Someone Asks People To Share The Worst Career Advice They Ever Got And They Deliver (35 Pics)

If this is in fact her account, good for her for the sense of humour. People saying it was her fault are completely wrong! He was the POTUS, a man in power and her interning there, he was who she clearly admired. There have been many other women who have said that he was a womanizer. It just so happens that this young girl was the one that got caught up in his indiscretions. Wave it off Wanda, continue to do you Monica!

If that's really her account, I'm impressed she can have a sense of humor about it now. That dominated the news for what seemed like forever at the time.

I feel like without Linda tripp telling her she looked fat in the dress so she wouldn’t clean it none of this would of ever came out. Which idk is good or bad

And Bill is still treated like a hero.

in all fairness, it wasn't her internship as much as her lack of character

Far too many companies today try to force you to work extra hours, especially if you are part time help. Watch out for those who will work you consistently just under full time. They are trying to take advantage of you. Do not let your job take advantage of you. Once it starts it will never end. Stay firm and don't give in on coming in on your day off. Every job I had wanted me to be a "team player" and come in just this once. It very quickly became a situation where they "needed" me every time my day off came. They were not willing to promote me, nor were they willing to pay properly. I left those jobs. If they expect me to care and be a team player it works both ways. A company that values you will respect you, not take advantage at every turn.

A manager once told me that job assignments are created so work gets done in a 40 hour work week. If you can't complete everything in that time, then your not as productive as you should be. After that I started doing the bare minimum to get by. My family is way more important.

My favorite boss asked in our initial interview: "What would you do if a regional rep came in and said they had a chance to get $1000s in free printing, but the artwork has to go in tonight, and you still have to pick up your kids from daycare?" I replied, "I'd tell the rep that I have to pick up my kids at daycare, but if she/he could do it for me, I'd get their artwork done... and don't ask me what the kids look like, we haven't met." My boss laughed and she hired me. She said, "Our motto here is 'It's a job and we do it very well, but it's not the end of the world.'"

These are the corporate companies that will ask for your blood.

Also - working late only advertises who can be bullied/manipulated into being taken advantage of. Yes... on occasion it's necessary (ie: middle of an experiment) but you should never make it a POINT to do it because you'll seem harder working. You learn that the bosses are going to promote who they *want* to promote, and if they have decided to marginalize you, there is nothing you can do to make them "see". I've had work stolen, I've been given other people's work (other people who were given raises and promotions for being "amazing employees") - I've worked the 12 hour days, the weekends, the holidays - not once was I ever congratulated or noticed for "going the extra mile".

Thanks a lot for this I quit my banking job in below one month because my employer sugar coated everything at the beginning and as a fresh graduate who had zero marketing experience + slightly introverted personality (although I'm very talkative once I warm up), I was not confident with what I'm supposed to do. My employer began teaching me unethical methods to find customers. My fellow workers have known her as a very moody and bossy fellow. She even got mad at the ONLY customer service we had who was so busy with her work and helping her mother to sell homemade food, she spent more than her health insurance on her health. Turns out, there have been 7 other employees who couldn't last under her. I went back to my relaxing freelancing job and I am glad I did what I did.

Only 90 day probation?! It's 6 months in my country.

She's absolutely correct! If it's a bad work situation, get out ASAP and spend a year at a better job!

I agree with this. And it works for academics too. As I sat in my desk on the first day of my Finite Math class, I noticed the professor never looked up at the class once..not even during roll call. His answer to questions was..well just read the book. Well I read it..that's why I'm asking. So after day two, I withdrew from the class and signed up for another course. A friend stayed behind and gave me updates on the train wreck that the class was becoming. Nearly every student failed the first exam..because they discovered he had shown them how to do problems in reverse. I told her to take fellow students to the Dean and tell him what was happening. Turned out the professor was in the stages of Alzheimers. The school let the students take the class again free of charge. The professor died 6 months after he was forced into retirement.

I agree sometimes ya can tell within a few weeks or a month whether the job is for you and if its suits you (or that ya can handle any abusive coworkers)

Same. I was the best in technics; got told it was not for girls and I should become a nurse because that is more "lady-like". Have a low-paying nursing job I hate now (NOT because of the patients! they are awesome and make it bearable!; just not my passion) and am 35 now and "re-doing" time; NOW 20 "wasted" years later studying to become a technical engineer (plumber to be honest :P)

My sister was dissuaded from taking HVAC classes at a local community college. It was considered "mens work." She said that was obvious when she found out the building where the classes were held didn't even have women's bathrooms. Well she became HVAC certified and went on to do repairs for 7 years. The only reason she quit is because she hated being on call for emergencies. She opted for working in the shop with repair, supplies and invoicing so she could have her weekends and a life outside of work.

In formerly communist countries in eastern and central Europe (Poland, Romania, etc.), STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) is not viewed as being a male field.

My mum's school guidance councilor told her she couldn't be a vet because she didn't have the money eventhough she had the grades she needed to get in to verify school and she could use student loans. My mum now works as a senior carer in a care home.

Good for you !

I believed this for way to long.

I have found that the harder I work, the more work I get. Many of the managers I have run into during my life have been promoted to the point of incompetence and they don't recognize your efforts and worth. They will give the same 3% raise to the hard workers and the slackers of your team. I would say do a good job, do your best, and have a good work ethic. Take pride in what you do and do all of this for yourself because that is what truly matters.

I agree it depends on the boss, and whether they’re a fair and ethical person who will give credit where credit is due. I’ve had way too many bosses who delegated all their own work to a capable assistant or their departments. Then that/those non-management employee(s) would work really hard to finish it perfectly, only to have the boss put their own name to it, take full credit as if they did it all by themselves with no help at all, “humbly” accept the praise for being a genius, then take the offered raise and/or promotion for a job well done. There’s a special place in hell for them, though you hope karma catches up before then, and at some point they’re exposed as the incompetent frauds they really are.

my boss drives and Audi R8 V10 Plus, lovely car, and he said that if i work hard and put in the hours, next year....he will buy another one

Aahaahhaahhaahahahaha sooo not true in like 90%

*your* health (sorry lol)

The profile picture of this guy was basically me reading the advice they got.

Maybe "If you're not about to collapse, you're not working out enough". If you think that work is killing you, change something. Work, team or at least schedule.

That's rediculous~!

My work asked people to stay late today but I couldn't because I honestly felt like I was about to collapse.

Ha. I'm 41 and about to take prerequisites to go back to medical school. It's never too late!!

That word must mean something else now...

That was a ridiculous thing for that person to tell you. Glad you didn't take that person's advice.

My mum went to uni in her 40s, did a Bachelor degree and went into a completely different field. Nah, never too old.

Career change is more of a discussion topic for a professional Career Counselor, not a Headhunter. It’s not the Headhunter’s job to try and sell an unqualified prospect to a potential employer. They won’t stay in business doing that. Their function is to work with hiring managers to define requirements and recruit suitable candidates whose skill sets align with available openings in their network. I’m hoping that was just a joke that went over the job-seeker’s head.