There’s this pervasive idea that the majority of workers are baseline kind of lazy and will do anything to get out of doing work. While there are definitely people like that, I’m inclined to believe there are many more workers who go above and beyond and never get credit for it. Everyone’s worked with someone …
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32 Hilarious Construction Worker Memes to Brighten Up Your 4am Weekend Wake-up Call (July 27, 2024)
Hello, fellow laborers! There’s no better feeling than finishing the workday and knowing that you don’t have to go to work tomorrow. You can do whatever you want all evening, heck, you can even stay up all night if it floats your boat. But as construction workers, you all know that your days off aren’t …
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36 Boozy Memes for Weekend Warriors Hunting for the Thriftiest Happy Hour
After a long week of work, employees sprint out of the office at 5:01 PM. We’re cracking a brewski and calling our buddies the moment we clock out, ready to dish the drama of the week to our friends and drink away our sorrows with a $5 pint and a discounted appetizer. Happy hour is …
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Boss reprimands employee for coming in 15 minutes late after working 12 hours the day before, maliciously complies to a strict 9-5 schedule: ‘Mind you my boss works 10-3 every’
If you’re working a salaried position, the question of whether or not to work overtime can be tricky to answer. If you’re working hourly, your willingness to work an extra shift is directly correlated with you getting paid more if you do so. Whether you say yes or no, a bargaining chip is at play. …
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24 Prescription-Strength Memes for Healthcare Workers Needing a Dose of Dopamine
Working in healthcare is no joke. Long shifts, irritated patients, and never enough time in the day to get things done. Or night, if you’re one of the workers blessed with the night shift. Office workers might complain about a paper jam, but healthcare workers are out here dealing with jammed IVs and patients who …
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25 Landscaping Memes to Keep Your Lawn and Laughs in Full Bloom
Whether you’re a seasoned landscaper or just someone who occasionally wrestles with a lawnmower, these memes are for the homeowners who have a love/hate relationship with their yard. That’s me every summer, struggling between wanting it to desperately look perfect while also balancing the fact that I absolutely hate yard work. So, my landscape is …
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‘Who’s keeping track of my bowel movements?’: Micromanagement backfires when the supervisor insists on monitoring the pettiest employee’s bathroom breaks
Nobody likes a micromanager. Having a supervisor breathing down your neck is bound to affect productivity, yet corporate seems to insist on having a watchdog monitor each and every cubicle. They may be a necessary evil, managers, but at a certain point, shouldn’t the workforce feel encouraged by their presence instead of stifled? While managers …
Seguir leyendo ‘Who’s keeping track of my bowel movements?’: Micromanagement backfires when the supervisor insists on monitoring the pettiest employee’s bathroom breaks
25 Former Employees Share Shocking Industry Secrets: ‘Job requirements are more of a wish-list situation’
When you work in an industry for a while, you’re likely to learn some insider knowledge that the rest of the workforce probably doesn’t know about. Whether you work in the service industry, sales, marketing, or anything else, there’s a lot of little interesting tidbits of info that’s fun to share with your friends. Like, …
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‘I haven’t agreed to any of this’: Employee Asks Coworker for a Favor Regarding Overtime, Coworker Refuses after He Finds Out Boss Was Told It’s a Done Deal
This story is about the kind of coworker nobody would wish on anyone. The kind who do whatever they want, as long as it serves them — even, or especially when it comes at another employee’s expense. One person who we’ll call OP worked in a team at a store. Basically, they could only leave …
Seguir leyendo ‘I haven’t agreed to any of this’: Employee Asks Coworker for a Favor Regarding Overtime, Coworker Refuses after He Finds Out Boss Was Told It’s a Done Deal
Hardworking employee is berated in group chat for small error, makes boss regret it: ‘Staff work hard enough to get nasty texts over a petty thing’
Famous physicist and general smart guy Albert Einstein has a famous (probably untrue) anecdote wherein he wrote up a chalkboard full of correct computations in front of his students while they sat silently. He then intentionally wrote 9×10=91, and suddenly his students erupted in a chorus of correction. Einstein then pointed out how nobody said anything about all the …
Seguir leyendo Hardworking employee is berated in group chat for small error, makes boss regret it: ‘Staff work hard enough to get nasty texts over a petty thing’