Is it wrong to refuse to lend money to a coworker? Lending money to somebody is a pretty big deal. It’s something that ideally you would only do in dire circumstances, or unless you’re completely comfortable with never seeing that money again. That’s a good rule of thumb for lending money. If it would ruin …
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Categoría:toxic-workplace
Boss fires top-performing employee because their customer reviews weren’t 90%
Can you measure an employee’s work based on one metric alone? An employee is more than just a number. An employee is a person that you work with. If you can’t see them with the full breadth of humanity that they deserve, then you shouldn’t be employing them. Sure you have to keep track of …
Seguir leyendo Boss fires top-performing employee because their customer reviews weren’t 90%
Company gives out expired Costco muffins to thank workers for working in a humid, short-staffed warehouse
Sometimes the wrong gift is worse than no gift at all. They say it’s the thought that counts when it comes to gifting, but what if there is no thought at all? Gifts are interesting things. They’re part of our culture, and we have a whole etiquette around them. As you get older, you generally …
Seguir leyendo Company gives out expired Costco muffins to thank workers for working in a humid, short-staffed warehouse
Employee Making $100K/Year Is Offered a 200% Salary Increase To Go Fully In-Person, Considers Turning It Down
We all have different priorities. Money isn’t always the most important factor in choosing a job. There are a lot of other factors that go into whether or not you might want to work somewhere. The content of the job itself is awfully important. You would hate to be stuck at a job doing something …
Seguir leyendo Employee Making $100K/Year Is Offered a 200% Salary Increase To Go Fully In-Person, Considers Turning It Down
Employee completes 8 rounds of interviews, travels 6 hours and works 1 shift, is ghosted with no pay
What would you do if you underwent 8 interviews with no pay? That is a crazily high number of interviews just to get ghosted anyway. We all know it’s a tough market out there and getting a job is not easy. Any job. But there is a certain amount of grace we should give each …
Seguir leyendo Employee completes 8 rounds of interviews, travels 6 hours and works 1 shift, is ghosted with no pay
Call Center Managers Reserves Break Room for Higher-Ups Only, Forcing Employees to Eat Lunch on a Bench in Front of the Bathrooms
Can’t they afford their employees a shred of dignity? Every full-time employee should be entitled to a lunch break. It’s not right to expect workers to chow down their lunches in less than 5 minutes so they can get back to work as quickly as possible. I’m known for eating my food as quickly as …
Seguir leyendo Call Center Managers Reserves Break Room for Higher-Ups Only, Forcing Employees to Eat Lunch on a Bench in Front of the Bathrooms
Employee sends in their thoughtful resignation letter, manager responds with a «thumbs up» emoji
What would you do if your manager replied to your resignation with a «thumbs up?» Emojis are wonderful things. What did we do before we had them? How did we express emotion over text or lighten the mood? I’m a huge fan of peppering in emojis where I see fit. The right one takes a …
Seguir leyendo Employee sends in their thoughtful resignation letter, manager responds with a «thumbs up» emoji
Restaurant boss comments on 16-year-old server’s weight in front of customers, leaving her speechless
Just because someone is older or more advanced in their career doesn’t mean they’re more professional. Professionalism is something that we all owe each other, but we might all have different definitions of it. We have differing degrees of what we allow ourselves to do and say in the workplace, and what we will tolerate …
Seguir leyendo Restaurant boss comments on 16-year-old server’s weight in front of customers, leaving her speechless
80-year-old restaurant owner threatens to withhold wages if employees forget to clock out: ‘Nice of Hank to provide written evidence of his law breaking’
Can your boss withhold your pay if you do something they don’t like? Everyone who has ever had a job where they are supposed to clock out has, at some point, forgotten to clock out. It’s just one of those true things that we all do. I don’t know what it is about it, but …
Seguir leyendo 80-year-old restaurant owner threatens to withhold wages if employees forget to clock out: ‘Nice of Hank to provide written evidence of his law breaking’
Employee makes a blunder on an Excel file, coworkers ice him out and talk behind his back: ‘I hate corporate culture, it’s full of vultures’
If you make a mistake at work, should you be given grace? Everyone makes mistakes. Everyone has those days, as Hannah Montana once told us. But when those mistakes happen, it can teach us a lot about the people we work with. Usually, coworkers and higher-ups will have some sort of sense of proportionality when …
Seguir leyendo Employee makes a blunder on an Excel file, coworkers ice him out and talk behind his back: ‘I hate corporate culture, it’s full of vultures’