“Chris and Jan have broken a Swiss law. What law is it?” This is a question I use all the time for an improv prompt. The audience then suggests a law and the scene begins. Now, while Switzerland has all the normal laws about not stealing and not
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A highly sought-after position opened up. The manager over the position was new to managing and insisted that the position required a specific certification. I informed her that many people had successfully done this job without this certification and that we had several internal candidates who were more
“Do you have any rules in your house?” I asked this question of the three-year-olds I teach in my Sunday School class. The lesson was the 10 commandments. Did the kids have rules? You betcha. Here are some of them: No eating hair No climbing on the table
“You should know that they need gym shoes in third grade.” This was an actual line my son’s teacher said to me (albeit in German). Please understand that from Kindergarten (two years’ worth) through second grade, gym shoes were forbidden, and they needed “Stoppersocken” (those socks with rubber
Katyayani Shukla posted this on Twitter. Now she is in India, and I don’t know anything about Indian employment law, and generally write from a US (and sometimes European) perspective, but this is a question that comes up often. Why are employees expected to give two weeks’ (or
I saw this on Reddit: They lied about 100% Remote until the very last stage of the interview I am actually fuming right now and I feel like I just wasted three weeks of my life for absolutely nothing . I applied for a Senior Analyst position that
“How much money can I hide before the court notices?” “If I move assets around before filing for divorce, is that illegal?” “What happens if I forget to list certain accounts?” These are questions a divorce attorney found when she subpoenaed ChatGPT records from the opposing side. Divorce
The senior execs could argue that this doesn’t matter. This woman was retiring–they’d never see her again, so they didn’t need to recognize her upon her retirement. But everyone else saw that they weren’t there. Everyone else saw that you put in 21 years with a company, and
Today, you feel awesome. You got an extra hour of sleep Sunday (unless you have small children or pets), and today you feel like a million bucks. But, deep down, you know that the politicians will never end the back and forth between standard time and daylight
Henrietta (name has been changed) worked for Big Company for several years. Then she had a baby and quit working to stay home. Her boss valued Henrietta’s skills and begged her to come back. Henrietta agreed, provided that she could work remotely. Her boss agreed. After salary negotiations,