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‘They told me about their severance packages in the first interview’: Employees Share Most Entertaining Job Interview Stories

‘They told me about their severance packages in the first interview’: Employees Share Most Entertaining Job Interview Stories

Ding, ding… Alarm bells go off in my head anytime I hear the phrase, ‘Though there are set hours, most employees stay extra so to show they’re committed to this job'. Another big red flag is when the interviewer seems disinterested or unprepared. If they haven't looked over my resume, or if they're asking basic questions they should already know the answers (again, read my resume). Sometimes the interviewer doesn't really provide clear information regarding a role, and that just makes me think…
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Mother Refuses to Accept Her Daughter Moving Out of Town, Tries to Make Her Apply to Jobs Closer to Home

Mother Refuses to Accept Her Daughter Moving Out of Town, Tries to Make Her Apply to Jobs Closer to Home

Left alone with an empty nest can feel… well, empty. Watching your kids grow up and become adults with their own lives can be hard. Look, I get that being left alone sucks, especially when your entire identity is being a parent. But you have got to let them GO. Let them move out, let them make mistakes, let them do their thing… Trying to force someone to stay will only drive them further away. This mother was absolutely livid when she found out her 22-year-old daughter was moving to a different…
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Worker Gives His Three Week Notice, Company Asks For Four Weeks And Quickly Fires Him

Do they want him or not?
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New Job Red Flags Redditors Avoid Like the Plague

New job who dis?
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Power-Tripping Boss Threatens to Tell Employee's New Boss to Revoke His Job Offer

He's a bad guy...duh
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‘This Is Your New Job’: Boss Demands Employee Babysit Her Child During Work Shifts for Free

‘This Is Your New Job’: Boss Demands Employee Babysit Her Child During Work Shifts for Free

Management tends to have some pretty bold, audacious requests, or should we say rather 'demands'. In this case, OP was working as a receptionist at a chiropractic clinic. Her boss went on personal leave for a few months, saying she had family issues that she needed to take care of. After said issues were taken care of, OP's boss came back… with a newborn baby. OP's boss wanted to work full time per usual, and instead of plopping her child off at a babysitter's, she plopped her child off in her…
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Humorous Thread Contemplates The Awkwardness Of Settling Into A New Job

It's a minefield.
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