Freelancing is great for some reasons, but terrible for others. It gives you freedom to choose when you’re going to work, doesn’t attach you to any particular company, and lets you do multiple things instead of holding one role for one place. You might be able to piecemeal together a better life and a better …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (April 21, 2025)
All of us need some sense of purpose in our lives, and that is something that would remain true even if we lived in the most utopian of societies. It is a shame that in the world that we currently live in, this is often supposed to come from a job that, when it comes …
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Employee takes 35% pay cut in favor of hybrid work, finds out on day 1 that no remote work is allowed before 90 days: ‘I quit after one day’
Flexibility is high on the priority list for many workers, and for good reason. Since the proliferation of remote work, many employees have found that it suits their lifestyles much better than a traditional in-person job. They find it easier to balance parenthood/ other care work with their jobs, which gives them more free time …
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Man named Daniel Rivera uses a fake name to apply for jobs, immediately starts getting interviews: ‘Now considering doing all future applications as Brandon Walker’
It’s no secret that we live in a society of snap judgments. One time, I had a career counselor tell me that the average recruiter looks at a resume for less than 5 seconds. They get the quickest gist possible of your whole work/life experience, and then they toss you in a pile. Sure, many …
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Retail worker declines to come in on their day off after management fired 3 of 6 coworkers, management ‘reconsiders [their] reliability’: ‘What clothing store is slammed at 8 AM?’
When you have a day off scheduled, all your hopes and dreams go toward that day. Especially if you’ve been working a lot that week. You might be pushing all of your plans, errands, and self-care rituals onto that day. You’re imagining how good it’s going to feel, and how much you’ve earned it. It …
Seguir leyendo Retail worker declines to come in on their day off after management fired 3 of 6 coworkers, management ‘reconsiders [their] reliability’: ‘What clothing store is slammed at 8 AM?’
Management punishes workers for celebrating coworker’s goodbye with pizza and cake on their lunch break, calls it ‘time fraud’: ‘They may restructure our office area in response’
Every good manager realizes that spending time celebrating is as important as spending time working. If you don’t stop to take stock of your successes, it’s hard to feel like your work is worth anything. When things go right, you need to honor it, that way you have a reason to keep working hard. Humans …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (April 14, 2025)
There are plenty of things to gripe about when it comes to the average workplace, but for those who hope to see some success in their jobs, perhaps the most frustrating can be how said success does or does not come about. There are all too many companies that love to give the idea that …
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Boss withholds $700 check after employee quits with short notice, purposefully dodges his calls: ‘My boss was clearly salty about me leaving’
It’s always a little bit awkward to leave a job. You try your best to tie everything in a nice bow, but it’s ultimately like a breakup. You’re telling someone who you usually see all the time that you don’t want to see them anymore. And it’s awkward. You have to navigate it delicately or …
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‘I made the right choice quitting. Insane behavior’: Boss texts former employee out of the blue to say that they’ve gained weight
It can be a delight to hear from a former employer. Maybe you formed a close bond when you worked together and enjoyed staying in touch about your new adventures and goings-on. Maybe they have a new opportunity for you and want to keep you in the loop. Or maybe they need a reference, and …
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‘We had to use 7 minutes of our 10 minute break to get scolded’: Retail worker quits mid-shift when boss says they can’t take a 15 minute break after unloading 1500 boxes
Breaks are terribly important. Not only are they mandated by law, they’re necessary for the safety of the worker. The body needs rest every now and again, or it will force rest upon you by making you sick. The body, famously, keeps the score. Taking breaks also makes working go by faster and more efficiently. …
Seguir leyendo ‘We had to use 7 minutes of our 10 minute break to get scolded’: Retail worker quits mid-shift when boss says they can’t take a 15 minute break after unloading 1500 boxes