Parents scold 15 and 19-year-old kids for only getting 2 tubs of ice cream for family ice cream night: ‘My mom calls me selfish because apparently getting 2 tubs meant that I only wanted me and my brother to eat and have them just watch.’

They turned what was supposed to be a fun night into a nightmare for everybody.  It’s no fun to be in a situation where you feel like you can do nothing right. You always commit some slight transgression that enrages someone who can’t regulate their emotions, and it ruins all the fun. Have you ever …
Seguir leyendo Parents scold 15 and 19-year-old kids for only getting 2 tubs of ice cream for family ice cream night: ‘My mom calls me selfish because apparently getting 2 tubs meant that I only wanted me and my brother to eat and have them just watch.’

HR hounds woman on maternity leave to complete trainings, boss constantly reminds them not to bother her: ‘Your current management just threw you under the bus instead of taking 5 seconds to check the email chain’

Maternity leave is sacred. You’re busy rearing a child, and that happens to take up a lot of your life. You don’t always have time to stop and answer an email. And your team should know this. They should know to respect the boundaries of your leave and not bother you with stuff that can …
Seguir leyendo HR hounds woman on maternity leave to complete trainings, boss constantly reminds them not to bother her: ‘Your current management just threw you under the bus instead of taking 5 seconds to check the email chain’

Employee quits their job 1.5 hours before his whole team is laid off with severance: ‘If you ever know you’re getting let go, don’t resign’

Timing is everything, even with leaving a job. What if you leave right before they get an espresso machine? You’d be kicking yourself from here to Tuesday. At the same time, when you have to go, you have to go. That means, though, that sometimes you end up in situations that you wish you hadn’t, …
Seguir leyendo Employee quits their job 1.5 hours before his whole team is laid off with severance: ‘If you ever know you’re getting let go, don’t resign’

Ex boyfriend refuses to return $500 he ‘borrowed’ for Steam Deck he never paid back after tumultuous 5-year relationship: ‘I even lowered the amount he owed me so he’d pay me 500 instead of the almost 700 my part actually cost’

When you’re going through a breakup, everything can get messy. Your emotions get all mixed up, and you don’t know up from down. It’s hard to make decisions clearly, given the amount of emotional distress you’re in. This is why we should avoid rash decisions in these states. Sending money is one of them.  Questions …
Seguir leyendo Ex boyfriend refuses to return $500 he ‘borrowed’ for Steam Deck he never paid back after tumultuous 5-year relationship: ‘I even lowered the amount he owed me so he’d pay me 500 instead of the almost 700 my part actually cost’

Job lies about 6-week out-of-state training process to get employee to onboard, won’t cover travel expenses and only gives $20 for food: ‘I will most likely have to quit my job over this’

There is a lot you won’t know about a job until you start working there. Sure, the interview process can give you some idea about what you’re in store for, but to truly get a sense of your job takes working there for a while. You won’t know the culture, the expectations, the working styles …
Seguir leyendo Job lies about 6-week out-of-state training process to get employee to onboard, won’t cover travel expenses and only gives $20 for food: ‘I will most likely have to quit my job over this’

Boss tells employee they ‘lack passion’ for not answering Slack messages at 10 PM: ‘I make $19/hr […] for a company that sells industrial cleaning supplies’

Passion is an interesting word. It’s often tossed around in terms of interests and artistic pursuits, but should it apply to your employment as well? Ideally, you work a job that you love to do. It inspires you, challenges you, and gives you a reason to get out of bed in the morning. But most …
Seguir leyendo Boss tells employee they ‘lack passion’ for not answering Slack messages at 10 PM: ‘I make $19/hr […] for a company that sells industrial cleaning supplies’

Woman disinvites late brother’s widow to Christmas, claims she’s not family anymore because of her previous behavior, separating her from her 6-year-old stepson: ‘She doesn’t get forgiveness for past crimes just because something bad happened to her’

Once family, always family… right? Family can be a permeable idea. You’re born into one that you didn’t get to choose, and that’s one version of family. Then there is the extended network of aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, and distant 3rd cousins. Maybe you see them often, maybe you’ve never met them. But they are …
Seguir leyendo Woman disinvites late brother’s widow to Christmas, claims she’s not family anymore because of her previous behavior, separating her from her 6-year-old stepson: ‘She doesn’t get forgiveness for past crimes just because something bad happened to her’

Parents forbid grandparents from giving their kids Christmas gifts after years of them giving their 4-year-old daughter more than their 3-year-old son: ‘She gets merch from the Disney Store, he gets Dollar Tree toys.’

That’s good parenting right there. Favoritism is a dark underbelly of many families, and it’s important to nip it in the bud before it gets out of hand. A parent might favor one kid over the other and not even realize it until someone points it out and gives them a chance to correct their …
Seguir leyendo Parents forbid grandparents from giving their kids Christmas gifts after years of them giving their 4-year-old daughter more than their 3-year-old son: ‘She gets merch from the Disney Store, he gets Dollar Tree toys.’

Business owner refuses to give sister $15k raise after she helped them more than double their profits, claims $80k is enough: ‘I gave her a $3.5k Christmas bonus’

Working with family is not an easy task. There’s a reason they say not to mix business and pleasure, because you’re bound to run into a crossroads one day where you’re going to have to decide what’s more important to you, and nobody likes to be backed into a corner. Family should come first, but …
Seguir leyendo Business owner refuses to give sister $15k raise after she helped them more than double their profits, claims $80k is enough: ‘I gave her a $3.5k Christmas bonus’