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.

Certain states in the US are thinking about increasing the minimum wage (again), this time to $25/HR. Are the elected officials actually this incompetent? Every single time the minimum wage increases,...

After being laid off, what helped you regain confidence? If none of these answers apply to you, sound off in the comments. Would love to hear your perspective!

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...

I have a rockstar employee that I unfortunately have no levers to reward for their contributions and I’m worried about losing them. Raises and bonuses are fixed company wide and there are no roles to ...

How do you tell your current employer that you need a 5 days off to do an in person evaluation that could possibly lead to another job? Can they fire you for even pursuing it? Just curious what some r...

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.

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...

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

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...

Help! I’m burned out. I was home with my kids for 10 years and went back to work when my husband retired. I’m post menopausal and the brain fog is real. At work I keep being marked for errors and have...

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...

You can choose to never use your PTO, go into the office sick rather than take the day off, and work yourself around the clock, they always seem to want just a little more. Has going “above and beyond...

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 ...

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...

I am having a terrible time trying to find a job. I have applied to hundreds of jobs with little to no response. Several jobs are asking for a credit check. Is that normal?

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 ...

I’m newly laid off. How many hours a day do you spend applying for jobs? For those in the US, how many jobs are you required to apply for a week. I couldn’t find an actual number.