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Horrible Late Hours Work Culture
I will never understand why many bosses expect and demand that employees stay late at work. It doesn’t matter if you take home work to complete. They don’t care. They want to be able to actually see you at the … Continue reading
Posted in When Work Sucks
Tagged Bad Bosses, hell, horrible, late, long hours, Singapore, sucks, unproductive, work, work culture
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10 Things I Wish Singapore Job Interviewers Would Not Do
{via ca4it} After reading this post about how applying for a job in Singapore can be draining, by the always brilliant Orange Foam Finger, it triggered off some of my suppressed feelings about the whole job interview process. Never wanted … Continue reading
Posted in When Work Sucks
Tagged 10 things, application, Bullies, bully, confidence, hell, job, job interviewers, job interviews, mean, nightmare, no respect, resume, rude, self esteem, Singapore, sucks
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Working in Singapore: Things I Miss & Things I Don’t
This post was motivated by the fact that people close to me are utterly miserable at work. I wanted to write a post to commiserate, because I have been there and am glad I’m out. {Image: The Pretty Life} I … Continue reading
Posted in When Work Sucks
Tagged bad boss, bad colleagues, boss, bully, corporate life, culture, failture, hate my coworker, hell, hierarchy, Life, Living, mean, mean coworkers, miserable, misery, red tape, sick, Singapore, Singapore office, surgery, work
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Workplace Bullying Can Be Worse than Sexual Harassment
Unfortunately, I can tell you from personal experience, that this is indeed true: 1. Workplace Bullying is not defined clearly the way Sexual Harassment is. There is a law protecting you if you are sexually harassed, but with workplace bullying … Continue reading
Is Your Boss a Control Freak?
I have a friend H, who doesn’t blog, but implored me to bring up this issue – Bosses who micromanage and the toxic effect. It’s like this. Every morning this top management ‘leader’ (workplace bully) expects H to call him … Continue reading
Posted in When Work Sucks
Tagged abuse, agitated, anxious, boss, bully, control freak, hell, Life, micromanager, nitpick, quit, Singapore, trust, work, workplace
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Finding a Nice Boss is Like Winning the Lottery
Why are mean bosses a dime a dozen, while the nice ones are as rare as diamonds? It seems that only the aggressive power hungry individuals get to the top while the nice guys finish last. The board doesn’t give … Continue reading
Don’t Let Your Job Define You
You’ve probably met them. The executive who brags about their job. The great company they work for. Every conversation revolves around how hard they are working and even though they secretly relish how indispensible they are. Sadly, I used to … Continue reading
Posted in When Work Sucks
Tagged corporate, death, define, family, hell, job, jobless, Life, passion, retirement, retrenchment, work
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