40 Anti-Work Memes From Workipedia To Help You Get Through Another Day

Especially when they say they will get back to you. Just don't say it if you're not going to do it.

Best to just assume you aren't getting the job and move on under that assumption, and let anything else be a pleasant surprise. That way you don't waste time and mental energy.

I applied for 25 jobs when I was 15 through an app. 22 said nothing. 2 thanked me for applying and told me I was too young. 1 interviewed me and ended up hiring me. I still remember the 22 that didn't even bother with an automated email

If anyone applied for work at my company they ALWAYS received either a letter or an email, including good wishes for their future.

Great idea. Of course, that's assuming you get an interview, which means you've got past all the hurdles of applying online and getting a person to look at your application....in "the old days" You actually handed your application and typically got an interview right away or pretty promptly. And if not hired, you got a rejection postcard saying thank you for your interest, we've hired someone else.

everyone that doesn't care: "I will soon be a billionaire anyway" 🤦‍♂️🎅

Lot's of people are trying to fix the problems. Many of those people have dedicated their lives to that. Why on earth would you say no one is?

That is what happens when billionaires and corporations own the congress.

Is that an argument for only voting very rich people to leadership?

The people in the highest parts of government ARE making the big bucks. The problems DON'T apply to them, so why should they bother?

A female on-site Accountant quit my former construction company employer after filling in for a male Accountant on military leave. She scorned the company during her exit interview because she was writing bigger checks to useless interns and my male coworkers with the same job title and experience as me. I was given a $10K raise a few weeks later, only because they were afraid that I'd found out. They were paying me 25% less for no reason besides being a woman in a man's world and I had no idea.

A huge problem also seems to be that new hires are typically hired at a higher rate. Meanwhile, you're long-standing dedicated employees haven't gotten races to keep up, so new hires are making more than your long-term employees, which is not fair.

Also it is illegal for those companies to even say that...discuss your salary all the time so the company won't rip you off... whoever is running these should be in jail

As constantly shifting between management and employee roles, I can understand rules not to divulge salaries (although rudeness has nothing to do with it). Unless it's a government job with predetermined salaries, you get paid somewhere between your request at the interview, and how much the company is willing to pay, based on industry standard tables that anyone can look up. So your entry salary into a company very much depends on you. If you set your expectations and thresholds, and go to a job within those thresholds - you get what you wished for. Now, if you miscalculated and everyone else is making more money than you, it's not the company's fault but your negotiation skills. As for salary increases, they are usually based on percentages of your existing salary. If you find out someone makes twice what you agreed to, don't expect a 100% raise. If your perception and calculations have changed, then of course you can tell your employer, but your best bet is start at a new company..

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I hate this philosophy as an employee and an employer. Not all corporations do this to screw their workers. Sometimes people get paid more because they have a special skill that you might not know about. As a worker, if you find out you get paid less than a colleague, you get angry, even though you might not fully understand their credentials or trajectory. If you find out you get paid more, you get anxious about living up to expectations. Salary should be confidential. Not for nefarious reasons.

My response to “how do you perform under pressure” is “I usually take the Bowie parts” Only works with older recruiters though

Fair question!

The one that makes me want to scream is, why do you want to work for our company? I wish I could say, because I NEED a JOB!!

I honestly see nothing wrong with this question. Is reality and makes you see that sometimes while at work there's going to be pressure and you gotta learn to handle it. My first jobs there was a lot of pressure wich is understandable because of the kind of job is it, so again, I don't get this one.

So the job has a high pressure :D

Sounds ideal

YASSSSSS!!!

wasting disease? /gen

If you expect work-life balance (and you should!) you should also expect it for your managers.

Worked somewhere for 9+ years, loved the place, my work, my colleagues, and did well. Got fired because after a merger my job disappeared. My manager did not do anything, not even send an email "sorry to see you go"or sgive me a handshake. That was the moment I realized that I meant nothing to the company and should never have thought otherwise.

In my experience, every time I changed jobs it was for the positive.

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Talk to me when you quit. There isn't anything remarkable here.