It is rare, indeed, to come across a story online that praises a boss, manager, or supervisor. Usually employees turn to the internet, more specifically Reddit, to rant and call out their incompetent or shady upper management. We find hundreds of those kinds of stories every week! So when we come by a wholesome uplifting …
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22 Payday Memes That Highlight Pocket Change & Paycheck Pain
It’s the most wonderful time of the month…ahhh payday: when your card goes from ‘declined’ to ‘you’ve got 78 hours to act rich babe!’ The only thing better than reaping the fruits of our labor is…Yeah, we’ve got nothing. Whoever said money can’t buy happiness obviously has never seen us by the 14th of every …
Seguir leyendo 22 Payday Memes That Highlight Pocket Change & Paycheck Pain
Manager refuses to give employee a $10K raise, hires less skilled employee to replace him for $15K more than his salary: ‘What’s the point?’
Hiring managers must make numerous vital decisions throughout the hiring process. It’s not easy to find the perfect candidate, but when it comes down to a couple of options, there are high-stakes things to consider. Sometimes, the choice is between a younger, less experienced candidate who will ask for less money and an older, more …
Seguir leyendo Manager refuses to give employee a $10K raise, hires less skilled employee to replace him for $15K more than his salary: ‘What’s the point?’
Entitled cousin demands job seeker gives him a cut of his new salary because they discussed career goals at his house: ‘He started hinting that he deserved something for it’
It is an unspoken but widely accepted rule in the corporate world that to get ahead, it is not necessarily what you know, but who you know that is going to help you climb that godforsaken ladder. Countless careers have been made over the years purely because people were in the right place, at the …
Seguir leyendo Entitled cousin demands job seeker gives him a cut of his new salary because they discussed career goals at his house: ‘He started hinting that he deserved something for it’
Manager demands employee take $15k salary cut, they claim that they are starting their own business instead: ‘I had been doing the job of 4 people’
A trend that is all too common in many workplaces, but at the same time totally unfair, is that the hardest workers are often not the ones who get rewarded for what they do for the company. On the contrary, the stereotype is that they tend to get given even more work to contend with, …
Seguir leyendo Manager demands employee take $15k salary cut, they claim that they are starting their own business instead: ‘I had been doing the job of 4 people’
Boyfriend lets girlfriend live in his parents apartment by herself rent free, gives her an allowance that is 56% of his monthly paycheck: ‘She has no money saved, she has nothing but debt’
I’ve never understood the phenomenon of «stay-at-home girlfriends.» It’s one thing to be a stay-at-home mom who has a lot to do all day long for child rearing, but if you have no job and no kids, what are you doing all day? One might argue that cleaning and taking care of the household are …
Seguir leyendo Boyfriend lets girlfriend live in his parents apartment by herself rent free, gives her an allowance that is 56% of his monthly paycheck: ‘She has no money saved, she has nothing but debt’
27-year-old boyfriend gets insecure that his 24-year-old girlfriend makes more money than him, lies about her career plans to his parents: ‘It’s just temporary until she can find something less demanding so we can start thinking about our future’
I never understood why someone would feel insecure about their partner making more money than they do. I figure the more cash that you have as a couple, the better. I would never arbitrarily wish that my partner were doing worse off than me financially, because I want the best things for my partner. If …
Seguir leyendo 27-year-old boyfriend gets insecure that his 24-year-old girlfriend makes more money than him, lies about her career plans to his parents: ‘It’s just temporary until she can find something less demanding so we can start thinking about our future’
‘An extra 0.50 is what this promotion is worth to that company’: Worker chases salary increase for 6 months only to be rewarded with a 50¢ raise
As a famous interaction from the genius television show Mad Men goes, Don: «It’s your job! I give you money, you give me ideas.» Peggy: «And you never say thank you.» Don: «That’s what the money is for.» And it’s genius because you understand both sides. Peggy is feeling under-appreciated at work, but Don is …
Seguir leyendo ‘An extra 0.50 is what this promotion is worth to that company’: Worker chases salary increase for 6 months only to be rewarded with a 50¢ raise
Restaurant manager quits after owners propose halving salary from $1800 a week to $900: ‘I have been working there 12 years, I ran their business’
Few major industries are as cutthroat as hospitality can be. It requires punishing hours, a near-superhuman ability to multitask, and a skin thick enough to deal with the delights of the general public at their most entitled. While it is a sector that many workers find themselves in as a stopgap or even a last …
Seguir leyendo Restaurant manager quits after owners propose halving salary from $1800 a week to $900: ‘I have been working there 12 years, I ran their business’
Boss withholds $700 check after employee quits with short notice, purposefully dodges his calls: ‘My boss was clearly salty about me leaving’
It’s always a little bit awkward to leave a job. You try your best to tie everything in a nice bow, but it’s ultimately like a breakup. You’re telling someone who you usually see all the time that you don’t want to see them anymore. And it’s awkward. You have to navigate it delicately or …
Seguir leyendo Boss withholds $700 check after employee quits with short notice, purposefully dodges his calls: ‘My boss was clearly salty about me leaving’