Fresh college grad lends a phone charger to an older woman at the airport, earns the mentorship of a lifetime: ‘It’s wild how small things can snowball into something way bigger.’

We know it’s not easy out there right now when it comes to job hunting. It’s a dog eat dog world. Your career is important to you, but that’s you and everyone else… You’re not the only one reaching out to that job that’s a «perfect» fit for you. You have to work your way …
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‘Lady I work 3 jobs, I serve dozens of customers…’: 20+ Baristas share times random strangers demanded they were ‘regulars’ and how they dealt with them

We all our the main characters in our own journey—this also goes for people working service industry jobs. I know for some people coughKARENScough, they think baristas, servers, hotel staff, etc. are all just born to be NPCs in their entitled little world where the sun revolves around them, but that’s just not how it …
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Employee pleasantly surprised after she thinks she’s getting fired but actually gets promoted, sparks others to share similarly misjudged meetings: ‘[I] got a $5K bonus instead!’

It’s not easy knowing what you might be getting into in the workplace these days. We all have been so traumatized by workplace culture past that it could literally be anything. Are you getting fired? A raise? A promotion? A mug that says «thanks for all your hardwork»? Who knows?! But, it is easier to …
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Small salon shop owner overcome with heartwarming gratitude after her team throws her a surprise birthday party: ‘They don’t know that it’s the only birthday celebration I’ve had since I was 7…’

It is rare, indeed, to come across a story online that praises a boss, manager, or supervisor. Usually employees turn to the internet, more specifically Reddit, to rant and call out their incompetent or shady upper management. We find hundreds of those kinds of stories every week! So when we come by a wholesome uplifting …
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Manager Refuses to Promote Employee Because He’s ‘Too Good At What He’s Doing Now’

No good deed goes unpunished, especially in the workplace. If you are an extremely competent worker who goes above and beyond for your company, it is rare that you will be rewarded for it. You might be rewarded with verbal praise or affirmations of your value, but that won’t translate into any material benefits or …
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‘You can’t be here; I fired you’: Employee gets reinstated after being fired for refusing to buy boss new drink, upper management reinstates employee despite boss’s orders

Upper management usually doesn’t intervene between bosses and their employees, unless the issue is considered unsolvable. In this case, it wasn’t exactly that the case was ‘unsolvable’, but rather that this particular boss simply didn’t have the authority to fire any employee. Not to mention that there weren’t even proper grounds for this employee to …
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Upper Management’s Plan to Make Employees Feel Stupid Backfires Big Time

Everyone knows that the so-called managerial class is the best at failing upwards. In many cases, it is a manager’s mediocrity that allows them to climb the latter, not their intelligence. That’s why it’s extra funny when upper management actually believes they’re smarter than everyone else and therefore deserve their inflated salaries. One particular HR …
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