Would you sacrifice a good reference for a swift exit? When you’re leaving a job, things might get a little bit messy. If it wasn’t your choice to leave, then you might be blindsided by the decision, and it might cause you to lose a little bit of respect for the people that you work …
Seguir leyendo Employee is laid off with no severance, then asked to complete a work project for free: ‘I had asked for 6 weeks of severance, but they refused’
Categoría:toxic-workplace
Bosses accidentally include employee on email thread about her: ‘They keep referring to me as “the girl”’
Sometimes a goof-up lets you know what your employers really think of you. There is so much fake kindness in the professional world. You have to run around smiling at each other just to keep things on an even keel. At certain jobs, professionalism just means fakeness. You don’t get to say your real opinions …
Seguir leyendo Bosses accidentally include employee on email thread about her: ‘They keep referring to me as “the girl”’
Workplace replaces lunch break with mandatory ‘lunch and learn’ where employees present on their work
What would you do if your workplace took away your lunch time? Having breaks is incredibly important. It’s an essential part of being in the workplace. You can’t just work and work all day with no break. Your mind would quickly grow tired of it, and you would get worse at your job as the …
Seguir leyendo Workplace replaces lunch break with mandatory ‘lunch and learn’ where employees present on their work
The unnecessary workplace rules that nobody actually follows: ‘She hides in the bathroom, so she can be on her phone’
What are the rules that you just can’t be bothered to follow? There are so many rules in our world that it’s worth breaking at least one of them just to see what happens. Not every rule is justifiable, and some rules have a way of making things seem a little weirder and a little …
Seguir leyendo The unnecessary workplace rules that nobody actually follows: ‘She hides in the bathroom, so she can be on her phone’
20-year-old yells at 64-year-old assembly line coworker for disrespecting her on the job: ‘She told my team lead that I was “intentionally causing her to panic»‘
What do you do when you work with someone you don’t gel with? When you work with someone, you might have to compromise on things. You can’t agree on everything, and nor should you. But you have to set aside your differences in order to make things happen, and this isn’t always easy. Collaboration requires …
Seguir leyendo 20-year-old yells at 64-year-old assembly line coworker for disrespecting her on the job: ‘She told my team lead that I was “intentionally causing her to panic»‘
‘A 31-minute lunch means you leave office at 7:00pm’: Workplace demands 1 hour of unpaid work for every minute exceeding 30-minute lunch break
Sometimes your workplace reveals its true intentions without you realizing it. When you’re starting out at a new place, you might not know what to expect. You might think you’re in for one thing, but really you’re in for another. It’s not until you’re there, boots on the ground, that you really know what is …
Seguir leyendo ‘A 31-minute lunch means you leave office at 7:00pm’: Workplace demands 1 hour of unpaid work for every minute exceeding 30-minute lunch break
Employee brings homemade cupcakes to the office, coworker sends a passive aggressive message when she doesn’t get one
Are you entitled to the food that your coworker brings in? This is a pretty easy «no.» Just because someone brings in food doesn’t mean that you’re entitled to it. If they brought enough to share- a rare act of kindness that should be celebrated- then you’re lucky to get one. You don’t automatically earn …
Seguir leyendo Employee brings homemade cupcakes to the office, coworker sends a passive aggressive message when she doesn’t get one
Employee refuses to take a call during their 1-hour unpaid lunch break, coworker ices them out
Should you have to take a work call on your lunch break? When you’re off the clock, you’re off the clock. Every job is different, but you’re allowed to have boundaries around whether or not you want to push yourself for your job. Things are rarely as urgent as everyone else wants them to be, …
Seguir leyendo Employee refuses to take a call during their 1-hour unpaid lunch break, coworker ices them out
Receptionist Lies to HR About Coworker Being Condescending to Her, HR Refuses To Help
What do you do when you can’t go to HR for help? Sometimes you find out that you’re in a workplace that doesn’t respect you, and you just have to live with that. Or you have to extricate yourself out of there as quickly as possible. But this isn’t always possible on the timeline that …
Seguir leyendo Receptionist Lies to HR About Coworker Being Condescending to Her, HR Refuses To Help
‘No personal items on desk’, ‘ask permisson to use the restroom’: Employees share the most ridiculous workplace rules they’ve ever been forced to follow
Why do some workplace rules seem to make everyone’s job harder? Every workplace needs rules. Without them, things would get chaotic pretty quickly. The problem starts when policies stop solving real problems and begin creating new ones instead. We’ve all heard stories about offices where employees spend more time following unnecessary procedures than actually doing …
Seguir leyendo ‘No personal items on desk’, ‘ask permisson to use the restroom’: Employees share the most ridiculous workplace rules they’ve ever been forced to follow