The two-week notice thing is engrained in our culture. It’s what we expect from each other when it comes to leaving a job. It’s just enough time for everyone to get their ducks in a row before moving on. There is an increasing amount of people, though, who don’t see a need for it at …
Seguir leyendo ‘They fired me on the spot, then begged me to finish the week’: Worker gives 2 week’s notice and boss fires them, the next day boss asks them to come back to ease the transition
Categoría:toxic-work-environment
Employee ‘quiet quits,’ purposefully tanked their numbers for 6 months before finally getting fired: ‘I honestly can’t believe it took them this long to notice’
«Quiet quitting» is one of those terms that came about pretty recently, and nobody is quite clear on the definition of it. Most of us probably associate it with the idea of purposefully doing a bad job at work so that eventually someone will notice and they’ll fire you and you don’t have to quit …
Seguir leyendo Employee ‘quiet quits,’ purposefully tanked their numbers for 6 months before finally getting fired: ‘I honestly can’t believe it took them this long to notice’
‘What’s the point of this sneakiness?’: Boss secretly installs an AirTag in employee’s car without telling them
AirTags are the perfect example of an invention that came about for a useful, utilitarian purpose but was commandeered by bad actors. The idea of having a little chip you can attach to your keys, your wallet, your luggage… it’s a great idea. For people who are constantly misplacing things, an AirTag can be a …
Seguir leyendo ‘What’s the point of this sneakiness?’: Boss secretly installs an AirTag in employee’s car without telling them
‘She comes back red faced, watery eyes, and totally in silent’: Office food-thief gets perfect spicy punishment for their chip-stealing crimes
Nobody likes a food thief. Odds are, if you ask someone to try a bite of their food and you’re nice about it, they will give one to you. Most people don’t mind sharing a bit. The problem comes when you do it behind their back. Nobody likes being deceived. This is especially annoying when …
Seguir leyendo ‘She comes back red faced, watery eyes, and totally in silent’: Office food-thief gets perfect spicy punishment for their chip-stealing crimes
‘Because I’m good at my job, I’m not allowed to grow?’: Employee is passed over for promotion because they ‘make it look too easy’
There is a double-edged sword of being good at a job, especially if it’s a job that you’re not that invested in, or that you want to turn into some other kind of position. Of course, you want to succeed in any role you’re given. You’re told that if you meet certain goals and hit …
Seguir leyendo ‘Because I’m good at my job, I’m not allowed to grow?’: Employee is passed over for promotion because they ‘make it look too easy’
‘Pinged him on Teams […] and got ghosted again’: Boss ghosts employee after they verbally confirmed their raise, won’t give written confirmation
Asking for a raise is not an easy thing to do. It takes a lot of self-assurance and confidence. If you’re not the type of person who can easily stand up for themselves, then this is especially difficult. It might take a lot out of you to do, even if you deserve it. All you …
Seguir leyendo ‘Pinged him on Teams […] and got ghosted again’: Boss ghosts employee after they verbally confirmed their raise, won’t give written confirmation
‘I have almost 4 years running a multi million dollar account’: Interviewers bait and switch prospective employee with sales account manager role, offers them a $16/hr warehouse position
Whenever you go in for a job interview, you’re taking a risk. You may not know what you’re actually in for until you’re talking to someone, finding out the reality of a job. You can say anything in a job posting online. Some of them are vague, some of them are detailed, and you never …
Seguir leyendo ‘I have almost 4 years running a multi million dollar account’: Interviewers bait and switch prospective employee with sales account manager role, offers them a $16/hr warehouse position
Management writes up employee for being 2 minutes late after they took on the job of 3 employees with no pay raise: ‘I genuinely thought it was a joke’
There is a scale of lateness. Not all lateness is created equal. It all depends on how late you are, what you’re late to, and who you are. If you’re an hour late to the birth of your own child, you’re chopped. If you’re 15 minutes late to a friend’s brunch with 4 other people, …
Seguir leyendo Management writes up employee for being 2 minutes late after they took on the job of 3 employees with no pay raise: ‘I genuinely thought it was a joke’
‘Stop acting so entitled’: Manager asks fresh-out-of-college hire to make 1hr commute 4 times per month, they wonder if that’s an unreasonable request
Coming of working age at this time in the history of work is an interesting one. The world of employment looks vastly different than it did even 10 years ago. So many of us are working remotely more often, employees are re-drawing boundaries over what they will put up with in the workplace, and priorities …
Seguir leyendo ‘Stop acting so entitled’: Manager asks fresh-out-of-college hire to make 1hr commute 4 times per month, they wonder if that’s an unreasonable request
‘An extra 0.50 is what this promotion is worth to that company’: Worker chases salary increase for 6 months only to be rewarded with a 50¢ raise
As a famous interaction from the genius television show Mad Men goes, Don: «It’s your job! I give you money, you give me ideas.» Peggy: «And you never say thank you.» Don: «That’s what the money is for.» And it’s genius because you understand both sides. Peggy is feeling under-appreciated at work, but Don is …
Seguir leyendo ‘An extra 0.50 is what this promotion is worth to that company’: Worker chases salary increase for 6 months only to be rewarded with a 50¢ raise