Breaks are not only important to the self but to productivity. There are countless studies that show breaks are essential for productive work. They give you a chance to energize recharge and return to your work renewed. That’s why systems like the Pomodoro technique are so popular… they work. You buckle down for 25 minutes, …
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‘There needs to be a Yelp for coworkers’: The best relatable work memes this week (October 14, 2024)
It’s Monday again, and the Gregorian calendar pressing its weekly reset button can only mean one thing: it is time for another traditional working week to start. If that is a prospect that fills you with enthusiasm, congratulations: you are one of a lucky minority who gets to enjoy what they do to make money. …
Seguir leyendo ‘There needs to be a Yelp for coworkers’: The best relatable work memes this week (October 14, 2024)
Cultish company mandates ‘emotional bonding sessions’ where employees share their personal trauma: ‘Most of the team were crying and hugging’
Forging personal connections at work is a big part of the job. When you feel comfortable around one another and learn what makes them tick, it’s easier to work together. Plus, it makes showing up to work a little less hard when you feel like you know your coworkers. Practices like communal lunches or even …
Seguir leyendo Cultish company mandates ‘emotional bonding sessions’ where employees share their personal trauma: ‘Most of the team were crying and hugging’
‘She’s been telling our other coworkers that I’m selfish’: Condescending woman belittles coworker for not having children when she declines to cover her shift
Everyone has different choices they’re allowed to make, and nobody can judge someone else for what choice they made, especially when it’s about having children. Some people are child free and loving it, and some people’s life goal is raising a child. Both are equally valid and fulfilling life choices, especially when it comes to …
Seguir leyendo ‘She’s been telling our other coworkers that I’m selfish’: Condescending woman belittles coworker for not having children when she declines to cover her shift
Employee gets spicy revenge on the office food thief, spiking his sandwich with scorpion pepper powder: ‘Never stole anyone’s lunch again’
Spicy foods exist in nature to deter foraging predators, but in the office world, this hot sauce aficionado learned that they can be used to fend off pests who are stealing your lunch. After having your lunch stolen out of the communal fridge at work, any employee would be peeved. But after several wasted sandwiches, …
Seguir leyendo Employee gets spicy revenge on the office food thief, spiking his sandwich with scorpion pepper powder: ‘Never stole anyone’s lunch again’
‘You’re very productive today, here’s more work’:The best relatable work memes this week (October 7, 2024)
The only thing more effective than unemployment in making you wish that you were born rich is working a job that you don’t particularly like. Curse those trust fund babies who were gifted a free pass to slack off or follow whatever dumb dream takes their fancy while the rest of us have to figure …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re very productive today, here’s more work’:The best relatable work memes this week (October 7, 2024)
‘You’re very productive today, here’s more work’: The best relatable work memes this week (October 7, 2024)
The only thing more effective than unemployment in making you wish that you were born rich is working a job that you don’t particularly like. Curse those trust fund babies who were gifted a free pass to slack off or follow whatever dumb dream takes their fancy while the rest of us have to figure …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re very productive today, here’s more work’: The best relatable work memes this week (October 7, 2024)
Controlling micromanager threatens to write up employee for putting down her purse after she clocks in: ‘This literally takes 2 seconds’
Nobody likes a micromanager. When we feel someone breathing down our necks, looking over our every move, it makes us perform worse. Something about being overly scrutinized makes us get nervous and then forget what we’re doing. I remember when I was starting work at a coffee shop, I had been trained and had worked …
Seguir leyendo Controlling micromanager threatens to write up employee for putting down her purse after she clocks in: ‘This literally takes 2 seconds’
‘It’s the only time I can see my family’: Newlywed asks coworker to give up his 2-week vacation he planned 1 year in advance so she can go on her honeymoon, balks when he says no
They say that the time leading up to a vacation is as important, if not more than the vacation itself. The human mind needs things to look forward to, or we will spiral into stagnation. If we have goals to work toward with rewards at the end, we’re more likely to do the work. This …
Seguir leyendo ‘It’s the only time I can see my family’: Newlywed asks coworker to give up his 2-week vacation he planned 1 year in advance so she can go on her honeymoon, balks when he says no
‘Do what we say without question’: Backwards workplace refuses to hire long-haired man despite the job being at a call center
It isn’t the 1960s anymore, nobody is scandalized by men having long hair. At least, they shouldn’t be. This isn’t the seminal musical Hair. Don’t we have enough problems going on in the world that we can stop caring what people’s hair looks like? As long as you’re not getting it in someone’s food, it …
Seguir leyendo ‘Do what we say without question’: Backwards workplace refuses to hire long-haired man despite the job being at a call center