Whenever you go in for a job interview, you’re taking a risk. You may not know what you’re actually in for until you’re talking to someone, finding out the reality of a job. You can say anything in a job posting online. Some of them are vague, some of them are detailed, and you never …
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Management writes up employee for being 2 minutes late after they took on the job of 3 employees with no pay raise: ‘I genuinely thought it was a joke’
There is a scale of lateness. Not all lateness is created equal. It all depends on how late you are, what you’re late to, and who you are. If you’re an hour late to the birth of your own child, you’re chopped. If you’re 15 minutes late to a friend’s brunch with 4 other people, …
Seguir leyendo Management writes up employee for being 2 minutes late after they took on the job of 3 employees with no pay raise: ‘I genuinely thought it was a joke’
The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (May 12, 2025)
The workplace can be a paradoxical thing. Conventional wisdom often assumes that you haven’t really ‘made it’ until you have some level of professional success, but when you achieve that, it can often feel like a hollow victory. The truth is that in the society we currently live in, a lot of jobs, especially on …
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26-year-old employee faces pushback after refusing HR request to teach coworker in 40s emotional intelligence: ‘I don’t want to deal alone with his outbursts’
Not everybody likes to acknowledge it, but being a good team player is something that usually makes most jobs a heck of a lot easier. You can have the most indispensable skillset in the whole of your workplace, but if you are not a reasonable person to work with, it is likely that you will …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old employee faces pushback after refusing HR request to teach coworker in 40s emotional intelligence: ‘I don’t want to deal alone with his outbursts’
‘Stop acting so entitled’: Manager asks fresh-out-of-college hire to make 1hr commute 4 times per month, they wonder if that’s an unreasonable request
Coming of working age at this time in the history of work is an interesting one. The world of employment looks vastly different than it did even 10 years ago. So many of us are working remotely more often, employees are re-drawing boundaries over what they will put up with in the workplace, and priorities …
Seguir leyendo ‘Stop acting so entitled’: Manager asks fresh-out-of-college hire to make 1hr commute 4 times per month, they wonder if that’s an unreasonable request
‘An extra 0.50 is what this promotion is worth to that company’: Worker chases salary increase for 6 months only to be rewarded with a 50¢ raise
As a famous interaction from the genius television show Mad Men goes, Don: «It’s your job! I give you money, you give me ideas.» Peggy: «And you never say thank you.» Don: «That’s what the money is for.» And it’s genius because you understand both sides. Peggy is feeling under-appreciated at work, but Don is …
Seguir leyendo ‘An extra 0.50 is what this promotion is worth to that company’: Worker chases salary increase for 6 months only to be rewarded with a 50¢ raise
Employee sends in 2 week notice, 2 weeks later their boss hasn’t acknowledged it: ‘So what happens now?’
There’s a great episode of Seinfeld where George quits his job and then goes to work the next day pretending like nothing ever happened. He quit in a moment of impulse after being denied the use of the executive toilet but realizes quickly that it was a bad idea and that he actually wanted to …
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‘Is this even legal?’: New employee signs contract to work remotely, employer rug-pulls and demands they come in once a week
The difference between working remotely sometimes and working remotely all the time is a huge one. When you’re fully remote (and with the ability to work asynchronously) you could be anywhere in the world. You could decide to give up your apartment and spend every month in a new city. You can come and go …
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Ex-graphic design employee deletes all their work after they regularly worked 60 hr/week with no overtime, had their work stolen: ‘I just nuked all my design assets’
When you’re an entry-level employee, it can feel like you have little to no control over what kind of job you’re going to get. The job market is so tough when you’re starting out that it feels like you have to take any job you can get. Even if that job means long hours and …
Seguir leyendo Ex-graphic design employee deletes all their work after they regularly worked 60 hr/week with no overtime, had their work stolen: ‘I just nuked all my design assets’
The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (May 5, 2025)
‘Just be yourself’ is often terrible advice when you have to work for a living. It is a sad fact that many companies do not appreciate it all that much when their employees dare to show too much of a personality aside from clocking in, keeping their head down, and hitting their targets. In addition, …
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