Just like everything else that happens in the corporate rigamarole, leaving a job is rarely an easy process. First of all, you have to figure out what you are going to do after you leave, and then you have to give notice, and then it’s highly likely that your company will make you jump through …
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Regretful 44-year-old retiree laments lifestyle, slams FIRE retirement strategy: ‘I would give it all back to be in my early 30s living with roommates’
For a lot of employees, it doesn’t take many years of grinding in the workforce to start dreaming of all the free time and relaxation promised in retirement. By the same token, most people will take a heck of a long time to get to a point where they can afford to retire—and some don’t …
Seguir leyendo Regretful 44-year-old retiree laments lifestyle, slams FIRE retirement strategy: ‘I would give it all back to be in my early 30s living with roommates’
‘Putting a blanket over my boss so he thinks it’s night time and goes to sleep’: The best relatable work memes this week (September 2, 2024)
We once again find ourselves at back-to-school time. Even if you are one of the many who work a job that doesn’t give you the summer vacation, it’s hard not to feel influenced by the earnest readiness to adhere to routine—for all of five minutes, before the reality of the effort that it takes sets …
Seguir leyendo ‘Putting a blanket over my boss so he thinks it’s night time and goes to sleep’: The best relatable work memes this week (September 2, 2024)
Future forecasters ponder the jobs that will be obsolete in 10 years: ‘Anything with a reliable pattern’
More than once, I’ve marveled at the fact that the job I do is very specific to a particular place and time in a way that means it probably won’t be around forever. Memes, as we know them now, may well not be eternal, and it’s fair to say that any kind of vaguely media-related …
Seguir leyendo Future forecasters ponder the jobs that will be obsolete in 10 years: ‘Anything with a reliable pattern’
Clueless man asks stay-at-home mom if she ‘even’ works 40 hours a week, faces roasting: ‘Telling my kids it’s 5 o’clock, so I’m clocking out’
While parenting is a topic that can generate endless debates with those who both have children and don’t, there is usually one thing that most people agree on: it’s a difficult thing to do. Being responsible for one to several small human beings can be an overwhelming task, and unlike most jobs, it’s not something …
Seguir leyendo Clueless man asks stay-at-home mom if she ‘even’ works 40 hours a week, faces roasting: ‘Telling my kids it’s 5 o’clock, so I’m clocking out’
‘You are literally working yourself into an early grave’: Burnt-out husband works 70 hours a week in construction, freeloading wife refuses to work part-time to contribute to household
It’s hard to determine what an ‘equal share’ really means. For some couples, it means both working full-time jobs and splitting the household duties. For others, it means dividing up the moneymaking and the homemaking. For a lot more, it’s somewhere in between. But how do you determine what’s fair and what’s not? There is …
Seguir leyendo ‘You are literally working yourself into an early grave’: Burnt-out husband works 70 hours a week in construction, freeloading wife refuses to work part-time to contribute to household
‘50% of the day is «working on it» without working on it’: The best relatable work memes this week (August 26, 2024)
Look sharp, it’s Monday again. Yes, despite it all we are seeing in yet another beginning of the conventional working week. Who knows what kind of ennui and annoyances that the next five or so days will entail? There is only one way to find out, by taking some deep breaths, gritting our teeth, and …
Seguir leyendo ‘50% of the day is «working on it» without working on it’: The best relatable work memes this week (August 26, 2024)
‘That’s a trick’: New employee is reprimanded for showing up with coffee, despite arriving on time and ready to work
Coffee is the secret ingredient that keeps the working world afloat. If coffee suddenly disappeared tomorrow, I’d bet that the American GDP would decrease by at least 60%. It’s the reason we wake up in the morning, it’s what keeps us at our desks, and it’s what keeps our motivation up just enough to complete …
Seguir leyendo ‘That’s a trick’: New employee is reprimanded for showing up with coffee, despite arriving on time and ready to work
‘It’s giving MLM/pyramid scheme’: Shady job recruiter puts 10+ applicants in a public group chat, exposing everyone’s phone number
When you’re applying for jobs, you’ll take anything you can get. It’s such a tough landscape out there that it’s not uncommon to apply to 50 jobs and not hear back from a single one of them. As the internet has made it easier to find open positions, it has also flooded employers with mountains …
Seguir leyendo ‘It’s giving MLM/pyramid scheme’: Shady job recruiter puts 10+ applicants in a public group chat, exposing everyone’s phone number
Confused Gen Z works office job, complains that they get 5 days of work done in 2: ‘Is this what life is going to be like for the next 50 years?’
The transition into the white-collar working world can sometimes be a difficult one. A fresh employee might try to focus on the positives, like a salary hike and not having to endure face-to-face customer service, but then they get rudely confronted with the joys of BCC emails and office politics. In some roles, another thing …
Seguir leyendo Confused Gen Z works office job, complains that they get 5 days of work done in 2: ‘Is this what life is going to be like for the next 50 years?’