Posts tagged help
Taking an unexcused day off won’t get you Fired!
Oct 13th
Employee punishment for faking an illness to skip out on work is becoming less severe.
Take the day off
According to a survey done for CareerBuilder.com, 15% of employers said they terminated employees for an unexplained absence, down from last year’s 18%. Similarly, only 29% of employers stated they check on the absent employees, down from 35% two years prior.
So go on, call out sick! Take an extra day off! Off with the pressure! Ah, freedom….
Recession is ending but unemployment rises
Oct 12th
Good news and bad news:
Recession is ending, but unemployment grows
The National Association of Business Economics (NABE) has announced that economic contraction is over and that expansion has begun, signaling the end of the recession. The bad news? Unemployment is still rising, with the unemployment rate forecast to rise to 10 percent in the first quarter of next year.
I didn’t show up for work and got Fired!
Oct 12th
When I was about 19, I had worked the cash register in a pharmacy for 2 years. I liked the people I worked with, and got a lot of freebies from the place. But I hated the boss so much – he was a cheap and nasty person who refused to give me anything more than a $.50 cent raise. I was so sick of it that when I went on vacation, I just decided not to come back to work. They called me for a week after, begging me to come back and asking me what happened. Finally, my boss called me and told me not to bother coming and that I was fired. Who was he kidding at that point? The funny part, I wound up needing some medicine a few months after and stopped by to pick it up. I got smiles and hugs from my ex-coworkers, but the owner of the place treated me as if I didn’t exist. Jeez, man, upset much?
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