Unicorn hunting isn’t just for aging couples looking for a third to spice up their relationship. Recruiters frequently try to find the perfect candidate, even though they have no business being as specific as they are for what they offer. I understand setting your expectations high and knowing you’re unlikely to find the perfect person …
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‘You should be working 12 hour days’: Tech CEO tells employees they aren’t working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday
If you’ve ever worked from early in the morning to late at night every day for an extended period, you know that it drives you insane. I’m not even someone who thinks «the grindset» is inherently harmful. It’s admirable to want to work long and hard hours to achieve a goal, but you have to …
Seguir leyendo ‘You should be working 12 hour days’: Tech CEO tells employees they aren’t working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday
‘Your kid needs a bath like yesterday’: Workers share things they aren’t allowed to tell customers at their job
If you’ve ever worked in retail, you know things the customer will never discover. If every restaurant in America were transparent with their customers about where their food came from, the public would stop eating out as much as they do. Or they would stop for about six months after this Supersize Me-esque revelation, forget …
Seguir leyendo ‘Your kid needs a bath like yesterday’: Workers share things they aren’t allowed to tell customers at their job
‘I don’t mean to scream’: Nightmare office environment causes employee to put up hilarious sign outside their curtained workspace
A nice, peaceful working area is essential for productivity. People feel so much more inspired when they’re in space that makes me feel calm and safe. In many ways, we are like fish in a fish tank. We’re happy to be confined as long as there’s clean water, some interesting plants, and cool multicolored rocks …
Seguir leyendo ‘I don’t mean to scream’: Nightmare office environment causes employee to put up hilarious sign outside their curtained workspace
‘It was really stressful and inconvenient for me to find coverage’: Manager asks employee to pay $100 to coworker who covered her shift
I empathize with managers who struggle to get workers to cover shifts for their fellow employees. It’s so screwed up that they have to do their jobs and make sure that the business is functioning, and it’s super selfish for employees to get sick out of the blue without even asking management first! I’m messing …
Seguir leyendo ‘It was really stressful and inconvenient for me to find coverage’: Manager asks employee to pay $100 to coworker who covered her shift
Micromanager boss reprimands employee for arriving ‘2-3 minutes’ late from lunch: ‘Companies pay people good money to babysit adults’
Micromanaging will get you nowhere. Nobody likes a backseat driver. Everyone is the main character of their own story, so they generally don’t appreciate when others treat them like an incapable child. Heck, I didn’t even enjoy that when I was a kid. Let me free, man. I can handle my own business. But unfortunately, …
Seguir leyendo Micromanager boss reprimands employee for arriving ‘2-3 minutes’ late from lunch: ‘Companies pay people good money to babysit adults’
Company rewards loyal employee’s 10 years of work with 20¢ raise: ‘Wow now you can afford that hot tub’
Raises are a touchy subject. We’re told it’s impolite to talk about salary, but that it’s also up to us to ask for what we deserve. So where does that leave us in terms of asking for a raise? I applaud those who bust down their boss’s doors, armed with numbers and data and a …
Seguir leyendo Company rewards loyal employee’s 10 years of work with 20¢ raise: ‘Wow now you can afford that hot tub’
‘That sounds like a you problem…’: Hotel Cancels Guest’s Reservation After They Don’t Confirm Booking, Guest Demands to Be Checked In Anyway
Working in the hospitality industry can be challenging. There are a lot of factors to take into account, in addition to the long hours, entitled guests, and constant barrage of unreasonable requests. The story that follows is an account of a frustrated front desk clerk. A woman approached the Original Poster (OP) while she was …
Seguir leyendo ‘That sounds like a you problem…’: Hotel Cancels Guest’s Reservation After They Don’t Confirm Booking, Guest Demands to Be Checked In Anyway
‘They stopped paying for your lunch’: Workers contemplate why 9-5s became 9-6s and 8-5s
There’s no question that the 8-hour workweek was a revelation back in the 1920s. I can’t imagine having to work 12 hours a day every day without any weekends or breaks at all. It’s no wonder people died at an earlier age back then; the stress of being worked to your bones is so bad …
Seguir leyendo ‘They stopped paying for your lunch’: Workers contemplate why 9-5s became 9-6s and 8-5s
Fast Food Workers Share Most Entertaining Workplace Moments
Everybody here has had some experience working in customer service. A number of us had jobs in theaters, motels, fast-food restaurants, and various other places. It’s safe to say that working as a server was one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had. For the most part, we felt like human punching bags that people might …
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