I have a friend whose ostensibly good at his job. He gets paid week after week, looks dead tired most of the time and constantly complains (and rightly so) about the pressures he has to handle. Recently he told me that his boss offered him working two jobs at once with only a marginal pay bonus.…
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A dentist, a hotel clerk, a bar pianist an elevator starter and a janitor (also ex-salesman) walk into a chapter of Working. What, never heard that classic joke? Neither have I. Dr. Stephen Bartlett (Dentist) First we start with the dentist who got a late start (28…
Today I went through an article on Cracked all about job interviews and how awful they are, I wondered what a similar article might look like if it focused on the next part: Actually having the job. Here’s my version. 5. Your resume didn’t really matter in the end It’s a nice initial feeling when…
I had other plans for today but then I received an email from the UK magazine The Idler. This isn’t a new phenomenon, or unwanted by any means. I’ve been happily getting their newsletter to keep up with all of their goings on for a few years now. And while Idler doesn’t always have pertinent…
As I sit cross-legged with my brutally unkempt hair reaching past my shoulders I’m completely aware of the situational irony that I am about to criticize folks who work in beauty. I’m not exactly the kind of person who will ever be put on a magazine, I’m one of the last people to think about…
Edit: Sorry I’ve been gone for so long! I had some pet-sitting to take care of and my main laptop has been on the fritz. I will get better at posting here when I think there could be long delays in my posts. There’s been different reformist ideas I’ve challenged about how to make work…