The Water Cooler

Happy Friday! I just want to share that I made it to the 6th round interview. I never in a million years thought I could get this far and getting this news on Friday is a great start to my weekend! Re… more

Is the job market completely broken? I live in a huge metro area, sending out applications every single day and hearing absolutely nothing back. Even when I manage to land an interview, they just disa… more

I really hate the “no person who works a full-time job should live in poverty” argument because it still implies that people must earn the right to meet their basic needs. The real principle should be… more

A few months back my coworker told me that a higher up manager (about 15-20 years older and married) had a little too much to drink at a work party and got a bit touchy with her. At the time she was p… more

Is it me or have companies completely given up on really training people? Maybe I am showing my age a bit but I feel like no companies have any patience or budget to really train people. Their best ef… more

Have you ever been penalised for being too good at your job? E.g, has a superior been threatened by your ability to the job well and then punished you for it? I once found a way to make part of our te… more

I am currently interviewing for an outside sales position with a national company. While everything seems to be going good so far, I just discovered they don't compensate you mileage or a monthly … more

"Anonymous employee survey" but I receive frequent reminders that I havent completed it yet 😭

I've been working with this company for almost a year and although I really enjoy working with my co-workers, the management needs some work. They seem very disorganized and extremely sales driven… more

What’s the furtherest you’d go with personal stuff on a work computer? I like to check the weather, but that’s as far as it goes. I have a weird feeling they spy on you.

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If a coworker purposely destroys property on my desk and HR does NOTHING but protect this employee.
What is sad is, the company has a surveillance camera right above my desk they refuse to view and tried gaslighti… more

I had a 10-15 minute phone interview scheduled for today. I received reminders as to what time my interview was. I had scheduled it during my break with my current employer. I stepped away in time for… more

I have been noticing a trend in manufacturing lately. Many places in my area are no longer hiring Production Supervisor, they're being titled as Coordinator or something similar, while job descri… more

So here's another story. I actually got a job didn't last long, Why?, the manager straight up told me on the first day , are you going to come back tomorrow, it's this too much for you. I… more

Good Morning Everyone,
I had a phone interview recently. The person that interviewed me was really unprofessional. She asked me why I wanted to work for them but sounded really condescending and they r… more

I can't wait until the job market flips and employers have to start selling themselves to candidates. We really need that!

I am trying to grow in my career. I have over 20 years of customer service experience including 10yrs of banking. Im interested in transitioning into the Customer Success side of things. It seems lik… more

Anyone have any advice towards what my options are for finding decent work when I have a mark on my background exactly 7 years ago. Caused by a divorce. It is absolutely haunting me. So hard to find W… more

Can I just ask; why is it so hard to find jobs? Whenever you aren’t actually looking for a job somewhere you see hundreds of places nearby you. But when you are actively looking for a job there’s noth… more

Hey,

Anyone else currently experiencing a weird job market where you’re very qualified for the position but still constantly getting denied roles of which you’re seemingly overqualified for? Just me?

Hey everyone, I'm trying to post a job opportunity for my company. Looking around the site and don't see where I do that. Is it acceptable to post it in a thread here in the water cooler bow… more

I was let go from my company after almost 16 years, last week. I was told this is happening due to performance issues the last couple of months. The state of Illinois has a free will act. I never received any wa… more

Apple’s Mail app. Does anyone like the Apple email app?
Personally I don’t like it a bit. It lacks functionality, usability, and features other similar apps have. Too simplistic!

Your thoughts?

Walmarts is ridiculous yes I’ve only been here for a few amount of months I make $14/hr and they have decided to cut EVERYONES hours including full time associates. I went from working 72 hours every … more

As I struggle with this job market and many months of unemployment- I want a job - to be productive but not any role. I don’t need a title- I want to provide an impact for both a company and hopefull… more

I have been searching for full time work from home opportunities. With my physical health, I am struggling with keeping up with my fast pace, high intensity job. Does anyone have any recommendations?


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I always assumed hiring managers did a quick, informal online search of applicants to check for any massive red flags. But I recently ran into an employer explicitly stating they conduct a formal soci… more

How to deal with the ego hit of moving to a job from lots of responsibility to less? I used to manage 5 people, and now I’ve moved to a company where I’m much more junior. It’s nice having less respon… more

I am currently an automotive technician at a luxury german car dealer. I am looking to move away from the technician space into a less physically demanding career. Service advisor is off the table, an… more

I'm in my early 20s and just left a startup because they started forcing us into the office on weekends. I don't mind a weekend crunch from home, but they said WFH didn't count. When I pus… more

Disabled due to psoriatic arthritis, need employment that allows a combination of standing and sitting. The issue I am running into is most employers want either a large amount of experience or a degr… more

I applied for a job and then 2 hours was denied. On a Saturday! Clearly nobody looked over my resume and I just didn’t pass their software check. Why does HR do this? It doesn’t even seem like a good … more

I’ll say it: certs are overrated resume candy. I’ve seen too many ‘certified’ architects who can’t troubleshoot a DNS timeout but can recite exam dumps perfectly. Meanwhile, my best ops engineer has zero certs just raw… more