This might be a hot take, but nobody does a better job because a superior is constantly screaming at them. If you’re continually being criticized, no matter how well or poorly you perform a task, you’ll likely feel like trying hard is a fruitless endeavor. There’s a difference between talking loudly, as people from different …
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‘For Christmas we got a coupon for a cup of coffee…from the coffee shop in the building. The coffee was already free’: Employees share the worst «bonuses» their jobs have ever given them
Getting a bonus means different things to different people. For the average Joe, a bonus will help them add a little more padding to their emergency fund or finance Christmas presents for their kids so they don’t have to go into debt for Santa. I recently learned from reading Disney Wars that bonuses are extremely …
Seguir leyendo ‘For Christmas we got a coupon for a cup of coffee…from the coffee shop in the building. The coffee was already free’: Employees share the worst «bonuses» their jobs have ever given them
Employee tells boss he needs to take off work to take his sick wife to the emergency room, boss insists he needs him at work: ‘I get you may need to take her. But I do need you there today.’
How many of us have been in the situation of explaining in detail why we can’t go to work? If you have a job with no guaranteed PTO, it can feel like you need to tell the entire life story to get your boss to approve of you missing a shift. In many hourly positions, …
Seguir leyendo Employee tells boss he needs to take off work to take his sick wife to the emergency room, boss insists he needs him at work: ‘I get you may need to take her. But I do need you there today.’
Boss reprimands employee for coming in 15 minutes late after working 12 hours the day before, maliciously complies to a strict 9-5 schedule: ‘Mind you my boss works 10-3 every’
If you’re working a salaried position, the question of whether or not to work overtime can be tricky to answer. If you’re working hourly, your willingness to work an extra shift is directly correlated with you getting paid more if you do so. Whether you say yes or no, a bargaining chip is at play. …
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Boss chews out employee for buying $10 soap despite buying $100k luxury car for himself: ‘How do you think I got so rich?’
Hypocrisy is a common disease in the contemporary workplace. And we all fall victim to its wiles every now and then. Like when I tell my cat, who is whining to be fed at midnight that «food is over for the day,» when I’m jauntily cracking open a bag of fresh potato chips. Or when I’m driving, …
Seguir leyendo Boss chews out employee for buying $10 soap despite buying $100k luxury car for himself: ‘How do you think I got so rich?’
‘Isn’t it obvious?’: Toxic boss mysteriously stalks ex-employee on LinkedIn after abruptly firing them 3 months in
Getting fired from a job can kind of feel like getting broken up with. Someone has told you that they don’t want you around anymore, for whatever reason they’ve come up with. It’s a blow to the ego, it forces you to re-organize your life, and it takes a while to recover from. Especially if it’s out of the blue. You reach out to your friends for support, take some …
Seguir leyendo ‘Isn’t it obvious?’: Toxic boss mysteriously stalks ex-employee on LinkedIn after abruptly firing them 3 months in
‘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
‘You should be working 12 hour days’: Tech CEO tells employees they aren’t working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday
If you’ve ever worked from early in the morning to late at night every day for an extended period, you know that it drives you insane. I’m not even someone who thinks «the grindset» is inherently harmful. It’s admirable to want to work long and hard hours to achieve a goal, but you have to …
Seguir leyendo ‘You should be working 12 hour days’: Tech CEO tells employees they aren’t working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday
Billion-dollar company asks $19.95/hour wage workers to donate to colleague: ‘I don’t make enough to save my coworkers from disaster’
The saying goes, «A friend in need is a friend indeed,» and that’s a beautiful sentiment. Helping a friend is a wonderful way to show you care. There are a handful of people in my life that I’d drop absolutely everything to help, and I’m happy to do it because I know they’d do the …
Seguir leyendo Billion-dollar company asks $19.95/hour wage workers to donate to colleague: ‘I don’t make enough to save my coworkers from disaster’
‘It’s not your job to Cover shifts’: Manager expects employee to work off the clock, employee threatens to quit
I think being a manager in a customer service job might be one of the worst gigs out there. Not only do you have all the pain and annoyance of working that kind of job, but you also have the added responsibility of everything going wrong falling on your shoulders. You’re the ultimate fall guy. …
Seguir leyendo ‘It’s not your job to Cover shifts’: Manager expects employee to work off the clock, employee threatens to quit