‘If you’re sick, prove it’: Olive Garden manager fired after time-off tirade

‘If you’re sick, prove it’: Olive Garden manager fired after time-off tirade

One Olive Garden manager was caught being a real Grinch to employees this Christmas season — and now the team leader has been 86’d. Parent company Darden took action after a mean-spirited missive from the Kansas worker went viral, drawing negative attention to the brand, which has been struggling with inflation-related setbacks. “From now on, … Read more

Starbucks staffer issues warning to ‘no tip’ workers: ‘That’s fireable’

Starbucks staffer issues warning to ‘no tip’ workers: ‘That’s fireable’

The new Starbucks tipping system has gotten more complicated, thanks to dueling tips from TikTok baristas. “The amount of baristas on here saying that they just hit the ‘no tip’ button before handing out the card reader, that’s scary. First of all, my loves, that’s fireable,” TikTok user @yassimodo, who claims to be a Starbucks … Read more

Maryland worker’s viral video pokes fun at punch clocks still being used on the job, TikTok users react

Maryland worker’s viral video pokes fun at punch clocks still being used on the job, TikTok users react

Social media users are getting a blast from the past after a viral TikTok video showed that employee punch time clocks are still being used at some workplaces. Cadence Nicole, a TikTok user from Maryland, shared a video of the wall-mounted punch clock that’s reportedly used at her place of employment. “It’s 2022 and this is … Read more

Gen Z party poopers have ruined after-work drinks

Gen Z party poopers have ruined after-work drinks

Is Happy Hour really that happy? That’s the debate on tap as workers settle back into going to the office — and potentially grabbing drinks with coworkers at the end of the day. Some young millennials and Gen Zers — who tend to be ever concerned with “healthy” work-life boundaries — are taking a stance … Read more

How you can take 46 days of vacation with just 18 PTO days in 2023

How you can take 46 days of vacation with just 18 PTO days in 2023

Here’s to working hard at hardly working! In the wake of the quiet quitting craze — which has inspired overworked millennials and Gen Zers to unburden themselves by doing the bare minimum in the office — a scheduling-savvy TikToker is now schooling rest-seeking staffers on how to get paid while taking off more than a … Read more

How workers have changed their attitudes about retirement

How workers have changed their attitudes about retirement

Seven in 10 (71%) Americans said the pandemic changed their target retirement age, a recent survey found. A new poll of 2,002 U.S. adults ages 35–70 discovered the pandemic has had far-reaching effects on how employees are planning both their retirement and “pretirement” – a new life stage serving as a transition period between full-time … Read more