I am not someone who is cool when people are late all the time. My time on this earth is valuable, and I don’t appreciate having to wait for 20 minutes outside of a restaurant in the cold because my friend’s «train» was «late.» At the same time, I’m not a wholly unreasonable person. I …
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‘Add another zero’: Manager offers ex-employee $50 to work a shift, claims to be desperate for staff
One of my best friends has a mantra in her office: «You don’t work at the hospital.» It’s easy to get swept up in the hubbub of your job and feel like it is the most essential thing in the world, but for most of us, that’s not true. Ensuring that Craig, his wife, and …
Seguir leyendo ‘Add another zero’: Manager offers ex-employee $50 to work a shift, claims to be desperate for staff
Manager Secretly Records 1-On-1 With Employee, Accidently Sends It to Him
It’s no secret we’ve been living in more of a surveillance state than ever before. I often think about how nearly every college class I took during the 2020-2021 school year was recorded and put online for the students who didn’t attend Zoom class that day. Every word the professor spoke, every discussion we had, …
Seguir leyendo Manager Secretly Records 1-On-1 With Employee, Accidently Sends It to Him
Manager Secretly Records 1-On-1 With Employee, Accidentally Sends It to Him
It’s no secret we’ve been living in more of a surveillance state than ever before. I often think about how nearly every college class I took during the 2020-2021 school year was recorded and put online for the students who didn’t attend Zoom class that day. Every word the professor spoke, every discussion we had, …
Seguir leyendo Manager Secretly Records 1-On-1 With Employee, Accidentally Sends It to Him
‘I took too much initiative’: Employee gets fired for being too productive, debunks supervisor’s untrue accusations
Going above and beyond isn’t always the best thing for a worker to do. Sometimes, it can lead to overly enthusiastic people stepping on other people’s toes and trying to steal their thunder. It can also lead to major burnout that can only be fixed by stepping away from working so hard. That being said, …
Seguir leyendo ‘I took too much initiative’: Employee gets fired for being too productive, debunks supervisor’s untrue accusations
‘Suggest a solution’: Manager forces employee to manage herself after scheduling her on her day off
There’s nothing worse than a manager who can’t manage. It’s in their title to make sure all the people working below them are doing what they’re supposed to do, and they can’t even swing that! I’m sure we’ve all been under the guidance of a manager who throws up their hands in frustration whenever they …
Seguir leyendo ‘Suggest a solution’: Manager forces employee to manage herself after scheduling her on her day off
‘They said it wouldn’t be a problem’: Manager denies employees vacation request after it was approved during job interview
There’s something so scary about your vacation getting ripped out from under you. You spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars to have a couple of nice days away from your troubles at work, and if your vacation time gets retroactively denied, there’s nothing you can do about it. Well, there are things you can …
Seguir leyendo ‘They said it wouldn’t be a problem’: Manager denies employees vacation request after it was approved during job interview
»It would be very uncomfortable to work here if you don’t attend’: Boss forces teachers to share beds during ‘mandatory’ unpaid work retreat, two strong teachers refuse to attend
Work retreats are a double-edged sword. It’s nice to leave your routine and stay in a hotel for a few days instead of going to the office. However, these retreats rarely, if ever, bring about significant change for their attendees. I’ve never been on a professional retreat per se, but I did go to a …
Seguir leyendo »It would be very uncomfortable to work here if you don’t attend’: Boss forces teachers to share beds during ‘mandatory’ unpaid work retreat, two strong teachers refuse to attend
Toxic Management Puts Employee on a «Wall of Shame» For Calling Out After Her Dog Died
It can be hard to get sympathy in the workplace after a pet dies. I experienced this firsthand when I worked at, of all places, a dog bakery. After an entire summer of covering my coworker’s shifts anytime they wanted to go to a concert or go on vacation, I begged for somebody to take …
Seguir leyendo Toxic Management Puts Employee on a «Wall of Shame» For Calling Out After Her Dog Died
Company Asks Employees To Donate Their PTO So Their Coworker Can Spend Time With His Dying Wife
Paid Time Off is a funny thing. Workplaces act like it’s a finite natural resource and not something that can be pulled out of thin air if necessary. Of course, not everything necessitates taking PTO. If someone wants to go on a month-long vacation, they can’t just get extra PTO because they want it. They …
Seguir leyendo Company Asks Employees To Donate Their PTO So Their Coworker Can Spend Time With His Dying Wife