforce are doing their jobs primarily for the financial compensation. They want the security of seeing at least a couple of zeroes in their bank account, and ideally …
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Retail Manager Yells at Employee for Handing in Notice, Employee Quits Immediately
Don’t dish out workplace disrespect unless you expect it to be returned to sender. We all know that there are plenty of bad managers in the workforce, and some of the worst are in the most overworked and poorly paid industries. The customers that employees have to deal with in sectors like retail or hospitality …
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Husband Takes Job at Wife’s Company and Promises to Stay 5 Years, She Worries About Her Professional Reputation When He Leaves After 15 Months
Is it ever a good idea to work at the same place as your partner? Just because some relationships begin in the workplace doesn’t mean that they should stay there. While some manage to successfully balance the personal and professional, there are many factors that can make working with a romantic partner something that you …
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Employee leaves toxic company, former boss begs him to leave online review: ‘He thought we parted on great terms’
There are advantages to having a good poker face at work. When you are working for a toxic company, it can be tempting to give them a piece of your mind before making an inevitable swift exit. Truly, it is astonishing how many employers believe that they can treat their employees like garbage and get …
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The Reasons Why Good Employees Will Leave Jobs Quickly
Most employees know when it is time to leave a job. Even if it is not an impulse that they choose to act on, it can often be blindingly obvious when a role doesn’t seem to be a good fit for you anymore. The gut feeling that you need to tie up any loose ends …
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Manager asks employee to give the company 3 months’ notice before she starts her new job, which starts in 4 weeks: ‘I don’t feel like I’m obligated to put my next job on hold for them.’
3 months is a ridiculous amount of time. 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 tasks you know only you can do, finishing up projects as best you can, and …
Seguir leyendo Manager asks employee to give the company 3 months’ notice before she starts her new job, which starts in 4 weeks: ‘I don’t feel like I’m obligated to put my next job on hold for them.’
Boss Buys Entire Office Lunch For Their Good Performance, Except For The Employee Who Submitted His Resignation 2 Weeks Ago
Talk about petty! There’s this pervasive idea that most workers are lazy and will do anything to avoid 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 who clearly loves the company …
Seguir leyendo Boss Buys Entire Office Lunch For Their Good Performance, Except For The Employee Who Submitted His Resignation 2 Weeks Ago
Employee leaves job for a startup in August, returns to his old job after realizing the startup owners were inept and clueless: ‘They wanted me to handle everything for the income of only 1 person.’
No wonder he wanted to leave. Work-life balance is something that most of us want, but we’re often hesitant to mention it in work settings. It’s perfectly acceptable for a recruiter to claim that their company’s culture promotes work-life balance, but the moment a candidate expresses interest in work-life balance first, the red flags start …
Seguir leyendo Employee leaves job for a startup in August, returns to his old job after realizing the startup owners were inept and clueless: ‘They wanted me to handle everything for the income of only 1 person.’
Employee hands in notice, manager demands she write 100 page technical manual in her last 10 days: ‘I have spent seven years building these processes’
How much responsibility should an employee have with a company when they know they’re going to leave? Many would argue that a notice period is pure courtesy. Technically speaking, any employee who doesn’t want to work at their job anymore could just clock out and not come in the next day, but that would leave …
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Boss cheers and claps after employee puts her 2-week notice in: ‘She has been one of the worst, if not the worst, bosses I have ever worked for.’
Who does she think she is? A lot of people think that a «good employee» will be good no matter what environment you put them in, but that’s simply not true. Many internally motivated people in the workforce lose that motivation when they realize that those around them are unwilling to give them the freedom …
Seguir leyendo Boss cheers and claps after employee puts her 2-week notice in: ‘She has been one of the worst, if not the worst, bosses I have ever worked for.’