Hiring managers don't always say exactly what they mean, but if you can read between the lines, you might save yourself the headache of working somewhere awful. After that, read about an ultra-petty apartment tenant who's getting back at their irritating landlady, sharing that “ I'm making my landlady wait 29 minutes .”

Although nobody likes to work on Christmas, some of us find ourselves landing jobs that require us to work during the holidays. It's not fun, but that's having a job in a nutshell, and there is not much we can do about it. If we value our job, we have to accept that sometimes we make sacrifices for it, including working on Christmas. The employee in this Reddit story (OP, original poster) was hired as a seasonal worker, so she knew from the start she would be required to work during the holiday…

Bosses are universally known as generous, appreciative, and loved by all figures of authority. They are, without a doubt, the most benevolent and caring characters in the corporal food chain. They would never be unprofessional, over-demanding, or hold unrealistic expectations that would affect workload. And most importantly, our cherished bosses will never ever cross the line between their workers' professional and personal life, the latter, held close to their hearts, is of utmost importance t…

This boss isn't being a problem solver! Just ask his employees, who had to watch him fail at an escape room in the most embarrassing way possible. Next up, read about one house guest who kept “pretending like he knew what he was doing” in the kitchen, ruining meal after meal in his host's home.

It's not easy socializing with former employers, especially when things did not end on a good note. Sometimes, you feel you can transcend any previous tension, but the reality is that it is not easy for those old wounds to heal. Here, we have a former employer who pushed this Redditor to quit on the spot by pointing out every little flaw and mistake at work, even when they were entirely unnecessary. Now, years later, the original poster (OP) was asked by his ex-boss if he could join OP's Dungeo…

Any job that even slightly requires employees to have a car in order to do the job, should physically provide a car for said employees. If you cannot do the job without one, there is no reason why the responsibility of getting a car should be on you. However, because companies today are cheap and will do anything to avoid spending more money, they will never offer that option to employees without being prompted. If there's nothing to stop them, they will even go as far as making employee spend…

The quality of the customer service is going downhill fast at this one dollar store . How far would you go to help out a customer ? Sometimes it's the little things that matter most, like helping an older person carry their bags to their car for them. Or an employee could make someone's day by finding a random coupon for them to apply to their purchase, saving them a few bucks. A worker might even brighten up a customer's day just by chatting with them as they double-bag their items. So it's pr…

In the same way that dogs can sense an impending earthquake, this retail worker intuitively knew they were in for a wave of confused customers. You can tell this person, u/SushiThief, has been working in retail for a while. They write that while working at a toy store, they discovered that a major video game console was going on sale. It wasn't any regular sale. No, this time, the console was so cheap that it seemed too good to be true. And sure enough, too good to be true is exactly the lie th…

‘Tis the season to receive an underwhelming Christmas bonus from your out-of-touch employer! Sometimes, it’s a basket of stale cookies. Sometimes, it's a water bottle with the company logo on it that you can't even put in the dishwasher. And sometimes, it's a $25 gift card to the AMC movie theater near you, which for this employee , was a full 1.5 hours away and in an entirely other state. First of all, anyone who knows anything about the state of moviegoing today would implicitly understand th…

What's the point of a vacation if you have to keep an eye on your phone the whole time? If you're anxiously awaiting a call from your boss at any minute, you're not exactly getting much time to relax and unwind. Disconnecting from work is so important, but a lot of managers view vacation time as some optional luxury. They seem to take it personally when their employees request time off, as if that employee is taking money from their pockets. Even though it's just their job to manage people, the…

There are the kinds of places where the boss is watching you like a hawk, counting the minutes that you're spending at your desk. Meanwhile, they're going out for a smoke break with their favorite staff, what seems like every five minutes. This is exactly why most places have laws around what breaks an employee is entitled to because even with the laws, too many business owners and managers have their own ideas about when and even how breaks should be taken, whether or not those ideas are align…

This assistant is trying her hardest, but fundamentally misunderstands a lot of things. Some people are just like that: they're very bright in some ways Up next, read some utterly baffling admissions essays from hopeful students, like one kid who “wrote a 750-word admissions essay describing the smell of baked potatoes... I got in.”

A perfect time for a lengthy Glassdoor review.

It's the time of year to get disappointed by your employers when they fail to give you the Christmas bonus you most likely rightfully deserve. There is nothing like the month of December to feel simultaneously grateful and jaded. On the one hand, you're planning to spend time with loved ones, which in and of itself requires figuring out logistics, purchasing gifts, and negotiating difficult personalities. On the other hand, you're looking forward to some much-needed time off work, which in and…

If you can't be the best at what you do, you should at least be interesting enough to catch the hiring manager's attention ! The people replying to this person's question certainly did that. U/ThanosIsMyRealFather was curious about the things that hiring managers saw on resumes, and wanted to know what things made them want to immediately hire someone, or instantly throw that resume in the garbage. Trying to hire the right person really can feel like you're searching for a needle in a haystack.…

If you've ever seen even one episode of the show Succession, you must have wondered if rich people really do act this way, and if they truly are so detached from the reality of the plain old regular life. To be fair, I am sure some nice billionaires don't allow their money to go up to their heads, but most probably do get numb to other people, and to everyday problems their money easily solves for them. But can we really blame them for it? Well, yes, we surely can. Rich people who completely fo…