A man in India hasn’t shown up for work for the past 25 years and finally gets fired. A.K. Verma went home sick one day in 1990 and never came back to work. He tried to take an extension of leave but was denied so he just didn’t come in.
Don't just update your status—update your résumé. Facebook has just released a Social Jobs App that will allow people to search job listings from a multitude of sites like Monster and DirectEmployers.
Today is Boss’s Day and if you’re lucky, you have a good boss, but that’s not the case in all businesses. A new survey done by social and internet sites shows 69% of corporate employees quit their job because of a bad boss. That’s 7 out of 10 people leaving because of the boss. The number one complaint among those quitting a job was the boss was a bully, humiliating and isolating them from coworke
Most of us intuitively know that insulting your boss on Facebook is probably not the best idea, but what about other job-related opinions we have? More to the point, can you be fired for posting them?
A recent National Labor Relations Board hearing found that “overly broad” company policies regarding employees' social media activity is unlawful, but not protected by federal labor laws.
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According to a new survey from CouponCabin.com of 2,570 adults, 50 percent play the lottery. And of that percentage, 65 percent would continue to live frugally it they happened to win big.
But would a frugal life include keeping their job and continuing to draw their salary?