It’s hard not to drop the laundry basket and ask, “What the hell am I doing here?”
jobs
work
“Someone has come to me,” my boss said, “And they’ve got some complaints about what you’ve been doing with your face and your hair.”
hair
I’m trying to decide if I should just totally give up on making my curls look professional and like, marry my flat iron already.
career
Like with all buzz-killing life truths, there comes a time to realize that you are not a 24-year-old editorial assistant anymore.
kept woman
I never dreamed I would be That Girl staying at home with her man's money footing the bill. But here I am.
career
Forget "crying at work," try totally losing your mind on your co-workers!
career
The first in an occasional series I will do on career shit.
career
She stood her ground, didn't back down and then walked the fuck out. Boom!
bullies
Every day people go in to work at jobs they can’t afford to quit with co-workers who make a genuine effort to bully and humiliate them. Too often, fighting back isn’t an option, and even if it is, it’s not guaranteed to make a difference.
branding
So you registered a Tumblr and Twitter with your unique handle? Great. Let's keep building your empire.
career
Number 3: Wash your Damn Hair.
professionalism
Is asking for a manicure the lady-boss equivalent of sending a young female employee to fetch coffee?
career
The relationship between publicists and writers is one of true codependence.
work
I’m not a rising superstar in my company because I haven’t been given that opportunity: I am a woman.
career
The second in an occasional series I will do on career shit.
sex toys
I opened the link and found, to my horror, that it was the gorgeous, iridescent purple double-headed dildo I’d been admiring.
being inappropriate
It was the only time I've ever been fired, and I think it might have been worth it.
Brittany in
Fun,
being inappropriate,
career,
fired,
it's fun to remember things,
job loss,
jobs,
worky work busy bee
Apr 17, 2012 at 5:00pm | 80 comments
welfare
It did take a long time to finally start earning a living wage. Much longer than I had anticipated. Moving from welfare to work didn’t happen overnight. It took years.
lean in
Someone working at Taco Bell or Burger King is not going to be able to have the same work-life balance discussion that someone who works for Facebook or The New York Times. Sheryl
branding
People ask me this crap a lot. Good opener.
career
I quit my lousy day job and I wrote this thing.
career
That one person, when every time you see them, you just want to take a can of compressed air and spray it in their eyes. But you realize it’s never a good look to get dragged out of the building in handcuffs.
