How One Young Woman’s Car Wash Turns Her A Consistent Profit
Some people are content nabbing 9-5 jobs, whether they’re behind a desk or something different, and taking home their paycheck every two weeks for 80-ish hours of work. Other people know that kind of life isn’t for them, and so they go looking for ways to live the sort of days they want while still...
The 15 Industries That People Want to See Go Away Forever
You’ve probably discussed industries and job markets where you’d like to see some growth. After all, more growth=more jobs! But have you ever thought of industries that should go away for good? Some jobs and industries have bad reputations, and rightfully so. One Reddit thread asked people to list industries and jobs that should leave...
15 Business Ideas Everyone Knew Would Fail
You know how Jerry Seinfeld (et al) knew that Kramer’s business ideas were terrible and bound to fail before he even stopped explaining how they would work? That happens in real life all the time, but luckily like Kramer, most people aren’t prepared to actually start a business for one reason or another. These 15...
14 People Answer, “Why Doesn’t Your Employer Have to Give You Two Week’s Notice of a Firing?”
There’s no law of the land that requires employees to give two week’s notice before leaving a job, but social convention means that most people do, if possible. It gives employers a head’s up that they’ll need to fill a position, and by being “polite” about leaving, the employee feels as if they left on...
11 Entitled Employers Who Are Going To Make You Glad You Already Have A Job
There’s no doubt that being unemployed is stressful – but getting out there and finding a new job comes with its own stresses, too. We’d all like to be able to stay at the jobs we have, and have those jobs be with employers who treat us right and value us, but we also all...
Hiring Managers Talk About How People Lie During Job Interviews
True story: I have a friend who was interviewing for a job. The people asked him, “what is your proudest accomplishment?” He panicked and couldn’t think of anything…so he said he’d recently lost 300 pounds… Nice move! I guess lying during job interviews isn’t really all that uncommon, based on these responses. Folks on AskReddit...
12 People Who Definitely Shouldn’t Be Anyone’s Boss
It’s magical, isn’t it, when you start a new position or try out a new job only to realize that it’s the perfect fit? Those moments can be hard to come by, but most of us give our best at work even when it’s not our true calling or whatever. These 12 people found themselves...
Woman Roasts Landscaping Company That Thought She Couldn’t Do The Job Because She’s Female
I don’t think there are more chauvinists in the world today – in fact, there might be a few less than there were fifty years ago – but that doesn’t meant they don’t exist. Just ask literally any woman who has applied for a job, especially in an industry that’s deemed “masculine,” like, say, landscaping....