A lot of jobs come with responsibilities that they weren’t really advertised with. For example, many corporations have a sneaky way of introducing meetings where valuable hours of staring at spreadsheets should be. That said, this switcheroo is far more messed up when somebody is forced to do something completely different to what they are …
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Couple Gets Fired Two Days After Their Wedding Because Groom Made a Complaint About a Supervisor Mocking His Disability
Working with your partner is a unique situation that not many couples find themselves in. More often than not, if couples do work together, it’s because they met at work. Much like living with your partner, things can get a little awkward if you split while you’re working at the same place. Luckily, this is …
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Company Pulls Job Offer After Applicant Asks to Negotiate His Salary
One of the most important parts of applying for a job is not asking about money too early. That might sound silly or unfair, but it’s just how things are. Of course, I’m not saying you should never talk about money at any point in the job interviewing process. Once you get a job offer, …
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Incompetent HR Department Refuses to Give Most Essential Employee an 8% Raise, Risks Future of the Company in the Process
When deciding whether to give an employee a raise, sometimes it’s not so obvious. If an employee is doing a fine job but not an outstanding job, it’s easy to put off giving them a raise until their performance improves. However, there are some employees that are so important, that go so above and beyond …
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Walmart Makes Employees Pay The Company To Wear Shorts During Summer
When I met people who were banned from wearing shorts in school, I could not believe it. Then I remembered not everybody grew up in the South. Growing up in Texas, you would die of heat exhaustion if you wore jeans on the first day of school. The weather is in the 90s during at …
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Business Owners Throw Out Chairs to Prevent Employees From Sitting Down
I’m the first to admit I have a cushy office job. I sit practically all day from 10-6, and by definition, I’m probably leading a sedentary lifestyle. I’m lucky to live in New York City, so I get a good amount of walking in every day, but I am not the pillar of active living …
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Crooked Boss Pays Wife $60k Annually With Company Money
Every workplace has its little secrets. No employee, including the CEO, can possibly know all the little nuggets of drama that are floating through any given office at all times. Some secrets are harder to keep than others, like if two employees are having a secret relationship. That kind of drama is at least a …
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Restaurant Management Threatens To Write Up Waitstaff That Aren’t Mentioned in 5-Star Reviews
Businesses fundamentally don’t understand how the average person approaches online reviews. Unless you are a «Local Guide» on Google Reviews, you are probably not going to leave a review for a service unless it’s a 1-star or a 5-star experience. That doesn’t leave a lot of nuance for business owners when analyzing their reviews; It’s …
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Manager Rejects Qualified Candidate, Asks Him to Help The Unqualified Person They Hired
Everybody knows that the hiring process is not always fair. Sometimes, the most qualified candidate will get passed up for someone who doesn’t exactly fit the bill, and the company has to deal with the consequences of that choice. Recruiters will often put up job postings on different websites and interview incredibly qualified candidates for …
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Boss Posts Bizarre Note Explaining Funeral Leave Policy
Calling off work to go to a fake funeral is so common it’s almost considered cliche. People online talk about pretending their grandma dies at every new job, which is something I have not been desperate enough to do yet. Even though it’s relatively uncommon in the working world (college professors see this excuse more …
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