The Worklife Bowl

I got terminated from my job for purchasing something using my employee discount and putting it on Social Media for resale. I had been with the company for almost 8 years without any problems. I think...

Do you think working remotely kills creativity? I spoke to a CEO who called everyone to return to in person work becuase working remotely lacked the out-of-the-box results he was looking for.

A friend of mine was telling me that their boss was complaining that people at their company have begun sharing salaries and it's causing too much angst. His argument was that if you accepted the sala...

I wish there were recourse for false advertising in job posts. I just started a position that promised no weekend work, and here I am replying to emails on the weekend. Have you ever accepted a role l...

Elon Musk is officially a trillionaire. How depressing. How has it come to this?

I feel like im being targeted at work. I just got “in trouble” for doing what my sr team member instructed me to do after the SOP was in clear. I just got put on a PIP and was left out of the annivers...

Are all CEO's actually narcissists? I went to a conference and was struck by the amount of self-importance and lack of overall empathy.

Good Evening Everyone , may I ask a question is anyone having a difficult time finding a job ? I dont know if its my age or this economy

After multiple conversations with my manager about my ADHD, she has started making derogatory remarks about my short term memory, not 'finishing' tasks (I say that with quotations as I have been finis...

I officially start work tomorrow after a year and six months of being unemployed! I’m so excited but yet so anxious that I’ll mess up but I am so thankful for this opportunity and just being able to f...

At a conference today, one of the presenters was adamant that your first job out of college should be in person. His argument was that remote jobs are much harder for career advancement. Does anyone a...

At what point does private wealth become incompatible with democratic fairness or economic balance? Or is the increase in private wealth simply a marker of inflation or of capitalism doing its job?

I can’t afford to take leave (contractor) but I’m burning out fast and hard. I don’t have a support system nor community and you can’t build one without giving more than you get, which I don’t have en...

Is it normal to send your boss a weekly progress report? I don’t mean project updates. I mean updates on what you accomplished this week. Just moved from MBB to industry.

I just had a younger coworker get promoted over me because of their “advanced degree”. I’m frustrated because they are lost and always asking me for help. Can you relate? What’s something in your role...

I have always been a very lazy/demotivated person. I don’t workout, I don’t read, I don’t eat healthy. I just sleep all day on weekends. I have become a little more active since getting in a relations...

Anyone out here who has retired early? It’s something I fantasize about but not sure if I could ever see myself doing it. If you’ve done it, how did it go? Did you enjoy it or find yourself going back...

I’m a 35 yo single guy (Indian) living alone in US and I feel I can’t call my married friends and have a conversation without his spouse listening in, is this an Indian thing? I’m very conscious when ...

For anyone who has unlimited PTO, do you find it's actually a benefit? Or is it impossible to actually use it?

Does anyone else feel like we have entered the second "robber baron" era? We used to have the Vanderbilts and similar who got enormously wealthy, while the lives of the populous declined. Now we have ...