One Bed, Bath & Beyond worker made sure he burned his bridges before resigning from his post at a retail store by writing some explicit messages aimed at his boss and customers on a price tag for a popular counter top cooker. Sticking It To The Man This may be the best display of […]
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Workplace Bullying: New York Bill Targets Abusive Bosses
There are some very important things they don’t tell you on career day.
The Turning Point
France is having its Anita Hill moment.
Person of the Week: ‘Enron Whistleblower’ Sherron Watkins
We don’t know much about Sherron Watkins. We haven’t met her in our living rooms, on TV in front of a bank of microphones, not yet.
A Healthier Way to Pay Doctors
Correction Appended: Oct. 19, 2009 It’s hard to feel sorry for America’s family doctors
Shooting the boss (and getting paid for it)
To thank him for letting them spend the last two hours of their workweek playing video games on the company dime, Kevin Grinnell’s employees often single him out and shoot him in the head. To be fair, the employees at Grinnell Computers aren’t firing real weapons at their boss but are instead releasing the stresses of their week in a multiplayer online game known as Combat Arms. Most Fridays for the last couple of months, the six employees of the Beaumont, Texas-based company have been encouraged to spend from 3 p.m.
Why Your Co-Workers Act like Children
Is your boss a bully who needs to feel important and boosts his ego by withholding important information from you?
Lie, Cheat, Flirt. What People Will Do to Keep a Job
If you’re one of the dwindling ranks of the still-employed, you know you’re among a fortunate bunch. In this market, a job is about the only asset that still has value. So, if your livelihood were threatened, how far would you go to hang onto it?