Why can’t they order it for delivery on the company card? If you’ve had a job in your lifetime, you’ve probably wondered whether your boss’s requests are legal or not. If you’ve been forced to work through your lunch break, your company might be breaking the law based on where you live. When I was …
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Employer rejects unpaid internship applicant for lacking experience, despite the internship being designed for inexperienced students: ‘I can tell they were disappointed that I didn’t have any real-world experience.’
Internships are supposed to be designed to give students experience! If you’ve ever seen an entry-level job posting that requires 3-5 years of experience, you might’ve wondered, «What gives? Aren’t these positions supposed to be for people who have little to no experience?» There are definitely levels to entry-level jobs, despite what the name implies. …
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Employee refuses to cover for coworker who has constantly called out of work on Fridays over the past 8 months: ‘I didn’t think it was fair for the same people to keep absorbing the impact of recurring absences.’
Calling out last-minute once on a Friday is an instance, twice is a hobby, and eight times merits a conversation with your boss. Notably, a coworker noticed this suspicious pattern far before his boss did. It’s wild that he was the one to take a stand against it before his boss.
Boss lays off employee 2 weeks before Christmas, asks her to do unpaid work for him 2 months later ‘as a friend’: ‘The only other employee, his wife, left him and the business.’
He’s delusional if he thinks that a valuable employee he laid off two weeks before Christmas is going to come crawling back to him just because he is desperate. This employee and the boss’s ex-wife made the right decisions for their careers and their well-being.
Employee gets called up for jury duty, boss forbids them from taking a week of unpaid leave: ‘You have 2-3 days max’
What matters more: your duty to the society that you live in, or your job? It is a question that some would find difficult to answer. Surely, it should be a no-brainer for us all to do our bit in trying to make society as positive and fair a place as possible, but the stress …
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Prospective employee rejects job for requiring 1 week trial period with no pay: ‘A one week trial that requires office attendance and full employee level work is not a trial but unpaid labor’
Would you show up to a week of work without pay? What if that was what it took to get the job? Getting a new job is famously not easy. You have to put yourself out there again and again just to get rejected. You have to know how to pitch yourself, and constantly do …
Seguir leyendo Prospective employee rejects job for requiring 1 week trial period with no pay: ‘A one week trial that requires office attendance and full employee level work is not a trial but unpaid labor’
Boss scolds new dad for sleeping during his unpaid lunch hour: ‘He even mentioned the statistic that naps are good for you, but not at the workplace.’
His boss needs to dig deep and think about why he felt the need to nap on the job. There are a lot of actions and behaviors that are not considered «professional» in the workplace, and we all do some of them. I am guilty of drinking way more of the free Diet Coke in …
Seguir leyendo Boss scolds new dad for sleeping during his unpaid lunch hour: ‘He even mentioned the statistic that naps are good for you, but not at the workplace.’
Coworker demands employee come in unpaid on his day off to check freezer temperature: ‘Yea, I ain’t doing that’
To work or not to work when you’re not being paid? That is the million-dollar question many employees have to ask themselves daily. In my honest opinion, I think whether you can or should work off the clock depends on what kind of job you have. If you have a coffee shop MacBook gig paying …
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»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 …
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