The cubicle is an icon of the soul-crushing homogenization that is associated with the corporate world—rows and rows of standardized boxes, confining wraiths that suffer and toil in thankless anonymity. But all is not lost! The following are some of the forms the cubicle has taken in the hands of people who choose to think of it with a spirit of individuality, creative expression and comfort.
November 26, 2012 CYBER MONDAY DEALS: HOW TO FIND THE BEST ONLINE SALES AND SAVE SOME MAJOR GREEN
• Make a list: it's important to get your list down to specific items and search for the lowest prices.
It was on this date in 1996 that President Clinton approved the first minimum wage increase in 5 years, raising the hourly minimum by 90 cents to $5.15 per hour. I (Tracy) remember that well, because that meant my pay went up to $5.15 from $4.75. Do you remember what minimum wage was when you started working?
It screams in your ear at least 5 days a week. I've never heard anyone say "I love the alarm clock". Then there's that small button that gets us all in trouble from time to time. . it reads "snooze".
Not everybody hates their job, but you’d be hard pressed to find someone who likes all aspects of their workplace. Citrix recently conducted a survey of 1,013 office workers in which they asked what they dislike about their 9-to-5 jobs.
So, I've been complaining for the last year to everyone except people at work about my desk being right at the door. So, my back is to the door. This means if anyone went postal and ran for the first person- that person would be me
There really are not enough hours in the day. Especially when Sunday night rolls around and you aren't quite ready to let go of the weekend. So, as you are milking the last minutes of freedom out of the weekend, you are also losing valuable sleep. How many hours of sleep do you average per night?
As the debate rages over whether getting a college degree is worth the money, a new set of statistics is giving many people pause — seems half of recent college grads are either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.
Marks Paneth and Shron New York City accounting firm partner Alan Dlugash has clients whose paycheck is earned handling investments. "These people never dreamed they'd be making $500,000 a year," he said, "and dreamed even less that they'd be broke."
Wait, what? BROK
We’ve all left a bathroom without realizing we have a piece of toilet paper stuck to our shoe. Dante Autullo of Orland Park, Illinois took that type of embarrassing lack of recognition to an absurd extreme when he left a project he was working on in his garage without realizing he had a nail stuck in his skull.
A social worker in a group home for the disabled almost lost his life trying to save residents when a tornado decimated much of Joplin, Missouri this spring. Now, his company’s insurance provider is denying him workman’s compensation.
Joey didn't like his job. Actually, he says they treat people like "s*&t". So, when Joey decided he had enough of his hotel job, he decided to bring along a marching band and someone to film the entire event. Remember, Joey says one nasty word toward the beginning of the video, so you may want to keep the volume down at work.
