Maternity leave is sacred. You’re busy rearing a child, and that happens to take up a lot of your life. You don’t always have time to stop and answer an email. And your team should know this. They should know to respect the boundaries of your leave and not bother you with stuff that can …
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Job lies about 6-week out-of-state training process to get employee to onboard, won’t cover travel expenses and only gives $20 for food: ‘I will most likely have to quit my job over this’
There is a lot you won’t know about a job until you start working there. Sure, the interview process can give you some idea about what you’re in store for, but to truly get a sense of your job takes working there for a while. You won’t know the culture, the expectations, the working styles …
Seguir leyendo Job lies about 6-week out-of-state training process to get employee to onboard, won’t cover travel expenses and only gives $20 for food: ‘I will most likely have to quit my job over this’
Boss tells employee they ‘lack passion’ for not answering Slack messages at 10 PM: ‘I make $19/hr […] for a company that sells industrial cleaning supplies’
Passion is an interesting word. It’s often tossed around in terms of interests and artistic pursuits, but should it apply to your employment as well? Ideally, you work a job that you love to do. It inspires you, challenges you, and gives you a reason to get out of bed in the morning. But most …
Seguir leyendo Boss tells employee they ‘lack passion’ for not answering Slack messages at 10 PM: ‘I make $19/hr […] for a company that sells industrial cleaning supplies’
Fired employee pays Etsy witch 25 dollars to cast a spell on her boss, then hears the boss got demoted after her behavior finally caught up with her: ‘Etsy magic isn’t something to take lightly. It might end up working’
Closure is a funny, sometimes overrated thing. But it gets way funnier when a burned-out ex-employee finds closure in the strangest corner of the internet by spending twenty-five dollars on an Etsy witch. After years under a department head who ruled through fear and humiliation, the office had become a slow-motion breakdown factory. The boss …
Seguir leyendo Fired employee pays Etsy witch 25 dollars to cast a spell on her boss, then hears the boss got demoted after her behavior finally caught up with her: ‘Etsy magic isn’t something to take lightly. It might end up working’
Boss sends pre-8AM, AI-written email asking employees to come in during a blizzard: ‘The multi-car pileup in the untreated parking lot entrance was a nice welcome’
When you’re a kid, a snow day is everything. It’s what you hope for all year. You hope that when you wake up, your mom has been watching the news and found out that your school is closing for the day. You know you’re in store for a day full of fun. You’re going to …
Seguir leyendo Boss sends pre-8AM, AI-written email asking employees to come in during a blizzard: ‘The multi-car pileup in the untreated parking lot entrance was a nice welcome’
Boss reprimands employee for taking their 30-minute lunch break, tells them they’re ‘lucky to have a job’ making $16/hr: ‘Done being grateful for crumbs’
It’s a tough job market out there. It’s not easy to catch a break for anyone. That’s just the truth. But there is only so much that we feel like putting up with for a paycheck. Everyone has a different line that they don’t feel like crossing. Most people don’t want to put up with …
Seguir leyendo Boss reprimands employee for taking their 30-minute lunch break, tells them they’re ‘lucky to have a job’ making $16/hr: ‘Done being grateful for crumbs’
24-year-old coworker withholds $10/month for employee ‘social fund’ after fund manager refuses to show where they money is going: ‘He’s lashing out because you’re about to end his gravy train’
Employee ‘social funds’ are always a bit suspicious. It’s a nice idea in theory. Everyone contributes a small amount, so all of your working lives can be a little bit better. It’s a negligible amount of money, and everyone leaves happy. Birthdays are celebrated, lunches are had, and happy hours are covered. But is it …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old coworker withholds $10/month for employee ‘social fund’ after fund manager refuses to show where they money is going: ‘He’s lashing out because you’re about to end his gravy train’
Boss reprimands employee for clocking in 5 minutes before their shift, calls it ‘unauthorized overtime’: ‘What makes it even dumber is they constantly complain that we don’t show up early enough’
Your job starts when your job starts, but timing is not an exact science. You’re human, and you’re going to show up when you’re going to show up. Maybe the bus was early. What, do they want you to do a lap around the neighborhood like some kind of nervous Nelly, eating up more of …
Seguir leyendo Boss reprimands employee for clocking in 5 minutes before their shift, calls it ‘unauthorized overtime’: ‘What makes it even dumber is they constantly complain that we don’t show up early enough’
School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’
She didn’t even have a whole honeymoon. She only took one extra day off! PTO can be such a contentious issue in already contentious workplaces. If your company is functioning well, an employee should be able to take off any days of the year they please with the paid time off they’ve earned. If they’ve …
Seguir leyendo School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’
Job tells remote employee he can’t move to Minnesota from Florida without getting fired, only allows him to move to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina: ‘I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team.’
Working from home has changed so many people’s lives. I know people who travel the world and finance it not by being an underpaid au pair, but by working for an American company remotely. If you know anything about American salaries, you know they are a lot bigger than European salaries, and can go a …
Seguir leyendo Job tells remote employee he can’t move to Minnesota from Florida without getting fired, only allows him to move to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina: ‘I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team.’