As an American, I demand the right to a massive refrigerator/freezer with ice water in the door. That’s not a thing here. Okay, it’s becoming more popular, but it certainly hasn’t been available in any of the three apartments I’ve rented since I moved to Switzerland. The refrigerators
It’s that wonderful present time of year! But businesses are hierarchical and presents go down and not up. See this horror of an example from r/antiwork. Do not do this. Ever. If you absolutely, positively have to give the boss a present, it should be small and consumable.
Four cannibals apply for a job in a big corporation… “Well“, says the boss, „if I hire you guys, you have to promise to not eat any of our staff.“ The cannibals promise that they will not eat anyone and get hired. Everything is going well for a
Finding market-rate salaries can be difficult, especially as pay rates increase rapidly in entry-level jobs. We know that you’ll make more money if you jump companies, which makes no logical sense–your current company should pay up. But they don’t increase salaries enough for current employees, although they will
I truly love Halloween. It’s a great holiday without family or guilt obligations. It’s candy and costumes, and what could be better? Nothing. But what could be worse? Oh, dear me, a whole lot worse than I could have imagined. So terrible that I hope this is fake.
In 1991 moviegoers watched Sally Field portray Betty Mahmoody in Not Without My Daughter. In real life, Mahmoody was trapped by her Iranian husband in Iran, and she could not leave with her American-born daughter. The Swiss embassy helped Mahmoody smuggle her daughter out. How horrible, people said.
I found this on Reddit and started to write an answer, but it got long, and I thought it should go here instead. I’m a trainer and am entering the end of my first pay period at a new facility. My contract states I’m a salaried employee, then
I’ll be attending my second funeral of September today–third if you count Queen Elizabeth’s. While Queen Elizabeth’s funeral was certainly much grander (and longer!) than any funeral I’ve attended in person, the dress code (minus the hats) is what I was used to in the US. Men wear
Surely everyone has heard the story of someone who comes in for a job interview, treats the receptionist poorly, and doesn’t get the job. That’s how it should be. Everyone deserves politeness and respect–especially when you haven’t met them before. (I’ll allow you to not respect people who
You apply. You go through a phone screen. You go through three rounds of interviews. And you still wait. And wait. And sometimes, you get ghosted, and the recruiter or hiring manager never gets back to you. And sometimes they do. Sometimes even with an offer! But why
