Great Movies about Hating Your Job

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Subscribing is a great way to avoid being asked to come in on SaturdayIn honor of Labor Day weekend, I would like to take this opportunity to pay tribute to a truly forgotten group of people. These poor souls brave the [...]

The Stupidity of the Announced Corporate Visit

At work today we learned that the president of our company and all of the main buyers will be traveling to our store on Friday. Just great. Now I will be putting in a 16 hour day tomorrow. In my company, anytime that there is a visit scheduled, the store is expected [...]

The Lost Art of Saying Thank You

Today at work I heard something that I had not heard in a long time and that made me stop dead in my tracks. One of my bosses actually thanked me for my efforts. Why was I floored with a simple thank you? Quite simply, it had probably been several months before [...]

No raise for me this year!!

I found out today that I will not be receiving a raise this year. My company feels that sales were too weak to justify raises. As difficult that is to swallow, I can understand it. I think everyone would agree that they would rather skip a year of raises, than have their [...]

Having three bosses really stinks!!

If you haven’t figured it out yet, I am a big fan of the movie Office Space.  Often, I find myself being able to relate to the characters in the movie.  For instance, reporting to more than one boss can really be annoying.  Today I had to hear on 3 separate occassions that one of [...]