Last week I published an article about a Walmart manager who was fed up and discussed a lot of the things he deals with. Today it’s an employee that gets to vent. A lot of what they talk about pertains to where I work at as well, and probably most retail chains out Read More…
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The Worst Job Interview Horror Stories
Lifehacker asked their readers for their worst job interview story and there are several below. I’ve interviewed well over 1,000 people during my career and there are many classics, but the one I remember the most was when I interviewed a guy for a cashier position in the early 80’s. He was in his Read More…
Human Resources Can Be Inhuman
This is part of a great article on Lifehacker. The main part I have below is about HR and how they are not really there for you, they are there to protect the company. I worked in HR for a couple years as a training manager and witnessed first hand how they view Read More…
The Doctored Doctor Note
This is from notalwaysworking.com, we’ve had a lot of discussion about sick calls and how to handle them, but this is one of the best. I wish I could have been a fly on the wall to watch this interaction… Doctored Doctor Note (I work as a manager in a retail store. I have one Read More…
Something Stinks at WalMart
This is an interesting article about WalMart closing 5 stores for what could be called suspicious reasons. I wonder if any of the 2,000 employees that were laid off truly believe there’s something wrong with the plumbing, although I’m sure they believe that something stinks… Earlier this year, WalMart became one of several corporate Read More…
Bitchy Sick Note to Boss Goes Viral
So last week I talked about sick calls from employees, here’s a different take on the situation. Evidently this employee’s job required a doctor’s note for them to miss work, and the doctor used the opportunity to make a statement about the company policy. I love the “kind regards” part at the end… We Read More…
Sunday Soapbox–Robotic Dialogues
Recently Walgreens told their employees they no longer need to say “Be Well” after their interaction and are not required to say “Welcome to Walgreens” either. The writer of the article below, however, has a problem with them now encouraging employees to use customer’s names where possible, since he doesn’t want the clerk remembering Read More…
Another Great Job By The Karma Truck
Regardless of how you may feel about Chick-Fil-A and their political beliefs, you’ll have to agree that this guy got what was coming to him. It’s one thing to want to express your opinion about a fast food chain’s political agenda, but another thing entirely to intentionally berate an employee who has nothing to do Read More…
Dreiling Strikes Again!
So Wal-Mart raises their wages above minimum (and also, I’ve learned, gave a 2% raise across the board to those above the minimum, which is definitely the right thing to do!) and many companies are following suit but evidently Dollar General is not one of them. Since CEO Rick Dreiling was famous at Longs Read More…
The Top 30 Excuses To Get Out Of Work
This list is from Ranker.com and I’ll admit I’ve never heard #16, 18, 21, 22 or #27, and very glad I never had anyone use #19. And aren’t #7 and #12 the same thing? In fact #1 is pretty much the same as well. I have had some great “sick calls” over the Read More…