Let this story serve as a friendly reminder that it really is not worth it to take on someone else's job responsibilities on top our own duties. The first big reason is that if something goes awry, you will likely be blamed despite the fact that you were just trying to provide additional support. Secondly, you will also be taken for granted, and soon enough, your boss will be expecting you to handle those responsibilities on the day-to-day without any promotion or increased salary. Sure, some f…

Instead of getting to know his new coworkers, one new manager thought he had a better approach. According to u/atomb*mb1945, he started “getting into things that weren't his business and things he didn't know about.” That's exactly what you don't want to do as you're starting a new job. It isn't going to make a good impression on the current workers if the newbie comes in on day one and starts telling them they don't know how to do their own jobs.

There's a difference between being cheap and being frugal.

Tsk, tsk, CEOs and their antics. On the one hand, you're remote because it suits the needs of upper management. On the other hand, you're not remote because of the same reason. Well, which one is it? You can't have your cake and eat it, too. This micromanaging CEO was the type of human I stay away from. Anxious and suspicious of his employees and unable to make an informed decision or directly say what he wants. Always flip-flopping back and forth. The programmer who was working under him had h…

No matter how clear the rules of your business are, some customers just won't abide by them. Even when these rules are utterly crucial, some folks either won't understand, or they'll forget. Or, they might just choose to ignore them, like the guy in this malicious compliance story. It doesn't necessarily matter how strong you are when it comes to moving giant bulky items like couches or refrigerators. You certainly need to have some big muscles to move those things, but it's easier if you can u…

This manager was what we call a “seagull manager”: they randomly swoop in to scream and make a mess everywhere before fleeing the scene. Perhaps you've been in a job like these two guys were. As u/RedEd024 writes,

Just because your coworker has the same job as you does not mean that they will put in an equal work effort, and that can, at the very least, lead to very complicated and nuanced situations that will keep you up at night, staring at the cracks in your ceiling — OR, if you are lucky, it can also lead to them getting fired. People like to take credit, but they don't like to work. And this case is no different… One lady was working as a senior employee at a factory, barking orders at her coworker,…

Who knew a factory could have so many moving parts? Apparently the factory's own CFO was not informed of how his own company worked. Yikes. One of those CFO's employees told the story of the time all of the employees were impacted by changes their manager made. They all worked at a food packing plant, and though u/batkevn doesn't specify which product they made, their job was ordering jars and other packaging for the food. They share that their job was pretty straightforward… until the CFO deci…

This long-time employee was wise beyond his years as he let a new hire try to make changes in their company's warehouse . He knew that you can't always make people listen to common sense. Some people just want to be correct 100% of the time so that they feel powerful. Instead of wasting his breath on arguing, this long-term employee just shrugged his shoulders and let the manager handle it his way. New hires often feel like they have something to prove. Especially managers---they think that sin…

Companies just don't get it. They simply don't understand that in order to work peacefully with the people they employ, they need to stop forcing employees to heed rules that are so out of place, it isn't even funny. When companies hire contractors, they take into account that this is no regular, run-of-the-mill employee who works on the company's payroll, receiving wages and benefits in exchange for following work guidelines. No, no, contractors are much different. See, a contractor is a separ…

When complying with your boss's request ends up costing the company tens of thousands of dollars, be ready to get fired… unless you have receipts. Oftentimes, your boss has their head up in the clouds and doesn't know how things work down on the ground. There is only so much you can tolerate before you begin to maliciously comply with their recurring, ridiculous demands. This being said, you don't always know what your boss is going to stipulate, so at times, you will have to be flexible with s…

The fallacy about the idea of certain jobs being classified or unclassified as “skilled labor” is that every job requires different skills and experience in order to be done effectively. You go to your local coffee shop of choice because the barista makes a better and more consistent cup of coffee than you could ever hope to. You probably go back to that shop, too, because that barista's particular consistency and skill stand head and shoulders above even the other specialized baristas in the c…

Office camaraderie is never stronger when you're pitted against an annoying coworker or boss . It really brings people together to know that you're both subject to the whims of a jerk who you can't do anything about. There are certainly better ways to build team camaraderie , but you work with what you have. This malicious compliance story comes from u/flavius_lacivious, who worked at a manufacturing plant in the shipping and receiving department . Unfortunately for them, they were surrounded b…

Work can get boring sometimes, especially when the bulk of your job is to sit around and wait for things to happen. For one man, a warehouse quality control guy ( u/Gasp32 ), his daily life was ruled by grueling 12 hour shifts, boring Excel sheets, and killing time while on the clock. Claiming he could do a full 12 hour shift in 4 hours time, Gasp struggled to make himself seem busy while he was clocked in and on the job and paid the ultimate price for following the habits of his other coworker…