There is more to life than work, or at least, that is what most people would like to think. Loving your job is all well and good, but leaving room for the other important parts of life is also vital even if the most avowed workaholics wouldn’t like to admit it. Many would even argue …
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‘Your employers seem to think you are irresponsible children’: Workplace requires employees take a selfie every time they clock in or out, employee pushes back on invasion of privacy
It seems like there’s an app for absolutely everything these days. You need an app to park your car or do your laundry or board a plane or order breakfast, and I’m tired of it. Let’s go back to the days when the only apps on my phone were Temple Run and the calculator app. …
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Entry level employee does nothing at work for 8-hours a day, has lasted 7 months without issue: ‘My bosses respect me and even thank me for my work’
How many of you know a guy like this? He makes tens of thousands of dollars more than you do, and all he does at his job is sit around, stay «on call,» and watch TV all day. I’m guessing at least one or two of your friends have a job that allows them to …
Seguir leyendo Entry level employee does nothing at work for 8-hours a day, has lasted 7 months without issue: ‘My bosses respect me and even thank me for my work’
Company asks employee to donate part of each paycheck to nonprofit that funds the company, claims $100 is far too low: ‘I will not be coerced into donating to a massive organization’
As a famous blues standard goes, «Saint Peter don’t you call me, ‘cause I can’t go, I owe my soul to the company store.» This was of course in reference to the scammy turn-of-the-century American practice of large companies cornering their employees to buy their necessary goods from their «company store,» where an endless cycle …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (January 6, 2024)
Good day to all the employees of the world. I hope you’re feeling chipper, because today marks the official end of the pleasantly aimless no man’s land of the workplace that lasts through the main festive season (I know this should technically have happened last week, but let’s be honest, that’s the practice run). That …
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Husband threatens to divorce pregnant wife if she doesn’t quit her job after the baby is born, says he’ll sue for custody if she refuses to quit: ‘He said his decision is final and that I should be grateful’
Not everybody is made to be a stay-at-home mom. There are a lot of moms out there who wish they had been able to stay home for the first couple of years of their children’s lives or indefinitely but can’t because of financial reasons. But at the same time, becoming a parent does not mean …
Seguir leyendo Husband threatens to divorce pregnant wife if she doesn’t quit her job after the baby is born, says he’ll sue for custody if she refuses to quit: ‘He said his decision is final and that I should be grateful’
‘They actually make money of the bonus they provide’: Large company doles out $11,000 bonuses to three supervisors, gives warehouse workers a 15% in-store discount
A holiday bonus can be a tricky thing. You want to show appreciation to your cohorts, but you have to make sure that it comes across fairly to everyone. Sure, nobody expects the C-suite folks to get the same amount as the custodial staff, but wouldn’t that actually be nice? Don’t those workers need that …
Seguir leyendo ‘They actually make money of the bonus they provide’: Large company doles out $11,000 bonuses to three supervisors, gives warehouse workers a 15% in-store discount
‘Keep it, Merry Christmas’: Holiday loner spends Christmas Day gifting cash-back to gas station employees, making strangers smile with random acts of kindness
Almost nothing is open on Christmas day, but if you’re an unlucky employee forced to clock into your ‘essential’ workplace on December 25th, odds are, you’ll be spending the day lamenting your own boredom and cursing the manager who scheduled you. This holiday loner decided to spend their typically lonesome day greeting those unfortunate Christmas …
Seguir leyendo ‘Keep it, Merry Christmas’: Holiday loner spends Christmas Day gifting cash-back to gas station employees, making strangers smile with random acts of kindness
One phrase from greedy boss makes worker quit their 10-year-long career: ‘It’s a good indicator of how out of touch c suits are’
Work is all about attitude. If the people you work with have a bad attitude, it can rub off on the whole operation. You might enjoy the work you do, find purpose in it, and find that it suits your lifestyle, but a business is only as good as its people. If its people aren’t …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (December 30, 2024)
Are you savoring it—those precious few days at the end of the year when the only thing that seems to matter at work is watching the clock until you can go home again? While it can be a drag to work through what is a historically lazy and unmotivated few days, it does have some …
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