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Monthly Archives: July 2009

July 31st, 2009

Bank of America will close 10% of its Branches

The Worried Worker (W2)

That’s a nicer way of saying that the employees from about 650 branches are going to be out of work.
 
No sooner has he maintained that he was forced to by Merril Lynch, Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis told investors last week he is planning to shrink the company’s 6,100-branch network by about 10%, a pullback from [...]

July 30th, 2009

Happy Hour at the White House

The Worried Worker (W2)

So, all it takes to get an invitation to the White House is an angry cop, a frustrated professor, and a President who slipped and used the “s” word?
 
The  “S” word used to be ok in parochial school, and it used to work as a threat from parents to children as something you didn’t want [...]

July 29th, 2009

Now Hiring! Young Japanese Women For Hostesses!

The Worried Worker (W2)

Qualifications:
 
·         Pour drinks in Japan’s gentlemen’s clubs
·         Lavish fake adoring attention on men with
  spittle gathering at the edges of their mouths
·         Accept huge tips
·         Allow some innocent squeezes of the buttocks
·         Ignore a slight breast pass
·         Dress in glamorous gowns
·         Squeak when Squoken to
·         Earn $100,000 per year – up to $300,000
 
We’re [...]

July 28th, 2009

Introductions make the First Impression

The Worried Worker (W2)

At some point as a manager, employee, recruiter or job seeker, you will introduce people to one another: vendors and employees at lunch, acquaintances and colleagues at a networking event, new hires and senior or past managers.
 
Regardless of the situation, it’s crucial to get three things right:
 
1. The names
2. The pronunciations of the names
3. [...]

July 27th, 2009

Six tips to being a better listener

The Worried Worker (W2)

Everyone’s got something to say to you and even if you don’t want to hear it, you probably need to suffer through it.  If you’re like most Worried Workers, you might be listening to someone in front of you and to a couple other voices in your head at the same time.
 
“I wonder if this [...]

July 24th, 2009

Bad Hire #3

The Worried Worker (W2)

Remember when being the customer meant you were right?  Not so anymore.  Enjoy.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkdcYlOn5M

July 23rd, 2009

Parking Cars is a Lucrative Job in England

 

From a recent Bristol Evening Post - England:

Outside Bristol Zoo is the car park, with spaces for 150 cars and 8 coaches. It has been manned 6 days a week for 23 years by the same charming and very polite car park attendant with the ticket machine. The charges are £1. per car and £5. [...]

July 22nd, 2009

If your boss looks down on you, this might explain why

The Worried Worker (W2)

Of course, it could be that you’re and idiot and loser, but in case you’re not, read on.
 
Leaders that show a tendancy to “look down” on others are either very tall or could be narcissists.  It appears that narcissists are the most likely to emerge as leaders, according to an Ohio State University study.
 
The [...]

July 21st, 2009

Work Pet Peeves

Anita Newjob

After consulting with my fellow miserable co-workers, I compiled the following list of our Top 10 Work Pet Peeves.  Mind you, many pets do strange things and some co-workers should never work together, but here’s the list:
 

Don’t ask me how you think you should do it when you already know the answer.
“I didn’t get your [...]

July 20th, 2009

IM-PALIN

Imin Bizpain

I’m just going to come out and say it. I know it’s not popular. I know I’ll be under attack from my own, but here goes.
 
I’m a Democrat and I like Sarah Palin.
 
Let me clarify, I used to be a Democrat. Here’s the thing. Of course, being a woman, I’ve sort of naturally [...]