Archive for February, 2009

Termination by “Mr. Nice Guy”

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

In the humor publication The Onion a spoof editorial relays an annoying workplace conversation where the question, “Hey you got a second?”, is followed by the worst possible news. Although satire, this piece offers a vivid picture of workplace communication gone bad.

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The Exhausted, Fantastic Candidate

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Last last week, an incoming response to a startup company’s job posting looked especially promising—except for a glaring typo in the subject line. But instead of hitting “delete”, the manager sent a quick reply back to the candidate.

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