Is it a crime to ask too many questions? The job interview process is famously not an easy thing to go through. Any job that’s worth having is going to make it at least a little bit difficult to work there. The process might be long and drawn out, as you’re both getting to know …
Seguir leyendo Company rescinds job offer after a 3-month interview process when employee asks who their manager would be
Categoría:toxic-boss
Company Ignores Applicant for 4 Weeks After Interview, Chews Him Out When He Takes Another Offer in the Meantime
You can’t ghost someone and then get mad when they move on. This is just as true in business relationships as it is in personal ones. The job interview process can be long and frustrating, and there often isn’t room to ask for what you want. So many people apply to the same jobs that …
Seguir leyendo Company Ignores Applicant for 4 Weeks After Interview, Chews Him Out When He Takes Another Offer in the Meantime
Company forces remote employees to return to the office 5 days/week, charges them $80 for parking: ‘Employees don’t get any kind of discount’
Should you have to pay for parking at your office? Working means sacrifice. It’s a sacrifice of your time and energy, in exchange for money at its most basic level. When you start at a new job, there are lots of sacrifices you have to make in order to remain in good standing. Should your …
Seguir leyendo Company forces remote employees to return to the office 5 days/week, charges them $80 for parking: ‘Employees don’t get any kind of discount’
Marketing employee accepts a job with one of their own clients after confirming there’s no non-compete; boss tries to intervene after they give the 2 weeks’ notice: ‘He’s setting up a call with my new boss’
Although a two-week notice should leave room for a professional transition, some bosses have a hard time accepting when a worker’s next opportunity happens to come from a familiar place… Working in marketing comes with a whole lot of advantages, but there’s a big problem when it comes to having direct contact with the client, …
Seguir leyendo Marketing employee accepts a job with one of their own clients after confirming there’s no non-compete; boss tries to intervene after they give the 2 weeks’ notice: ‘He’s setting up a call with my new boss’
Workplace charges employees $8 every time they forget their security badge: ‘I would never turn it back in’
Should you pay that much to work your own job? It’s the little things in life that have a way of getting you down. Sometimes it’s not the huge, life-altering stuff that has a way of getting in your head and slowly eroding your sanity, it’s the small things that add up over time. You …
Seguir leyendo Workplace charges employees $8 every time they forget their security badge: ‘I would never turn it back in’
Boss threatens to fire new employee for refusing to use their personal phone for work: ‘HR is on the phone for you’
Would you use your personal phone for business? Sometimes your job asks you to do things that you’re not comfortable with. There are often sacrifices you have to make in order to keep your position and to maintain your good standing in the office. But you don’t have to completely go against everything you believe …
Seguir leyendo Boss threatens to fire new employee for refusing to use their personal phone for work: ‘HR is on the phone for you’
Boss fires employee after finding out they’re interviewing at other places and pays severance, doesn’t realize they’re already taking a new job
Have you ever been let go from a job at the exact right time? Leaving a job can be a stressful thing, but it doesn’t have to be. Sometimes the stars just align, and everything is handed to you on a silver platter. That’s what happened to this employee, who found themselves in an interesting situation. When …
Seguir leyendo Boss fires employee after finding out they’re interviewing at other places and pays severance, doesn’t realize they’re already taking a new job
Boss ambushes employee with a PIP, employee retaliates by resigning the next day
Have you ever been put on a performance improvement plan? Performance improvement plans are the bane of the corporate employee’s existence. You dread the idea of being put on one, and you dread having to put someone on one. It’s never the sign of something great. There are probably going to be some hard feelings, …
Seguir leyendo Boss ambushes employee with a PIP, employee retaliates by resigning the next day
Employee is laid off with 7 months severance days before they were going to quit: ‘You hit the jackpot’
This worker won the employment lottery… but did they pay a price for it? Some employees dream of the days they get to walk out of their jobs. They count down the minutes and the days until they can walk out of those doors and onto a new life. Maybe you’re worried about quitting your …
Seguir leyendo Employee is laid off with 7 months severance days before they were going to quit: ‘You hit the jackpot’
23-year-old employee is continually excluded from work events: ‘They all just ignored you’
It’s never a good feeling to be excluded from something. Being excluded is a horrible feeling. It can make you feel like a middle schooler again, when everybody is choosing teams for basketball and gym class, and you get chosen last. Even if you have a good sense of self and a good sense of …
Seguir leyendo 23-year-old employee is continually excluded from work events: ‘They all just ignored you’