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Is jealousy in the workplace dangerous? Is there anything we can do about it?  Jealousy is a controversial emotion. We all feel it at some point, but none of us wants to admit we do. I believe jealousy, when it’s ours, can help point us toward our desires and, if we play our cards right, transform into admiration.

31-year-old employee suspects coworker is jealous of his recent promotion: ‘Instead of the “congratulations” I’d expect much like the others in our text group chat, she just says “You trying to take my job?”’

I thought this was an unspoken rule of copying, but time and again, it turns out I’m wrong, and it seems you can’t assume people will behave coherently. All in all, this example is rather righteous, and the bad guy of the story only made matters worse for themselves. So to each their own!

Employee Who Stole a Coworker's Project to Get Promoted Then Tried to Expose Him for Not Helping With It: ‘Apparently, he told them that the project was falling behind because I was withholding information...’

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We all want to leave our day job, but we have to be realistic  Nobody directly told us it had to be like this, but in a way, we still complied. We went to school, we graduated relatively early, and then dived headfirst into corporate.

24-year-old corporate employee decides he wants to leave his job but doesn’t know what to do instead: ‘I’m already realizing that I really don’t want this to be my life for the next 30–40 years. The problem is…I don’t know what the alternative is.’

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Workplace fires receptionist then splits her job between 11 people: 'So twice a week I now spend two hours answering the door'

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Employee automates 15 hours of weekly work, only to get fired by boss immediately after: ‘I literally worked myself out of a salary’

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Returning from vacation: realness and tips  You did it; you disappeared for a week. You slept like a baby every day, enjoyed the sun, and reached peak overall health and happiness. The action of hopping on a quick online meeting sounds like a distant, dystopian memory, and you forgot what the word ‘deadline’ even means.

‘Returning from a vacation. What are your recovery tips?’: Recommendations on how to recover from vacation and carry that holiday relaxation into everyday life

avoid generating debt or terrible, otherwise avoidable mistakes in our youth  I don’t know why we keep teenagers away from the financial world when it literally starts occupying so much of our lives the minute we join the workforce. I’m not saying we should torment them with our financial worries, and I understand general budgeting knowledge

Professional shares pro tips on how to improve personal finances: ‘I'll start by saying that I've been tracking my expenses for about 6 years, and financially, it completely changed my life’

Beware! It’s Corporate Lexicon Slop  Words conjure up emotions. Emotions, in turn, build and generate feelings. And feelings drive actions and affect our overall perspective. Corporate lexicon is creating a parallel universe where phrases appear impersonal and robotic but are secretly condescending and passive-aggressive.

‘The weaponized "just checking in before I do this" is slowly breaking me’: Manager reflects on how constant check-ins are more about shifting accountability than about being communicative

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Young employee wonders if it's unethical to not inform new job they're going back to school in 2-3 months: 'They'd drop you in a heartbeat'

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Toxic startup manager becomes direct report of employee they used to victimize 15 years prior: 'Karma really is a boomerang'

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'We can work from home': Home Office memes for all remote workers going to work in their livingrooms and wearing pajamas

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Good News: AIs don’t really think. Bad News: AIs don’t really think  Now that AI agents are part of our lives, it’s very important that we learn more about them. Of course, Reddit isn’t the most official or valid source of information, but reading multiple

‘Training AI on your data does not make it know things about you’ Employee who creates language models reveals how AI actually works

We underestimate the impact a few simple words can have on our lives  In life, sometimes we have moments in which we realize we can do literally whatever we want. That doesn’t mean doing it won’t have consequences; it just m

‘Boss said deal or find another job. So I quit on the spot and blocked them’ Employee shares the last straw that made him leave his terrible job

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New hire refuses to comply with CEO's demand for a full return to the office after signing as remote employee: ‘I fell for a total bait and switch’

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Employee gets fired for low attendance after HR forgot to put in their PTO, only to get called back to work after HR realized their mistake: ‘My bad, if you come back, we'll pay you’

24 pictures of cats and text | thumbnail includes one picture of a cat and one picture of text including '‘He fell in love with this little cutie’'

Couple retires from cat rescue after adopting 3, but a mysterious kitten at the husband’s work has other plans