A viral photo is raising a debate about office manners. An unnamed person who goes by Vented55 posted a photo on the Casual UK Reddit Thread to get others’ opinions on office etiquette, showing a fridge filled with several bottles of milk with one being padlocked. “Peak pettiness or justifiable security in the office kitchen,” … Read more
Don’t file this under perks at work. A study shows that going to and from the office can actually be atrocious for your health. “A lengthy commute to work is associated with being less physically active, being overweight, and having sleep problems,” wrote researchers from the Stockholm University. “And, depending on where your office is located, you may … Read more
Brooklyn resident Errol Pierre, 40, isn’t the kind of guy who stays in his lane and minds his own business when he sees that something is going terribly wrong. Two decades ago, while studying finance, he took a job at a beauty salon. An unhappy customer said her hair had been dyed the wrong color. … Read more
I think my employee left a bad accounting of my management style on the company review website, Glass Door. The anonymous post sounds suspiciously close to an interaction that occurred between me and someone on my staff. I can’t prove it was him, though. Would it be appropriate for me to ask? Unless the post … Read more
As Gen Z enters the workforce, there is a language barrier forming between them and their older colleagues, according to new research. More than four in 10 Gen Z workers don’t know the meaning behind common workplace phrases such as “bite the bullet” and “back to the salt mines”. The study – from the visualization … Read more
More than a third of employees spend an average of an hour a day working from bed (35%), according to new research. A survey of 2,000 people who work mostly or entirely remotely explored how working from home has evolved over the last few years. Prior to the pandemic, when respondents worked outside of the … Read more
Despite many of them having only just entered the workforce, Generation Z — those born in 1997 onwards — is already getting a bad rap at the office. According to a recent survey of 1,300 managers, three out of four agree that Gen Z is harder to work with than other generations — so much … Read more
A boss has issued a stinging memo to staff instructing them not to make friends with colleagues during work hours, in a move that has outraged social media users. The terse memo was posted on Reddit by an anonymous employee who invited other users to comment on their boss’ tyrannical behavior. Printed on a piece … Read more
Some American business owners and managers hold a dismal view of Gen Z workers, shocking new research has revealed. ResumeBuilder surveyed 1,344 people in managerial positions across different industries in the US earlier this month, asking them about their experiences working with those born in 1997 or later. Almost half (49%) of respondents declared it … Read more
A new survey has found four in 10 Americans have no idea what they should do when they see people getting cat-called. The poll of 2,000 US adults found 72% have either experienced harassment firsthand or have witnessed someone getting harassed. Half (52%) of them have been harassed in the past, while 37% have witnessed … Read more
No amount of success or accolades can stop some people from feeling like an imposter — especially women. More than half of women experience imposter syndrome at some point, according to a new poll of 4,000 adults. Imposter syndrome, or the feeling that you don’t deserve certain achievements, has hindered romantic and platonic relationships as … Read more
Like daughter, like … wife? A man who is 16 years older than his wife is being accused by trolls of marrying a woman who looks “exactly like his daughter.” Chris Chapin, 44, and his wife, Savana Chapin, 28, first met when she began working for him four years ago as a hairstylist at the … Read more
Millennials are divorced from the idea of having a “work spouse.” The generation born between 1981 and 1996 apparently disapproves of the typically platonic office relationship dubbed the “work husband” or “work wife,” according to a poll conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies for Newsweek. This month, 1,500 US adults were asked about relationships in the … Read more
Suffering from the dreaded “Sunday scaries”? Often preceding the “Monday blues,” the anxiety we feel on what should be “Sunday funday” can actually be remedied, experts say, with just a few simple tricks. To “help prevent burnout,” psychotherapist Belinda Sidhu told the Daily Mail she recommends shutting down work phones and logging off work email … Read more
Exacting revenge on a cold-blooded boss is all the rage among fed-up Gen Z and millennial employees. Emerging online as a newly viral form of workplace retribution, the #RageApplying trend is inspiring overworked, overlooked, unappreciated and underpaid laborers to mass-submit their resumes to job listings in effort to secure more suitable posts — which often come with … Read more
Believe it, achieve it. That’s the key to success, according to a new study from the University of Essex, which was published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Researchers found that hope, positive perceptions and feelings of being in control yield a greater desire for accomplishment. The study featured more than 1,000 students … Read more
Gen Z workers are feeling burnout and stress on the job more than any other age group, new data finds. An estimated 91% of Gen Zers are reporting such stress, higher than the 84% average, according to stats from Cigna International Health’s 2023 survey. The stress has become “unmanageable” for 23% of the demographic and … Read more
She’s doing the im-boss-ible. One woman is revealing template messages that you can send to your boss when you’re sick — or in other sticky scenarios at work — with some calling it “perfect” and others claiming that the text sounds like it was written by an “AI bot.” Hannah MacDonald, from Toronto, goes by … Read more
They’ll say it was “locker room talk.” A woman caught her male co-workers messaging crude comments about her appearance during a video call — and outed the men. In a clip she shared that has since gone viral on TikTok, Whitney Sharpe, the vice president of a recruiting and staffing firm, is recording a conference … Read more
Now here’s a hot tip for corporate hotties on the hunt. Drop-dead gorgeous job-seekers would be wise to downplay their flawless features and camouflage their fab physiques on job interviews for a better chance at landing the gig, per viral advice from an in-the-know employment expert. “Oh, she’s, like, phenomenally beautiful? That’s annoying. And I … Read more