No one likes a micromanager. In my experience, people work best when you trust them. If they know that they’re valued and trusted and able to do their job in their own way, then they will thrive. They’re (presumably) not children, so they don’t need to be treated as such. Independence makes everyone happier. But …
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Remote employee berates coworker for asking CEO why they can work from home and she can’t, refuses to apologize despite making her cry: ‘I would never do what she did and now she won’t do it again.’
There’s a social code among coworkers. Nobody wants to be the person who rats out every mistake a coworker makes to a higher-up. Sometimes, small mistakes can be corrected at the lower level, and no CEO, CFO, or Editor in Chief cares to know about it. We learn this lesson very early on in life. …
Seguir leyendo Remote employee berates coworker for asking CEO why they can work from home and she can’t, refuses to apologize despite making her cry: ‘I would never do what she did and now she won’t do it again.’
Job tells remote employee he can’t move to Minnesota from Florida without getting fired, only allows him to move to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina: ‘I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team’
Working from home has changed so many people’s lives. I know people who travel the world and are able to finance that not by being an underpaid au pair but by working for an American company remotely. There’s a whole community on Reddit dedicated to the overemployed: people who have two or three remote jobs …
Seguir leyendo Job tells remote employee he can’t move to Minnesota from Florida without getting fired, only allows him to move to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina: ‘I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team’
‘Your husband sounds like he wants a 1950s housewife’: Wife works full-time remote job while taking care of 1-year-old, husband pressures her to do more around the house
The division of labor between members of a household can be hard to dileniate. There’s money to be made, a house to be cleaned, and children to be reared. But who can do it all? But even when you do have a partner to share the load, how do you decide who does what, especially …
Seguir leyendo ‘Your husband sounds like he wants a 1950s housewife’: Wife works full-time remote job while taking care of 1-year-old, husband pressures her to do more around the house
5-year-old daughter appears on dad’s work screen for 2 seconds during 8:30 PM meeting, HR reprimands him: ‘I don’t think I can work here anymore’
Remote work is something we’re all still figuring out. We remain in the beginning phases of what will become a long history of folks working from home, or wherever they happen to be. So it follows that not everyone has the same definition of working from home. Some employers hope that you have a room …
Seguir leyendo 5-year-old daughter appears on dad’s work screen for 2 seconds during 8:30 PM meeting, HR reprimands him: ‘I don’t think I can work here anymore’
Self-centered remote working journalist complains about coffee shops having loud music: ‘I can’t hear myself think, let alone do Zoom calls here’
I’ll be the first to admit it: as somebody whose job requires little more than a laptop, a phone, and the world-weary cynicism of somebody who has spent too much time on the internet, I have frequently worked in places that many would not consider workplaces. From trains to cafes, to particularly quiet bars, I …
Seguir leyendo Self-centered remote working journalist complains about coffee shops having loud music: ‘I can’t hear myself think, let alone do Zoom calls here’
‘They really drive me nuts’: Entitled Sibling Throws Pool Party at Brother’s House and Invites Entire Family Except Him, Brother Hears Party While Working from Home
Work is already dreadful… most of the time. There are a million and one other things we’d rather do than work. And the worst days to work are the ones when the weather is super nice outside. You may stare in envy out of your window at all of the other seemingly unemployed people who …
Seguir leyendo ‘They really drive me nuts’: Entitled Sibling Throws Pool Party at Brother’s House and Invites Entire Family Except Him, Brother Hears Party While Working from Home
Workaholic tech bro complains that European cafes hate remote workers: ‘Can’t believe cafes don’t want dudes squatting in their business for 8 hours’
As an established member of the silly little laptop job brigade, I am no stranger to working in the occasional coffee shop or cafe. However, I also realize it is vital that you judge the vibe correctly before you go ham logging into your email and staring at spreadsheets. If the place is giving a. …
Seguir leyendo Workaholic tech bro complains that European cafes hate remote workers: ‘Can’t believe cafes don’t want dudes squatting in their business for 8 hours’
Educated adults worry that ‘reading and writing on a normal level’ is becoming a thing of the past for Gen Alpha: ‘The literacy level has dropped so much in last ten years’
The whole goal of school is to teach reading, writing, and arithmetic. The bare bones of knowledge. But now, according to some pundits on Twitter, some of that is starting to disappear. We all know that social media is dwindling our attention spans and the proliferation of user-friendly AI has made it easier to cheat, …
Seguir leyendo Educated adults worry that ‘reading and writing on a normal level’ is becoming a thing of the past for Gen Alpha: ‘The literacy level has dropped so much in last ten years’
‘We can’t let our dog outside if we’re not on break’: Boss demands work-from-home employees text him every time they leave their desks, inspires malicious compliance solutions
It’s not always easy to monitor employees working from home. If you’re in an office, you can look over your lackey’s shoulder and see if they’re bidding on a Cartman pinball machine on eBay instead of filling out their Excel Sheet. Being a WFH boss is much more challenging, especially if you’re a total micromanager. …
Seguir leyendo ‘We can’t let our dog outside if we’re not on break’: Boss demands work-from-home employees text him every time they leave their desks, inspires malicious compliance solutions