When I was applying for jobs, I was a bit skeptical of any company that asked me to take a personality test before the interview. I understand wanting to hire somebody with good vibes, but isn't that what the multiple rounds of interviews are for? You would think companies might do such a test to understand someone's temperament and working style to ensure they're suitable for this position. That, unfortunately, is not usually the purpose. Although it's quite shady, many jobs that use "personal…

Not many people will ever find themselves in a position where they can turn down multiple job offers in the search for something better, but vetting a potential employer before taking a job should be something everyone is able to do. And when the job is an especially dangerous one, making sure you're not walking into a shitshow is imperative. This is what redditor u/Fun-Construction-112 didn't quite understand when his engineer girlfriend kept turning down jobs that were offering six figures. H…

Who will win: one petty supervisor with a bad attitude or a worker with all the leverage in the world? In this episode of Malicious Compliance, u/fire_me_anytime tells the tale of “Bobby,” an indispensable CNC machinist who, for some reason, was the only guy in the entire crew who knew how to make an essential (and super expensive) part of the company's product. Can you guess what happened when Bobby's supervisor decided to flex a muscle he didn't have and smugly serve him a demerit slip for be…

Now that's malicious compliance.

Scammers gonna scam!

Is it ethical to use food delivery services for your groceries ? This question has been bobbing around Twitter since the beginning of the pandemic when the number of people paying others to get their groceries increased immensely. This new reality where we weren't supposed to go outside brought up some quagmires that are worth contemplating. Is hiring somebody to pick up groceries more ethically dubious than hiring somebody to pick up your takeout? Who benefits the most from food delivery and i…

Most jobs have pretty simple schedules. You go in during the morning, leave at night, sleep, and come back the next morning. Nursing is not " most jobs ." When you're a nurse, you could be working the night shift one day and working a day shift the very next day. It really does a number on your circadian rhythm. Once you get a big girl job, you'd think you'd have a more consistent schedule, going in the same time every week and getting used to the consistent yet grueling hours you need to work.…

You can tell a lot about a workplace by how upper management speaks about people who have left the company. It's not too difficult to pick up on a boss struggling to maintain employees because of their poor management style. While it's normal to have a few wacko former employees, it's a red flag when every former employee is discussed with derision and disgust. I've only quit jobs a couple of times, but the reaction from management was very different. When I put my two weeks in while working at…

In a civilized workplace, an employer trusts the word of their employee (you know, the one whose labor makes the company its profits?) when the employee calls in sick. It's that simple. In other, more toxic work environments, bosses have the tendency to interrogate their workers whenever they request a crumb of time off. It's almost as if upper management thinks that they can bully their employees out of being sick. When u/LargeThighMeat received an email from their boss requesting their reason…

Employment can be a real piece of work. Being the underling of your boss can go sour quickly. As anyone in the workforce knows, employers are often more than willing to take advantage of their employees because they think they can get away with it. Horrible bosses believe they can squeeze the life out of their workers and continue doing so because they don't think they will ever quit. Who among us hasn't had a boss who watches our every move, making you terrified of making one error to risk bei…

You've got to be kidding me

Overreact much?

Come again?

Back to school! Again!

Do you take your whole 30 minutes?

At this point, it's a well-known fact that everybody avoids sending in their resume to a potential employer with a ‘gap’ in it. The reason is simple — it is generally frowned upon. Recruiters who receive such resumes squint a little and put on their glasses, take a sip from their coffee, and try to decipher whether it's even worth calling the candidate in for an interview — because let's face it, we're judgy human beings. The common belief is that candidates who have such a gap, have either for…