Job interviews are a lot like dates…a lot of times, people are actively looking for a reason to reject someone instead of looking for reasons to stick with them. For dating, a lot of this comes down to that initial feeling of attraction. If you don’t feel attracted to someone in the first moments of …
Seguir leyendo HR boss rejects one candidate for being 2 minutes early to the interview instead of 5 minutes, rejects another for wearing brown shoes with a black belt: ‘These people had better qualifications than our current team.’
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Job interviewer asks job candidate his favorite drink, candidate says ‘water’ and refuses to elaborate: ‘C’mon, you can do better than that’
Everybody knows that job interviews are not merely about whether you’re qualified to do a job. If that was the case, companies could just hire people based on a written test and their resume. Job interviews serve the very specific function of determining whether someone would be pleasant to be around for 8 hours a …
Seguir leyendo Job interviewer asks job candidate his favorite drink, candidate says ‘water’ and refuses to elaborate: ‘C’mon, you can do better than that’
23-year-old forces her coworker to constantly cover her shifts because she has a boyfriend and he’s single: ‘I figured you’d be fine with it since you don’t have a girlfriend or kids to worry about.’
There’s nothing worse than a coworker who walks all over you and a manager who lets it happen. I don’t miss the time in my life when people would beg me to cover their shift and act like I was a bad person for not being able to do so. It’s challenging to plan your …
Seguir leyendo 23-year-old forces her coworker to constantly cover her shifts because she has a boyfriend and he’s single: ‘I figured you’d be fine with it since you don’t have a girlfriend or kids to worry about.’
Employee brings her crying baby to the office, coworker tells HR, and immediately regrets it: ‘What if she isn’t supposed to have the baby with her? Did I just tell on her? Should I have tried to resolve this myself?’
It’s unfortunate that the United States has such limited maternity leave policies compared to other similarly developed nations. Mothers are forced to go back to work less than 2 months after their babies are born because they can’t afford to take more than 6 weeks off from work. That being said, an office is not …
Seguir leyendo Employee brings her crying baby to the office, coworker tells HR, and immediately regrets it: ‘What if she isn’t supposed to have the baby with her? Did I just tell on her? Should I have tried to resolve this myself?’
Discount tire guy quits his corporate job of 11 years to sail the world with his cat, shares his journey currently a week in: ‘We’re all down for this adventure!’
Adventure is out there, y’all—and this man and his cat are here to prove it as the sail the world together. This isn’t a weathered sailor who has been on the ocean waves for his entire life. He only recently decided to take his life in this direction and he says he’s never been happier. …
Seguir leyendo Discount tire guy quits his corporate job of 11 years to sail the world with his cat, shares his journey currently a week in: ‘We’re all down for this adventure!’
21 Spring Friday Meme for Employees Trying to Clock Out Early and Have Some Fun in the Sun Already
Why is it SO hard to work when it is nice outside? Like, even if you work outside, you don’t wanna be doing Carhartt things when the weather is perfect. When the sun is shinning, the humidity is low, it’s like 72 degrees out, and there is just a slight breeze, it’s time for epic …
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Server quits in the most epic ‘Ron Swanson’ way on Easter Sunday and service industry employees are applauding him online: ‘Never felt better.’
If you have ever worked in the service industry then you know how annoying it is to work any holiday. Whether it’s a holiday where it’s popular to go out to eat or not, it’s annoying either way. You either are completely slammed with a skeleton staff, because half of the employees called out. Or …
Seguir leyendo Server quits in the most epic ‘Ron Swanson’ way on Easter Sunday and service industry employees are applauding him online: ‘Never felt better.’
A Quick Perk of Funny Memes for Busy People Who Need a Little Relatable LOL
Wow! Ha… Ha… Oh boy. Right when you think you’re about to get a break, your calendar starts to get filled up again. Why is there always something you have to do? Or is it that you don’t know how to say no?… What would even happen if you did have nothing to do for …
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‘This event has reached legend status’: Supermarket employee sick of low pay and long hours epically quits and leaves hilarious ‘gift’ behind for management and customers to discover
When working as a disgruntled employee, you can get away with a lot. That is because you dgaf anymore. So what do you have to lose? Sure, you’ll probably lose out on getting unemployment money, but if you are disgruntled, then it’s probably safe to say that the place you work out would’ve threw their …
Seguir leyendo ‘This event has reached legend status’: Supermarket employee sick of low pay and long hours epically quits and leaves hilarious ‘gift’ behind for management and customers to discover
Pharamcy’s micromanager writes up employee for pants that aren’t ‘black enough,’ so employee goes to Hot Topic to change: ‘[I became] a goth girl in my mid-forties’
If you are a goth or have ever had a goth phase, then you know the plight of never having the right black clothing. It is either not dark enough, the undertones aren’t matching up, or it fades in the wash. It’s a constant cycle of buying black pants, them fading, and you having to …
Seguir leyendo Pharamcy’s micromanager writes up employee for pants that aren’t ‘black enough,’ so employee goes to Hot Topic to change: ‘[I became] a goth girl in my mid-forties’