Employee walks out of job of 9 years after they eliminated their position and reassigned them with no training: ‘They gave me only busy work and never trained me’

It’s not easy to leave a job, let alone one you’ve had for almost a decade. Leaving a job is like moving. There is a lot more rigamarole involved than anyone would like. It’s a great sense of uprooting. You’ve probably gotten used to a certain routine, a certain commute, and certain tasks to do …
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Managers rejects employee’s 2 week’s notice, tells them 2 weeks starts after they hire a replacement: ‘That’s how someone tries to squeeze free labor out of you while shopping for your replacement’

That’s simply not how it works, boss.  A two-week notice is a courtesy. It’s what you do if you’re trying to leave on good terms and you have a little bit of time to spare. It should give everyone enough time to get their ducks in a row before you go on your merry way. …
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‘Boss asked me to show team spirit and come in unpaid’: Job asks employee who just worked 6 days straight to come in for a 7th day to ‘volunteer’ unpaid, employee quits on the spot

Some people take too many liberties when it comes to work. We all have different definitions of it, I suppose, but it boils down to being paid for services. You provide a service, and you are compensated monetarily. This is sort of the barest bones definition, but it bears repeating because bosses don’t always understand …
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Discount tire guy quits his corporate job of 11 years to sail the world with his cat, shares his journey currently a week in: ‘We’re all down for this adventure!’

Adventure is out there, y’all—and this man and his cat are here to prove it as the sail the world together. This isn’t a weathered sailor who has been on the ocean waves for his entire life. He only recently decided to take his life in this direction and he says he’s never been happier. …
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21 Spring Friday Meme for Employees Trying to Clock Out Early and Have Some Fun in the Sun Already

Why is it SO hard to work when it is nice outside? Like, even if you work outside, you don’t wanna be doing Carhartt things when the weather is perfect. When the sun is shinning, the humidity is low, it’s like 72 degrees out, and there is just a slight breeze, it’s time for epic …
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Server quits in the most epic ‘Ron Swanson’ way on Easter Sunday and service industry employees are applauding him online: ‘Never felt better.’

If you have ever worked in the service industry then you know how annoying it is to work any holiday. Whether it’s a holiday where it’s popular to go out to eat or not, it’s annoying either way. You either are completely slammed with a skeleton staff, because half of the employees called out. Or …
Seguir leyendo Server quits in the most epic ‘Ron Swanson’ way on Easter Sunday and service industry employees are applauding him online: ‘Never felt better.’

A Quick Perk of Funny Memes for Busy People Who Need a Little Relatable LOL

Wow! Ha… Ha… Oh boy. Right when you think you’re about to get a break, your calendar starts to get filled up again. Why is there always something you have to do? Or is it that you don’t know how to say no?… What would even happen if you did have nothing to do for …
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‘This event has reached legend status’: Supermarket employee sick of low pay and long hours epically quits and leaves hilarious ‘gift’ behind for management and customers to discover

When working as a disgruntled employee, you can get away with a lot. That is because you dgaf anymore. So what do you have to lose? Sure, you’ll probably lose out on getting unemployment money, but if you are disgruntled, then it’s probably safe to say that the place you work out would’ve threw their …
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Pharamcy’s micromanager writes up employee for pants that aren’t ‘black enough,’ so employee goes to Hot Topic to change: ‘[I became] a goth girl in my mid-forties’

If you are a goth or have ever had a goth phase, then you know the plight of never having the right black clothing. It is either not dark enough, the undertones aren’t matching up, or it fades in the wash. It’s a constant cycle of buying black pants, them fading, and you having to …
Seguir leyendo Pharamcy’s micromanager writes up employee for pants that aren’t ‘black enough,’ so employee goes to Hot Topic to change: ‘[I became] a goth girl in my mid-forties’

Nepo-hired manager uses her computer-illiteracy to push around employee, so employee quits and changes her autocorrect to only make typos: ‘2 years later… [she couldn’t] undo it’

The funniest part about managers who don’t know how to use a computer is their audacity. Like, do you really think you can just use your employees as if they’re an old sponge and act all entitled and not feel any consequences of your actions? It’s almost too easy to mess with someone who has …
Seguir leyendo Nepo-hired manager uses her computer-illiteracy to push around employee, so employee quits and changes her autocorrect to only make typos: ‘2 years later… [she couldn’t] undo it’