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Workplaces and offices are their own ecosystems. And, frankly, it can be a real jungle in there, dear Pandas. Among the forests of cubicles and the plains of open-space hot desks, in between the towering water coolers and coffee machine islands, you’ll find the natives. They’re industriously typing away on keyboards and working so hard, they’re making their mice squeak. They’ve exchanged cozy bonfires and the sounds of nature for warmly-glowing screens and headphones full of strange sounds. And they look a lot like you and me.
Office life comes with its own quirks, jokes, dreams, and even nightmarish problems to tackle. Anyone who’s ever worked in one knows that there are just as many bizarre cons as there are pros. But what would any workplace be without any humor? We thought we’d bring a smile to your face, so today we’re featuring the popular ‘Employee Tears’ Instagram project and its relatable work memes.
Quite a few of these had me giggling so hard, I had to excuse myself and be alone for a few minutes because of how close they hit to home. Grab yourself a big cup of coffee, a donut or two (or a healthier option if there are any around!), and have a see for yourselves, Pandas. Don’t forget to upvote the memes you liked the most and be sure to share them with your friends. Preferably during work hours so they can catch a break!
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#1
Ellie Rosser 4 years ago
Just turn up at work and moan about how your email has been down for days.
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
I've never understood why people demand bad news in person. If my boss is going to fire me or my girlfriend is going to dump me or whatever, I'd rather they do it by email or text, so I don't have to worry about being embarrassed by an emotional reaction.
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#2
Chris Challis 4 years ago
if they were paying time and half I may have bothered to show on the Saturday.
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
I live in East San Diego County where the bus service doesn't run on federal holidays, which usually happen to be on Monday - the one day a week I'm actually supposed to be in the office. I told this to the owner on NUMEROUS occasions and he suggested I just take an Uber. Okay - you gonna reimburse me the 21+ dollars it takes to get to the office (and I'm supposed to get home how?) No? See you Tuesday.
#3
Scagsy 4 years ago
What printer? No printer detected. Add printer manually?
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Daria B 4 years ago
In which case, it's always the mouse or keyboard to bear the consequences... u.u
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Considering all the work, and later personal, printers that have enraged me since the eighties, I can see how this is the perfect answer.
Last week, I spoke to cloud engineer and data analytics consultant Kierra about switching careers, figuring out if we need a fresh start, and how we should view job satisfaction.
The expert, who helps people pivot into new roles, told Bored Panda that employees should think about changing careers "when they’re bored, feel like they’re undervalued, or feeling like work is causing their mental/physical health to suffer."
#4
Chucky Cheezburger 4 years ago
A-forking-men... This makes it harder to set actual, realistic goals for people that want to have a life beyond working.
Abbey Impson 4 years ago
as someone that gets chastised for every PTO request I learned it is not worth the harassment and I envy people that can take time off
Load More Replies... AnnaBanana 4 years ago
If I don't want to take a break, I won't. I'd rather finish what I'm doing.
Signe Manat Hansen 4 years ago
Unfortunately that's not how most places of employment work. They pay for your time, not the amount of work. And finishing faster will just get you s bigger workload. If you can finish your tasks fast and slack off the rest of the day without your boss finding out and giving you extra work, then by all means.
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Wreathy 4 years ago
Currently in a new role leading a team that has this culture embedded. Week four being on the job...slow, small steps to get them to take breaks. FFS, some of them don't even want to load Overtime. It doesn't make you special, or make you look like you can work harder. It exhausts you, lowers your potential and causes more errors and stress. take your damned breaks
Inclusion 2020 4 years ago
Welcome to teaching!!! I love it, but the highly effective teachers in my school work 7:30-6:00 four days a week. We're paid for the hours of 8-3:20. Not to mention the time and money we spend on weekends. I love the job. But a pay increase would make a huge difference to high quality teachers. We use data and science to change kids lives. Our salary doesn't match the level of research and practice needed to be a good teacher.
RandomBeing 4 years ago
And at least in the United States the level of education needed to be a good teacher doesn't really match what a lot of teachers get (I'm speaking specifically in regard to learning how to teach children with attention and learning difficulties because that's what I've researched and experienced first-hand as a student). Teachers need more training and probably more resources for this.
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OCD Mom 4 years ago
There is something even more weird where I live. Do bear with my rant as a lot of women are on the wrong side of this toxic office culture. I will not name the place or country but i am certain a lot of people will guess correctly. So in this place, men and women are expected to do overtime. So a lot of men will literally stay 5 or 6 hours after office. Not that they work a lot, just pass their time. Because of this, women are also expected to do the same, otherwise it will show on their paycheck. However, they are also expected to be at home on time to cook meals for their family, because heaven forbid, if a man steps into the kitchen, that would be a travesty to mankind! A lot of women have to choose between family and work, and most choose family. And that is not the end. The moment that quit working, they are marked as "dependent" on their husbands. So people, when you work overtime (exceptions apply), please understand you are simply encouraging a toxic workplace culture.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Yes! If you're the sort of person who doesn't take breaks, remember: You're not taking breaks for you. You need to take breaks for the next person in your position who will be held to the same standard as you. That person deserves breaks. (And you do too.)
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
That person isn’t your responsibility though. Some people want to just save their breaks and go home early. Or do tomorrow’s work so it’s done and out of the way and they can sit on Bored Panda or Reddit for the rest of the day. Nobody owes anyone a standard.
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Vicky Z 4 years ago
As a person that works seasonal i have to say that i absolutely hate people that work without off! I don't care if you don't get tired in 6 months! It's inhuman to work 6 months straight without a single day for yourself and you are also responsible that the employers are not hiring us who demand one off per week!!! Don't support this culture!!
zrwhol cue 4 years ago
no, they just young and do not suffer to be seated like us, let them alone, just request you personal time............
#5
Tyler Six 4 years ago
Hopefully that compensation is in money and not door knobs
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ToGo 4 years ago
When I was younger I worked at company where we had to make sales targets but were told we legally couldn't any get bonuses for sales. So instead we got a treat. The team who made the most sales got pizza. So 1 team out of 8 got a slice of pizza each, once month. A Tuesday of every month because it was BOGOF on pizzas. They also used to make it a nightmare to use your holidays if you didn't do overtime. Overtime that was paid at normal minimum wage. You also had to find a desk where there was space meaning you could be in another room away from your team. ALSO, you had to search for a headset and were lucky if you found a pair with ear sponges. ALSO, you couldn't take personal belongings onto the floor so if you didn't have a locker (that you had to pay for) you had to leave your bag/phone in an open area. Yeah, there were thefts. What a shithole.
Jo Choto 4 years ago
I got a job with local government that stated it had bonuses for performance. So I looked at what the performance review required and I worked my butt off at meeting and exceeding goals. I was so excited when I got my performance review and it was excellent and I had earned over $5,000 in bonuses. I asked how that was paid out. I was told, "Oh, the bonus scheme isn't in effect now."
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Everyone in my company hounds me for them. I even give them to clients.
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bonnyatlast 4 years ago
Said every teacher ever.....the same goes for that bonus check that is random and never permanent. That is not a raise. Don't act like it is.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Oh, those f*****g “team-building” bullshit pep rallies always infuriated me. Waste of an hour that set me behind, meaning I would have to work even harder to catch up when it was finally done. Instead of paying the speaker some exorbitant fee—-several times a year—-how about just giving us all a raise? Oh, and some of them did s**t like give us all “stress rocks” (little fake shiny rocks like you put in vases to weigh them down) at the end of their presentation, that all our supervisors were told to make us show them to prove we stayed to the end of the f*****g thing. In other words, “the suits” KNEW people signed in then ducked out. Because it was bullshit—-and they knew that too.
#6
Tassenküchlein168 4 years ago
You can fold paper of any size for a maximum of 7 times. Just saying.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Yeah... They work during working hours... And you give them money.... That's it. Some companies are really entitled, they assume their employees should figuratively worship them.
"I think it’s rare to feel certain [about career change], especially when your financial stability is on the line but it’s important that you always advocate for yourself, even when it might not feel 'great,'" Kierra noted that it’s difficult to know if your decision to switch jobs is objectively right. However, you have to do what feels right for you, even if things seem scary.
Kierra said that open and regular communication and consistently checking in with employees is what managers should aim for.
#7
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
No. Plus, companies totally made-up that myth about telling your wage being rude so they can keep exploiting people. If you ever found out that your coworkers earn more than you, you would not be mad at them, you would be mad at your boss... And you would be right.
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KJ 4 years ago
I would have loved to see her face as she skipped out the office grinning like the Cheshire cat.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Wage transparency is so important for workers. If it's legal where you live, talk with your coworkers about your salaries. Talk about your starting rates. Talk about your raises, your benefits. When employees don't talk about this, employers can get away with paying different rates to people in the same position. Often, those discrepancies perpetuate historical bias. It's a problem. Fortunately, it's easily fixable with when workers have these open conversations and demand equal pay for equal work.
Kookamunga 4 years ago
I had a job 20 years ago that treated me pretty badly. When I left, I deleted all the vital files they would need to give my replacement and left them with pictures of kittens instead. No regrets.
Katherine Jorgensen 4 years ago
Completely legal. Salary discussion between co-workers should be the norm.
Owiella Freddie 4 years ago
Companies may have "policies" about disclosing your salary to other employees, but any savvy person knows how to get that information from a variety of different sources. From a legal perspective, there is no "law" that salary information for any individual is confidential.
Board Pan, duh. 4 years ago (edited)
We have our list by title in our policies book and if anyone gets a raise it is in a chart form. Transparent... that's in Canada though. Also if there are changes it is sent as a policy change memo/email.
#8
the child 4 years ago
found it https://www.boredpanda.com/stolen-office-lunch-shrimp-fried-rice-zak-toscani/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
Wednesday 4 years ago
When my lunch was systematically stolen, I dropped by a certain wings place, bought their ridiculous hot sauce (which I love, btw so no pain there) and put in on my chicken sandwich. I could hear the poor guy crying. I had a skosh of sympathy... I told him to put sugar on his tongue and to stop stealing my lunch - cause I love that shite and it's going on everything from this day forward...
Ziiiiiing 4 years ago
Wow, every time I've had it happen to me HR have told me to go away, that's across multiple jobs
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
Wouldn't have guessed it by looking at your name.
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#9
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Yes. I have worked at many companies where everybody got the same raise, whether they worked hard all day and put in extra time or came in late, left early, and napped all day. And I've thought, what's the point of working hard if there's no reward? But sadly, I just couldn't bring myself to nap all day. Even if there was no financial reward for hard work, I had some self-respect.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
“No consequence for poor work ethic” only applies when you’re a relative of the boss. Or you have “sensitive information” about the boss. Or you’re the boss’s side gig. Anyone without that kind of job security better straighten up or they’re SOL (s**t outta luck).
Oranges100 4 years ago
Or when there is only consequence for poor work ethic but no reward for good work ethic because "you don't deserve a reward for doing what you should do" then then you not only have no motivation but just the opposite. Toxic environment that provides nothing but a sense of failure and promotes one to believe they have an inability to live up to their potential, therefore destroying any motivation that was there.
Chris Challis 4 years ago
worked for a company that violated workplace conditions big time... they relied on backpackers who were happy to violate ethics. I was fired for telling the truth to a customer about contract details. Went to the watchdog organisation and blew the whistle on that company. Long story short they were soon out of business.. I had moved on and had a much better job....
"Asking at least biweekly will allow them to learn how each individual on their team works and what is important to them in their career. This can help the manager to adjust what goals and tasks the people they manage should work on… to get the best out of their role and to maximize their career,” she told Bored Panda.
In Kierra’s opinion, job satisfaction is very subjective. However, things like a higher salary can help motivate workers to do better.
#10
Megan Jones 4 years ago
Or having a call when it could easily be a text. For ex: Co-worker texts: Can I call? Me: No, I’m in meetings til 3 Co-worker: Oh just letting you know xyz Me: Ok The end. No reason to fricken call me.
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Bobert Robertson 4 years ago
Or being assigned a task with a deadline that same day, but then being called to a meeting by the person who assigned you that task, only for them to ask you after the meeting if the task is done. Umm no? I've been in here with you!
The Scout 4 years ago
At my workplace, someone has the nice habit of looking for signs that somebody gets ready to go home. If he sees that, he spontanously schedules an "important" meeting (mostly to explain routine stuff or to ask for opinions on something). He is not my boss or even my superior, but somehow nobody told him that... Had me missing more than one train, but you learn to say no over time.
Phantom Captain 4 years ago
Or being told that the meeting will take 20 minutes and its been over an hour
Robin Roper 4 years ago
Or a meeting to discuss what everyone knows the supervisor/boss/owner has already decided as the solution.
Colin Matthews 4 years ago
OMG YES. I had a sales manager that tried to have software and team meetings at 4pm on Fridays. He would just talk at us for 40 minutes until one day the senior tech in the room stood up and said "This meeting will go a lot better if we just made one change" at that point he signalled everyone to get up and leave. As we all left he turned and said "have a great meeting".
#11
Zophra 4 years ago
bagels... always bagels... with cream cheese of various flavors.
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John Dilligaf 4 years ago
try yoga - but do it on your own time and don't expect us to help pay for it
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago (edited)
I keep trying to apply for jobs since nearly every posting has "urgent need" on it. And they aren't hiring anyone under 18 despite the large numbers of teenagers who would happily work. Real urgent need, yeah.
#12
Sky Render 4 years ago
Sorry, River, I can't help you as I'm too busy trying to get some semblance of control over my life. But I'll put in a note for Bob to cancel everything for you, just to be safe!
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"Most would probably say money [increases job satisfaction] since it’s needed for survival, but there are many people who are out there doing what they love even though it might not pay well. In reality, I think people want to work a job where they feel appreciated and heard in all aspects (from career goals, innovative ideas, compensation, etc)," she said.
#13
Valley Girl 4 years ago
Then Lumberg comes over and tries to get in your ass about tps reports. Now they need to be submitted in triplicate, but separately.
Richard Hunt 4 years ago
Unless you're under the REPUBLICAN PARTY RETIREMENT PLAN ...then it's till death
Bell Mead 4 years ago
I'm a retired Republican and I'm doing fine. Planning is the key, not relying on the government.
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Cory Tollman 4 years ago
For me I look at it as 5,300 more days until retirement (I'm a little over halfway there).
Mitela Rahman 4 years ago
And then you have MLM warriors singing the above points into your ears 😂 …..and newbie entrepreneurs telling you to quit and start a business.
#14
Thinker Dell 4 years ago
And when the whole house is burning, they ask you why didn't you say something earlier. When you say you did, they ask you for e-mail proofs. Then they make you admit the whole thing was your fault.
Mohsie Supposie 4 years ago
... and if you do have e-mail proof, "why didn't you chase it up?" or "Why didn't you take the initiative to fix it yourself?"
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Vic D 4 years ago
I am an IT specialist, having deployed secured transaction in the past I knew all the PCI requirements. I was hired by a Bank, on my first day I notice a huge security hole, so I told my boss about it, he told me yes we know but it's a pain to manage....6 months later an employee copied all the clients information using this hole and sold it on the dark web 6 Millions client had their identify information stolen.
Bored Birgit 4 years ago
Woah. But served them right. Why hire people like you and ignore them.
Load More Replies... Fester Sixonesixonethree 4 years ago
I told the boss that the hardware he was buying was NOT up to the task and would fail within the first month. It did. And when he asked me why it failed I said "because you did not purchase the hardware I recommended. You went cheap and it failed - just like I told you it would." He turned red but managed to choke out "go ahead and fix it for me then."
Robin Roper 4 years ago
This happened to me when I was a lowly paid summer worker in a blue jean factory while in college. No one would listen to us when we told them a specific label was washing out and couldn't be read. Those of us who were working with the product could identify the specific type label and told management the first day we saw this. Management attitude was "just do your job" and continued to ship thousands of said jeans to stores. Welp, they all came back as defective and low and behold, someone in management determined it was a specific label - the same label we had pointed out to them 2.5 months earlier. It was a powerful lesson to my 19 year old self about how power and control worked in the corporate world.
Duncan 4 years ago
At my last workplace, they fired my department manager for no real reason other than he voiced opinions to do things better. The directors (owners) disagreed. In the 9 months after that, 21 people resigned and the fired manager gave everyone of them a reference for a new job. Company owners just don't get it sometimes. Ruling with an iron fist and not being open to change won't get far.
DandiPandi 4 years ago
True story at my last job. Problem for weeks on end, even the CEO knew, and when the regulatory s**t the fan, it all got "burned"....but plot twist, my manager made me the scapegoat as the small fry on the ladder.
Zei Kiljoy 4 years ago
That was my last job in a nutshell. Until I was hurt on the job then they did the surprised pikachu face.
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Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
This is because the US is no longer a country, it's a corporation and the almighty dollar is king.
River Webb 4 years ago
"yeah i've decided to go with a local anaesthetic on my open heart surgery so I can answer your email anytime!"
Stacy Parker 4 years ago
How to say "I'm American" without saying "I'm American." I've answered work emails from my hospital bed both before and after surgery.
Rez Fidel 4 years ago
That is exactly how it is when i go camping every summer.... not reachable by mail or phone for a whole friggin month... and it is normal. Actually if people work on vacation they are seen as antisocial with their family if they are with them. Or they think you are just plain stupid working on your holidays...
Pat Bond 4 years ago (edited)
Like you're style, I would go on holiday somewhere either 8 hours ahead or behind the office.
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Mark Johansen 4 years ago
I used to work for a Political Action Committee. Two days before the election my wife went into labor. They told me -- maybe half jokingly -- to bring a laptop to the delivery room.
Anette Kudsk 4 years ago
I'm sorry to say but in Denmark we have 6 weeks of compulsory holiday, 1 year maternity leave, free health care, free education (and the students for a small salary during education from the state), sickness benefits from the state if you are ill for a long time and other necessary rights
Chris Sprucefield 4 years ago (edited)
I'd chose EU over US any time, and any company that treats me kindly, be my friend, I'd be more than willing to pay back the kindness and consideration in more than one way. Respect my time, Respect my need to recover, and I will gladly meet you there, helping you out when you are in need, even at asocial hours and out of my area, if I can. Try to **** me over, and I will certainly not be as helpful. It's a two-way street...
The expert added that managers and the companies themselves ought to be the ones helping motivate their employees and keeping them interested in their jobs in the long run.
"Perhaps one should try to find roles where there’s lots of opportunity for growth and internal transfer in the event you would like to try something else," she mentioned what the employees can do themselves.
#16
13 4 years ago
No, not really. There are plenty of people making enough money.
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A salary increase would not only increase my motivation to deal with the stress but also I'd be comfortable enough to also not be stressed.
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
In the Netherlands: They point at the clock, look on their wrist, put a finger against their forehead and wave you out. ( Look at the time. See how late it is? Are you crazy? Off you go, idiot.)
Yara Balabanova 4 years ago
I could not get away with this at my customer service job (or any customer service job I've worked at), and I live in the Netherlands
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KatHat 4 years ago
63 subs in approximately an hour is one sub per minute. I'd like to see this horrible woman do better.
Nakura Orihara 4 years ago
They'd also have to bake a lot of bread. I'm a subway worker and we alot of the time have about 30 loaves
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
She would’ve been beaten with 63 foot long subs. One. Sub. At. A. Time.
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So, dear Pandas, which of these work and office memes were your favorite ones? Have you ever worked in an office? If so, what were your most and least favorite parts about the whole thing? Let us know in the comments. Meanwhile, if you’re in the mood for some more memes about work, you can check out Bored Panda’s articles here, here, and here.
#19
Madzdad the bard 4 years ago
My favorite has always been, "Your failure to plan does not constitute an emergency on my part"
Jon Steensen 4 years ago (edited)
I have it like that with sms'es. If you drop me an sms, it means that it can wait until I find it convinient to answer you, if your message requires an answer at all and is not just one way communication or something unimportant. Otherwise if you expect immediate communication, or a lot of back and forthing, call me. Most people do not tend to see it that way, so I end up annoying a lot of them, when they do not get an answer within 5 min.
A B C 4 years ago
The exact same reasoning for me not to install an email client on my phone. If it's urgent, call me. If you email me, it'll be enough if I look at it maybe in the evening when I get home or the next day.
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Marilyn Ransberry 4 years ago
Before the email was invented people actually had time to get things done. Now everyone sends copies to everyone about everything and everyone spends a great deal of time reading and responding and creating more emails.
Cydney Golden 4 years ago
Just bc someone asks a question does not mean you have to answer immediately.
Mitela Rahman 4 years ago
And more and more crazies like Bezos and Musk are being born everyday. Good luck to us peasants.
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Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
Haha, the whole 'commitment to working' thing. I work with a guy who spends 16 - 20 hours a day at work. He's SO proud of it and thinks the company likes it too (I'm sure they do). Sadly, if he'd just shut his mouth and stop socializing, he'd get everything he does all day done in about 4 - 5 hours and be a happier person.
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
I seriously can't understand that mentality. I work with people like that too. I go to work to WORK - head down, a**e up and don't talk to anyone. Sure, I have a quick chat while making a coffee etc., but by actually working my hours rather than socialising, I get to go home on or near to time.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
When employees use their vacation days, it's good for companies. Some companies get certain workers so uniquely skilled in a position, if that worker is gone, nothing can operate. That's disastrous for a business. Imagine if that employee was hit by a bus; would you want your company operations to halt for a week? Employee vacations are like fire drills for these types of emergencies. It's good for companies to practice functioning without specific employees. It's a shame that so many managers don't realize this, but employees taking vacation is not only good for the employee. It's good for the business too.
Pepper Pots 4 years ago
Do you mind writing a memo to my boss, explaining the above?
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#22
Alice By Heart 4 years ago
just because someone doesnt agree with you politically doesnt make them a horrible person.
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
The employers did. None of these people would be so rude, entitled and mannerless if the employers wouldn't side with them and even back them up. That's why this isn't even an issue in Europe, where servers treat you like you treat them.
Yara Balabanova 4 years ago
Well I wish that was true, but customer service workers jn Europe are frequently verbally abused as well
Load More Replies... Ralph Spooner 4 years ago
Back when I was growing up, you never saw where your momma's hand came from that just spun your head around three times and made you see stars in the daytime because she thought you back talked her from the back seat.
LaToya Mack 4 years ago
Their parents- we are seeing what happens when Mamie pulled your kids off her tits. Black women NOT raising you all - I think that’s it.
Warloew Brinn 4 years ago
Ship these entitled asses to Antarctica and in their place we will gladly take any foreigner who wants to live here, make a better life for themselves, and who won't act like the store clerk only exists to serve them and kiss their boots.
Chris Challis 4 years ago
then again call centres phoning at meal times to sell something we dont want nor asked for is enough to make anyone irate. However hanging up is the way to deal with as the staff are often wearing ear phones and I guess just trying to earn a living.
Thomas Sweda 4 years ago
Funny, whenever I speak to a customer service rep, I wonder if he/she’s a grammar school graduate, and was awake for the 11 minute trading session!
#23
Ben Nichols 4 years ago
I saw a job posting. No joke wanted 5+ years of Experience in Windows 7. That was in 2012 and I told the person. Good luck finding ANYONE with that requirement.
Katie Leonard 4 years ago
Facebook came out in 2004 so it's not that unrealistic
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DennyS (denzoren) 4 years ago
Not when you've got bills and people depending on you, it isn't that easy. Someday I hope I can.
Amanda Black 4 years ago
Well I had to stay at an underpaid abusive job so I wouldn't starve to death. I wanted to quit every day.
Annamay Gambino 4 years ago
I never stayed at a job for more than a few months. This was way back in the '60s. No computer trail, so I would just make things up and move on.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
In the Netherlands you just see your doctor and complain about your life being worthless. Before you know it, you're on paid sick leave recovering from a major burn out with all the time you need to apply for another job.
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Richard Hunt 4 years ago
I remember of dreaming about making the amount of money that I'm starving on now 😶
von Funnyname 4 years ago
maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan if you can get the real-deal tupperware, you're ballin'. Keepin' a tight grip on those good plastic takeout containers here
Al Cook 4 years ago
My daughter who is 10, has a male friend who thinks being a "youtuber" is actually a genuine career aspiration. I've told her to find one who knows what a hedge fund manager is and stick with him!
Paul Neff 4 years ago
Teach HER to become a hedge fund manager, and stick with the one she likes.
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Auntriarch 4 years ago
I got bollocked by the manager of the other office for not recognising him on the phone and asking for his name. The reason I didn't recognise him was that I had only started that morning, being a temp while the usual secretary was on leave. But he didn't recognise that I wasn't her... And yes, for the whole month I asked him his name, every day. Because my job was to transfer calls to the person I was actually working for with the name of the caller, not to pander to the inflated egos of twats
Vorknkx 4 years ago
One morning I was still very sleepy and my voice was weak. Some guy called about something. He called again in the afternoon and told me how he had spoken to some "elderly lady" in the morning... that was ME :D
Vicky Z 4 years ago
I also sound like elderly in the morning😅😅😅 (if I speak at all)
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
I get regular phone calls from several debt collection agencies (I have a relatively common name, they are not actually looking for me), sometimes they are very harsh, to the point of threatening me before even determining if I am the person they are looking for. I had one call from someone who must have been very early on in their debt-collecting career who was very polite and courteous and determined that I was not their mark. Since the call was being recorded I went out of my way to compliment him on his professional behavior. I doubt that will change the industry, but who knows.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
lol, one place i worked at the call centre agents gave fake names every time so the angry client couldn't phone back and get them again.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
That's dumb. People won't be asking for the agent that wasn't really helpful, will they? So it's better to tell them your real name, so they can ask for anyone but you.
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Serial pacifist 4 years ago
Ok, who's daddy? I would like to be the grandpa who sits in the armchair and watches TV all day.
Me Oh My 4 years ago
I'll be the cool aunt with tattoos, houseplants, and pet reptiles.
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John C 4 years ago
I currently work for a company that IS like family. Only about 60 employees, any departure and new hire is a really big deal, and we've got each other's backs. Just saying there's exceptions out there, try not to be too cynical and put faith in quippy memes.
LH25 4 years ago
I agree. Where I work we really do take care of each other. It's by far the best place I've worked, and turnover is rare. It's one of those places where you can speak up in a meeting and not get shot down. When I was fighting cancer, I was told to take all the time off I needed and not worry about burning through my leave. They only counted about half the hours I was off, and encouraged me to come in if I felt like it, even if I just stared at my PC a lot. They arranged meals to be sent home with me, or brought over.
Load More Replies... Marc Wilson 2 years ago
A friend of mine says: Beware of companies that say they're "just like a family" - they may not be lying.
Eric Rossman 4 years ago
This one is one that I have mixed feelings about. Sometimes, this is true, but my team at work definitely feels like a (relatively functional) family. We don't always get along, some of us are strange, but we all feel inclined to help each other out when it is needed without feeling pressured to do so.
zrwhol cue 4 years ago
or that they legitimelly love you... i mean, are they computers or what? no emotions? i do not think your supervisor is directly makingmoney out of your stress
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TitanFoxX 4 years ago
Yes, but people who respond quickly also want it of their todo list. You are not the only one who is busy. Besides, you have no idea how much time people already wasted before their email reached you :-)
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Company I worked for got new, faster computers. One woman said she preferred the old ones. With the old computer, she could start a certain program running and she knew it would take 10 or 15 minutes, so she could sit back and relax. With the new computer, it would finish right away and so she felt pressured to get back to work.
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
I do this to people. Nope, won’t catch me with pending items and responses to give. I’m stopping what I’m doing to answer you and now the ball is back in your court!
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Never reply to mails in a hurry. People might get the idea that you're not doing much more than waiting for an email. And management will punish your efficiency with an increased workload.
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Al Cook 4 years ago (edited)
Actually that's not true in most places. Though there are legally mandated holiday accruals in most permanent jobs, the actual dates you take off must be agreed at the company's discretion.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
Not in the US. We have ten official federal holidays. Most people work them because they're given no choice.
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Howard Moody 4 years ago
The last company I worked at gave us double time and a half for working holidays. Loved it.
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Same! I'm a contractor & therefore YOU are my CLIENT, not my boss. I will inform you that I will not be available, not ask your f*cking permission.
ZooMom 4 years ago
Looking at the comments I want to clarify this man is talking about Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc and automatically not working on a holiday. For those oustaide the US, he isn't talking about vacation request which is accrued and used for ablock of time with family or just time off. Obviously vacation requests have to be taken at a reasonable time to avoid everyone leaving at once, hence "approval"
Mark Howell 4 years ago
One I've had a couple of times, holidays agreed and on the last day in I was told my time off was cancelled due to one thing or another. The last time this happened made it too late to book any before the end of the year and 10days lost were the result. Needless to say they had a position to fill in the New Year.
BigFootToo 4 years ago
All businesses should take a holiday from December 25 to December 30.. relax a little
Mitela Rahman 4 years ago
In my country we have this saying, when asking for a day off or holidays, the boss will make such a face as if you were asking for his/her kidney.
Paul Mitchell 4 years ago
It's just another way to show control. There are other ways of saying the same thing.
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troufaki13 4 years ago
They also offer you a chance to look at their brand new super expensive sports car
T. 4 years ago
I had our company lawyer once tell me: More responsibility does not mean more work, after I asked for a raise, due to being involved in new projects, which resulted in more work. They in fact did offer me a raise of approx. 1.5% that day, wich I took with the remark that I'm not happy and will be looking for other jobs. Soon, more projects were announce where I was to play a critical role with a loads of work, and I said yes to all of them. You should have seen the look on her face two months later, when I put in my notice. Totally worth it.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
You don't have to offer me more money, you can offer me less hours for the same pay.
Eric Lafleur 4 years ago
I heard of an employee who was quiting telling his boss to keep that ridiculous wage raise because he seems to need it more than he does.
Wednesday 4 years ago
I'll decline the offer of more responsibility for the same money, thank you!
Wednesday 4 years ago
I have actually done that - they seemed offended for some reason. Hell, I was offended...
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"Here, more work, less free time, worse mental health, and still no gratefulness."
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Lawrence Thatcher 4 years ago
I've found that with most people this is a good rule in general.
Marilyn Ransberry 4 years ago
I always wanted to say in a teacher / parent interview “ the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.”
kjorn 4 years ago
yeah. we can't say what we think anymore. the minority shout too loud and the media love that! they give s**t to someone who said something stupid at a party while drunk at 2am when they were 17 and because of that lose their job. yeah media looking for 'click' kill democraty
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Lmao! How oddly specific. You have zero self awareness.
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rspanther 4 years ago
That's the same look I give the when the boss says do it this way and you saying it won't work, and surprise it doesn't work.
Noway 4 years ago
I once had a boss/business owner who fired his manager (of a 500 person company), then went around to every store and fired at least one person, THEN got mad when we were short staffed, after being told this would make us short staffed.
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JP 4 years ago
Back when Windows 95 just came out, I was told by my boss I wouldn't get the promotion to "Windows 95 Expert", that they had hired someone better qualified to do the job. The woman they hired was doing the boss on the side. (True, it all came out when he knocked her up but wouldn't leave his wife for her.) Anyway, we are all standing around as she's being introduced to our network. The big boss, my boss' boss, my boss and the team are standing watching as IT explains how to get to certain areas. She stops him and asked (with waving hands, no less) how to make the picture (ummmm, window....) go "all the way to the top and edges". I pointed to the maximize/minimize icon on the window. She clicked it and said "Oh, isn't that neat. Now, how do I make it go back to the way it was?" I pointed back to the maximize/minimize icon again. "Oh wow, it works both ways. Neato." This is the look I gave all three bosses that day.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
You should never prove someone with authority wrong... They are arrogant petty dictators, their vengeance will be dire.
von Funnyname 4 years ago
No joke. I've had bosses that would reprimand me/employees for getting things done correctly, efficiently, and effectively because it wasn't done how they would have preferred. Sure enough, next time it comes around, they'd suggest it get done the way that worked better last time that had nothing to do with them. These are the people that got shaken down for their lunch money as a kid and think this is the hill they are supposed to die on in adulthood.
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Chich 4 years ago
Was felling trees once. Boss wanted one to go in a certain direction. On a side slope, leaning the wrong way with a wind to boot, I said I could put it there or there but not where he wanted. "Give the the goddanm saw" . On a bright note the peice of equipment he had parked at the bottom of the hill was only in the shop for a week.
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Had a request for a report that the system parameters wouldn't accommodate. Yes, I could create it, but that means exporting the data into Excel and creating a report there. It will take about 3 hours. He insisted that it could be done. Bear in mind that I am certified in 13 different accounting software systems and told him NO - it can't. He kept insisting, so I just pushed back from my desk and said, "Okay. Show me". Of course he sputtered like the complete tool he was and said he didn't know how to do it, but knew it could be done. It wasn't until I got our CPA on the phone to confirm it wasn't possible that he backed down. Not a single word of apology. You may be the owner buddy, but I'M the one with the education & experience.
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Jenny Barton 4 years ago
Baskin Robbins got me through a very hard time in my life, particularly the Strawberry Cheesecake. Definitely essential
Owiella Freddie 4 years ago
Probably because you're the only one who will agree to play the mascot.
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago (edited)
Joe said "just pay them more", and I am not ashamed to say he is right. Companies are too entitled, they should stop whining about not being able to bring back slavery. If your offer is not attractive enough, make a better offer... That's how free market works, that free market they love so much unless it does not benefit them.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
In the Netherlands: "Dear company, I just brought your job ad to the attention of the authorities. It's illegal pay to less than minimum wage, keep people from having access to legal benefits for a year and demand unpaid overtime."
13 4 years ago
Ieder uitzendbureau ooit. En als je de ballen hebt om te klagen kan je maar beter die nieuwe baan al achter de hand hebben.
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Lunar Bicycle 4 years ago
There was a pet shop in my neighborhood (not selling animals, just supplies) that wanted managerial experience, fluency in Microsoft Office suite, several years of customer service experience, some degree of college, and about a dozen other things. For $12 an hour. For a pet store. In the most expensive part of my city.
Wednesday 4 years ago
PAY PeOPLe DECENTLY - A "Living Wage in Denver is $28 per hour - and that won't even allow you to buy a home - just rent a 2 bedroom apartment, eat, and be house poor. If the minimum wage is supposed to be like it was in the Repugnican's idea of "the Good Old Days" i.e., the 1950's (you know, where everyone was still in their place) The wage would be about $39 per hour - that would still make you house poor, but you could buy a small, 3br house, a cheap car, and take two weeks off... And what's the minimum wage??? yeah... nice try f*****s. Pay a decent wage.
Evelyn Haskins 4 years ago
Please What on Earth is an HR????? Her Royal?? Hateful Republican??
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago
Human Resources. It's supposed to be the department of a company that supports the workers. Where you can file a grievance, make a complaint, etc. And they're supposed to help you. But it doesn't usually work that way. Usually, they only make sure the company has its àss covered. They don't give any more shíts about employees than the rest of the upper management does. They can also, as in this case, handle the company's hiring and firing.
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Al Cook 4 years ago
I think its safe to say, everyone of working age in an office environment, has done this AT LEAST once. Some people I know seem to make it part of their daily routine!
Serial pacifist 4 years ago
*Everybody on BP opens mail and sends that one-sentence mail they've been delaying for a week.*
Mark Johansen 4 years ago
Back in the days of floppy disks, a coworker of mine had to send something to a customer. She wasn't done on time, so she put a blank floppy in an envelope, and then stapled the envelope closed -- deliberately putting the staple through the floppy. When the customer got the mail a couple of days later, they called and said that the floppy had accidentally been stapled. She said she'd send them another copy immediately. Bought her a couple of days.
Tassenküchlein168 4 years ago (edited)
Don’t forget to insert the "sent to…" line and add „Fwd“ 😁
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Or my favorite: being told they never received my email, which I then forward to them - date stamped and marked as "read".
Donkey boi 4 years ago
Type the email, forward it to your personal account, send it back, edit the 'Original message' details to show it was addressed to them and change the date and time. 'Please find attached my original email, which you do not appear to have received'.
idraax poission 4 years ago
That's so much more work than sending the email in the first place.
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Limey Cheesehead 4 years ago
It fills my heart with joy to see other people admit they love Excel. I'm one of you!
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NsG 4 years ago
Excel is only a tool, just like a chainsaw. Unfortunately, some people shouldn't be left alone with chainsaws. And some people shouldn't be left alone with Excel.
Aliquid 4 years ago
You can spend hours making a nice clean table that is easy to fill out, and then send if out to people and say "please fill in the highlighted cells with updated information, thanks"... and it will come back broken. Doesn't matter how much you lock it down, or protect it, someone will figure out a way to break it... even if all they had to do was update a date field.
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iBlank 4 years ago
I started my career as a graphic designer, and 90% of my time was spent "designing" powerpoint slides. I'm now a web developer, and retaining more of my sanity
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Excel is quite relaxing and fun. https://www.how-use-excel.com/office-365-easter-eggs/
Jon Steensen 4 years ago
Excell can do a lot of amazing things. Figuring out how to make it do it on the other hand, can drive most people crazy.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Yep. I once had a woman go on an absolute tirade that our private business didn't have a Christmas tree in the lobby. It was the weirdest complaint, but she was livid.
Hemlock Tea 4 years ago
I worked at a craft store and a lady was pissed we didn't have any Jesus flavored Christmas stamps, I told her there was a hobby lobby down the street...
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Anna Snorrepot 4 years ago
I'm a middle-aged white lady, I am available for yelling services. Payment in banana, singular.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
This. And once they finally talk to the right person, they’re calm. Because they already unloaded their rage on you. Even if they weren’t mad at anything you did. And they never, ever, EVER come back and apologize to you about it. Ever.
Joanna Werman 4 years ago
I was told that I single-handedly did more harm than Reagan in his administration. I ran a kids club at a four-star resort. Could someone please explain this to me
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
To every service worker with the misfortune to encounter my maternal grandmother: I am so, so, so sorry.
StormWolf 4 years ago
Honestly, I was just saying the other day how I could NEVER work customer service in the US. No disrespect towards the average American, the ones I've personally interacted with are lovely overall. But the mindset over there of "the customer is always right" (which, btw is a distorted and cut-off version of the real quote ie "the customer is always right in matters of taste") which provides a certain kind of person with just enough pseudo-power to treat a paid employee like their own personal slave. I've worked retail for many years and have my CS face down pat, but I know my limits and I'm pretty sure I would be -at best- fired within hours or at worst, arrested for sticking my foot so far up a Karen's/Chad's àrse that they would taste shoe leather for a week
Sheila Stamey 4 years ago
I once had a sales position, where I, a female, in a male dominated company, was yelled at by my fellow sales, uh,man, that the NEXT walk in customer was his!! I had no problem with it. I watched as a woman walked in,I gestured her to his desk and watched chaotic fun unfold. She was drunk, but not obvious to him. She conversed with him. Rather well actually, considering the fact she peed all over his nice cloth upholstered chair,into the floor, while talking. Then she just got up and left! I was AMAZED. He got up. Goes " huh?" And the smell hit him. I was laughing so hard I had to leave! The boss was very confused about it, didn't know how that happened. I was just thinking well we shall see who I get..of course,it was a big deal, I kid you not.
Paula Kleski 4 years ago
I was cursed out by a woman because I wouldn't sell her 13 yr old a carton of cigarettes!!
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Ozacoter 4 years ago
I got in trouble for using popcorn instead of raisins to fill one toy for our primates. Popcorn was allowed dont get me wrong, but that toys description said raisins so my f****d up coworker (who tought that was my boss) made a huge issue out of it. The toy was just a log with small holes in it to hide food. You could theoretically put anything that fits inside, from seeds to peanut butter. But no, the example said raisins so I am a monster for puting something else.
Anna Snorrepot 4 years ago
Your primates got false advertising! Do you have a Karen-primate? You could say you were doing her a favour, giving her a chance to shine.
Load More Replies... Vorknkx 4 years ago
One of my coworkers was reprimanded for tossing her hair. Once. While there were no one else in the office (they saw her on the security cameras).
Anna Snorrepot 4 years ago
tossing your hair is kind of throwing it from front to back, right? This is an offence? I am flabbergasted
Load More Replies... Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Not at work, but at school : I was accused of stealing the teacher's cell phone, although there were no clues, no proofs, no witnesses, nothing... My parents were there, the cops too, and eventually the mother of one of my classmates came and brought the cell phone that her son took. It might have been because it was a very rich classy white suburb and I was the only person of color, but I am not racist so I won't assume a thing.
Biba Little 4 years ago
Coworker who doesn't know me at all, nor ever talked to me, complained to CEO that I am "mad" and "mentally unstable" person and should be therefor fired. I wasn't. But, top that!
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
In the Netherlands the people making an issue out of it would get reprimanded and asked if they have nothing better to do with their time. Because if no, they will line up some extra work for them.
Colin Matthews 4 years ago
I had to slightly rearrange the Health Department logos positions on a booklet cover I made to fit them all on. Not change them, just move them slightly to fit them around the text. Was told this no longer reflected the "pecking order" of the various hospitals. This was a FREE JOB I was doing for a large client.
Eric Rossman 4 years ago
My email program sorts the CC and To fields alphabetically, so I dodged this particular bullet.
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
And then, you remember it means you are now unemployed and broke... And your secret snacks were still in your drawer.
Islandchild 4 years ago
I'd promptly start messaging people to figure out which one is the legend
Katherine Jorgensen 4 years ago
I'ma beat the ever lovin' s*it outta that printer, steal that red stapler and burn the corporate world down!!
Marilyn Slater 4 years ago
I just saw the Carrera and hoped they'd left the keys behind the visor... Fire? What fire?
Rebecca McManus 4 years ago
Office was once closed for the day because the IRA fired rocket launchers at MI6 across the road, that was a nice surprise day off
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Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
My answer to this is same as my answer to high school reunions. HARD PASS.
KMill 4 years ago
With all the people who made it shitty tied up in the center and a huge pile of rotten tomatoes at your feet.
Memere 4 years ago
Even better, have the reunion at a fabulous place & lock out all the shitty people but let them stand outside looking in at the fun you're having with the great people! I absolutely never want to see the shitty ones again.
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ZAPanda 4 years ago
cover letters aren't that hard. You just leave a blank underline for the company name, and another blank underline for what they do. E.g. I am interested in working for _____ because I really admire _____'s products such as ______. I am a go-getter who really wants to bring value to the business processes of _____ and help its shareholders realise greater value and returns. I am able to work under pressure, a team player, and I don't mind working after hours when my manager appreciates it and helps me to grow in my career. Thanks for reading my resume! something like that.
James Doe 4 years ago
It's really simple: if you want a job and are motivated you just look at the job ad, then look at your cv and connect both. Depending on the culture you should be fine with mentioning the miss matches or lack of experience and explain how you'll deal with it. If you can't be bothered to do such a simple task, don't expect others to think highly of you or do a good job at connecting their expectations with your cv..
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Thinker Dell 4 years ago (edited)
I worked in the business service centre of a huge oil company. When we reached some target 2 YEARS ealier than expected, everyone could choose an apple or banana as the "prize" for this achievement. Next year they set a target that was unrealistic to reach - and we didn't. Thus, no one got annual bonus that year. And all this sh*t wasn't even the reason I left...it was the very toxic environment.
Marco Conti 4 years ago
At least it's the right shape to shove it up the guy that thought this out. Better be unripe or it's going to get messy.
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I'm allerlgicto bananas. No joke. Runs in my mom's family. We get seriusly ill if we eat one.
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LuckyL 4 years ago
delete? I'll never find where I was in the post - just switch. or unplug the monitor and complain that it's always turing itself off
Load More Replies... Bell Mead 4 years ago
Always carry a clipboard full of official looking papers around with you and look at it occasionally. Nobody bothers a person with a clipboard.
Memere 4 years ago
I always carried a file folder with miscellaneous papers in it & a pen.
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Ellen Ranks 4 years ago
This might relate to a Dutch proverb: "Spijkers op laag water zoeken". Literally: "Searching for nails at low tide". It means, going too far/ into too much detail while lokking for errors or faults.
Sheila Stamey 4 years ago
"So Mr. Uh, what is your position with our company? " "I'm the Head of Tidal Organizational Markers and Alignment."
The Deez 4 years ago
Ugh, I worked at a place that had the mindset of "If you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean!" so we all had to look busy ALL THE TIME, which lead to lots of cleaning stuff that had been cleaned 5 minutes before because HEAVEN FORBID we take a half second to recover from the lunch rush we just had. It was ridiculous.
Valley Girl 4 years ago
This is why I love that I wear a headset. Powers that be walk in and start talking. I just put up one finger and say uh-huh into it.
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Chucky Cheezburger 4 years ago
Jeez gawd I feel this so damn much....I dont CARE about whatever the hell you're yammering about Just please Shut. The. Fork. UP!!!!!
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
Headphones. Great way to avoid chatty coworkers when you're busy!
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
I once moved a talkative coworker to another room. The woman wouldn't stop talking and I couldn't get my work done. She was so angry about it that she refused to work in the same room with me ever again.
Al Cook 4 years ago
I have a couple of good talkers in the office. Fortunately I'm senior and if I say the conversation is done they get it.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Is it rude to just say "I don't care about what you are saying right now, please shut up" ?
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Obviously. A halfway smart person would just say they can’t talk right now and not be so dumb and weird about it.
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Nicola Roberts 4 years ago
haha! Thinks, may you boil in a pit of unrepentant plague infested souls. Says, of course no worries 😊 x
Evelyn Haskins 4 years ago (edited)
That is a funny Americanism. My sister who lived for some years in the USA told me that you really know when you've shat somebody off because they say "NO PRAHblem!"
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
No job has ever paid me enough to be worried about them. Whenever there was a crisis my brain always told me "Whatever happens, women, children and Wil first."
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Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
That's what people in the US are brainwashed to believe. It's incredible.
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Karin 4 years ago
I believed that for DECADES. I was wrong. After three of the jobs I left after working at them for several years each, they hired 3 to 5 people to do the same work. There was nothing wrong with my time management skills! There was something wrong with Management. At my most recent job, I have learned when another task is added to my responsibilities, to ask, "What would you like me to put on the back burner in order to complete this urgent matter. Mandatory task #1 so people get paid? Or Urgent Task #2 that you assigned me earlier today and haven't given me time to work on yet?" Management seems to think that it takes as long to do a task as it does for them to assign it." Here's a task. Is it done yet? "
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Anita Pickle 4 years ago
Jeans on Friday usually means you still have to wear a blazer and dress shoes and have to pretty much look like a douche
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Not wearing JEANS every day is bizarre? Or you’re thinking of pants? Not everyone wears jeans at all.
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Al Cook 4 years ago
Yes, this is f*****g ridiculous. I've looked into banning this, but it's legally tricky and hard to enforce.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Become a coffee addict and take 15 extra breaks at the coffee machine.
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
Which is why I always joined the smoke breaks or took my own tea breaks. No reason to have some people get more breaks than others.
Kanuli 4 years ago
Seriously we would sometimes sit and talk to our supervisor for 30 min. Since he was in charge, we didn’t mind, and I didn’t mind the passive smoke. He even invited me personally a few times to join him so we could talk some more. Cool guy. It’s a shame we didn’t stay in contact, although I tried.
ZAPanda 4 years ago
it's ok, if your life is sucking so much that you need to use cigarettes to get away from it, probably death by cancer is a merciful release.
Load More Replies... Eric Lafleur 4 years ago
Using the obligation to pray (...) several times a day works too, until HR catches up to it. I've seen this several times.
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Raven Sheridan 4 years ago (edited)
Finally, a job I'm qualified for! Now if they actually expect me to work... Well, that's a different matter entirely.
Al Christensen 4 years ago
They might start by recognizing the humanity of employees by changing the sign to "people WHO show up."
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
Sh!t employees are created by sh!t employers. If you managed to get your employees to a level where they won't even show up anymore, you should evaluate your managing skills and not the work ethics of the people you chased away. Managing isn't manhandling.
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
"Given that I have formulated my explanation in a way that is understandable even for a comatose asparagus, I assume further correspondence on this subject is superfluous. Kind regards, "
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Me Oh My 4 years ago
And like 6-7 cans of energy drinks once coffee no longer affects you.
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
I read somewhere that more American people are starting businesses. I guess a lot of them realised that you earn much more if you are the boss.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Well, power already belongs to the people... Who else could it ever belong to? Furniture?
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
"We are a family"... Translation : "I expect you to dedicate your entire life and energy to my own pleasure, and you should get used to gaslighting, guilt-tripping, and cult-like team-building bullshit."
Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Privately, we call the employees our children. You have to know how each child functions and what their strengths and weaknesses are. Otherwise you can lose control and you’ll have nobody to blame but yourself. Like parents. So.. kinda like a family lol
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Anna Snorrepot 4 years ago
you are bending my autistic mind all out of shape with this sentence
Load More Replies... Kanuli 4 years ago
Been there. And yes, people like this then complain, when I am late once, because KNOWING my trains were always late I already took 2 trains early (and usually arrived on time or early) but I somehow didn’t see it coming it would be even more late and unreliable today... PLUS I was ob flexible time contract anyway! Like wtf.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago (edited)
And than there are the people who have been on time for the last 21 years, but show up 10 minutes late because there was a major landslide and they had to dig their car out and drive a 150 mile detour who get written up for "constantly showing up late."
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Raven Sheridan 4 years ago
"If you hate your job, you don't just quit. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way!" - Homer Simpson.
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Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
Until HR remembers that they can't control your life oustide of work and you will sue them if they ever try to punish you.
Marco Hub-Dub 4 years ago
Ryan, in the US employers will even ask for access to your social media accounts. They’ll have you log into them so they can browse through things that aren’t public or make you give them your passwords. It’s not pervasive, but becoming more common. Also, most employees sign an agreement when they start a job that covers many forms of expression and almost always covers unsung disparaging or critical language about employer in any setting and any way.
Load More Replies... WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
In case you didn't notice: What you do in your own time on your own private social media still can get you fired. Also: do not become trending on social media because of your very peculiar and rebellious ideas about racism, sexism or vaccines.
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Memere 4 years ago
Same here, this guy could be a brother of the brown-nosing snitch I had to deal with!
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Rachel Adams 4 years ago
Someone i'd worked with for a awhile had just been made manager (for some strange reason as she couldn't manange a p**s up in a brewery), and snitched on me to the boss because a text i'd sent her after work (about 6.15pm) had arrived after midnight and woken her up!. Instead of coming to me to ask if i meant to send it that late, she ran to the boss. My boss asked me about it and when i said i'd not sent it late, she just rolled her eyes and told manager to not run to her with things like that.
Memere 4 years ago
It's certainly easy enough to prove when you sent the text, and good for your boss for having your back!
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Eric Lafleur 4 years ago
Dude: "I've just got a $1,00 raise!" Me: "Dude, that's $2000 per year, CRA and QRA (IRS in the USA) are going to take about half of it".
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Natalie Kelsey 4 years ago
I have this conversation with me every day even though I love my job. I just don't transition well
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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
BCC them. It's always nice when someone tries to screw you with false accusations and your boss knows that you did everything right and it's the accusing person who failed.
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Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
I'd love to have a work space half this cheerful. Our company banned everything like this from desk space as being "unprofessional". Somehow, the managers batman office didn't change though.
PopscotchM 4 years ago
To quote my my favourite book series: "Hypocrisy form a [boss]? i'm shocked. SHOCKED."
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TitanFoxX 4 years ago
Here in NL, Europe, it is illegal to block day off requests, unless there is a very very VERY important reason to do so.
Guy MacGregor 4 years ago
Sweden here: HR complains we don't take enough time off.
Load More Replies... Kanuli 4 years ago
Welcome to europe, where (in some countries I know) you have to have 2 weeks vacation uninterrupted. Meaning: if you didnt have that before November they have to give you these 2 weeks. Cheers.
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
You are even legally required to take that break. If you don't, your boss is supposed to force you. Our continent is pretty nice.
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Tristan Nind 4 years ago
Every company I have ever worked for in the UK has a "use it or lose" it policy, and they do urge you to take it in good time. Generally they don't prescribe when you can or can't take it subject to resourcing issues, for instance if there are too many off at the same time. I have worked for businesses that have seasonal peaks, for instance in my last role 50% of our annual sales came in the third quarter and so nobody was allowed to take holiday during this time. The key is, this is all set out in the contract and if you don't like, don't do the job.
Memere 4 years ago
The last company I worked for before retirement did this, but it was a major candy company & production for seasonal treats (Halloween, Christmas, Valentines, Easter) ramped up in mid-summer to the end of the year. People at the factories were not allowed to take week long vacations, and they didn't have unions so the company was able to enforce it.
Pezor Zass 4 years ago
i work for a US university and we have no-time-off periods at the start of the Fall semester. I think it's reasonable in cases like that where there is a definite super busy time and it's not feasible to hire in temp staff to cover because jobs are so specialized.
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Biba Little 4 years ago
I don't get why they force us to work in open offices or office at all on jobs that can easily be don from home. My job is software developer, now working from home because of quarantine, but before that they just wouldn't let us to work from home. I lose 2,5 hours in commute each day, I have to get up at 6am, wait for bus in the rain or snow, come home at night hungry and beaten and why? To be in the office? Working at home leaves me more free time, I don't lose nerves and hours in public transport, I don't have to sit in cold office on uncomfortable chair and have coworkers bully me. And I can gladly work longer hours. Why would I need to go to the office? Micromanagement. Stupidest thing ever.
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
Yup. Mediocre managers are so scared that you're not actually working when they can't look over your shoulder all the time, that they need you to come in. Instead, they could easily implement other ways to check on productivity, like delivery deadlines... If you have your task done in time, you've done your work, and it doesn't matter if you did that on a Wednesday evening of drunk coding or took a whole week of 9-to-5s. Done is done.
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Jo Choto 4 years ago
The average American business's idea of profit seems to focus on requiring the most work from the fewest amount of people at the least pay for the quickest and largest profit. It's a model that will always implode. The best way to have a successful business is to treat workers like humans, give them paid vacation and personal time off, preferably include profit sharing or similar schemes and close during holiday periods. Try it. See how it changes everything.
Noway 4 years ago
Lol, it's not imploding, it's what our economy is built on. PROFIT
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bill marsano 4 years ago
Even the pandemic has an upside. While most employers are whining that they can't get staff because people 'don't want to work,' at least a few are recognizing that people don't want to work for poor pay and in poor conditions,' and have taken steps to remedy the situation. Too few, so far--but maybe it'll catch on.
Synsepalum 4 years ago
Jeez, I am so glad I don't work in an office or with customers. I'm a baker and I am granted a lot of creative control. I don't make as much money as some office folk, but I love my job.
Biba Little 4 years ago
I don't get why they force us to work in open offices or office at all on jobs that can easily be don from home. My job is software developer, now working from home because of quarantine, but before that they just wouldn't let us to work from home. I lose 2,5 hours in commute each day, I have to get up at 6am, wait for bus in the rain or snow, come home at night hungry and beaten and why? To be in the office? Working at home leaves me more free time, I don't lose nerves and hours in public transport, I don't have to sit in cold office on uncomfortable chair and have coworkers bully me. And I can gladly work longer hours. Why would I need to go to the office? Micromanagement. Stupidest thing ever.
Demi Zwaan 4 years ago
Yup. Mediocre managers are so scared that you're not actually working when they can't look over your shoulder all the time, that they need you to come in. Instead, they could easily implement other ways to check on productivity, like delivery deadlines... If you have your task done in time, you've done your work, and it doesn't matter if you did that on a Wednesday evening of drunk coding or took a whole week of 9-to-5s. Done is done.
Load More Replies... Jo Choto 4 years ago
The average American business's idea of profit seems to focus on requiring the most work from the fewest amount of people at the least pay for the quickest and largest profit. It's a model that will always implode. The best way to have a successful business is to treat workers like humans, give them paid vacation and personal time off, preferably include profit sharing or similar schemes and close during holiday periods. Try it. See how it changes everything.
Noway 4 years ago
Lol, it's not imploding, it's what our economy is built on. PROFIT
Load More Replies... bill marsano 4 years ago
Even the pandemic has an upside. While most employers are whining that they can't get staff because people 'don't want to work,' at least a few are recognizing that people don't want to work for poor pay and in poor conditions,' and have taken steps to remedy the situation. Too few, so far--but maybe it'll catch on.
Synsepalum 4 years ago
Jeez, I am so glad I don't work in an office or with customers. I'm a baker and I am granted a lot of creative control. I don't make as much money as some office folk, but I love my job.
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