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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain First impressions are often long-lasting and can impact a professional career in profound and unintended ways. Today, because initial business contacts often happen online—think an emailed intro, a phone text, or a Zoomed teleconference—many individuals form first impressions through these media. Andrew Brodsky,…

We probably all have that one eccentric coworker who has one or more weird habits. If you don't – you're most likely that weird colleague yourself. Sometimes these quirks are harmless and even amusing. Other times, it can veer into the realm of the annoying and the bizarre. Hardly any of us would want a colleague to start clipping their nails next to us, right?People shared some hilarious stories about their coworkers under the #MyWeirdCoworker hashtag. It was part of a long-going segment on the Tonight Show with Jimmy…

Moderator’s note:If you find yourself disagreeing with this person’s actions, we encourage you not to downvote the post. Instead, kindly express your opinions in the comments. We recommend maintaining politeness and articulating your thoughts with well-constructed arguments.My boyfriend Michael and I met at work. We started out as friends, and then things evolved, leading us into a semi-serious relationship now. We’ve always had a great connection, and we care deeply for each other, despite our differences.I’m very…

No matter how important you are at your company and how much money you rake in, you need to have other things to occupy your time. That might be art, dance, music, athletics, travel, or absolutely anything else.You might want to consider using some of your days off to go on a proper vacation. You can use that time to recharge and remember what you enjoy in life, other than making strides in your career.And when you get back to work, ask for a raise, join a union, or consider looking for better opportunities at other…

You know the worst part about having a job? Well... everything, really. If it’s a necessary evil in life, there is nothing good about it. Right?But all jokes aside, jobs can be fulfilling, fun, even fantastic if we’re following the alliteration train. However, more often than not, having a rotten egg of a coworker can really be a buzzkill, and that’s what folks more or less celebrated this time around: sharing perfect examples of employees you’d mildly not wish upon your enemies. You know the worst part about…

We all keep secrets. It’s easy to do once you’ve committed to it. Just don’t say anything. But it can be harder when you want to share a little bit of information, without your confidante inferring tea that you didn’t intend to spill. Computer scientists often draw this distinction between security and privacy. Security focuses on keeping sensitive data out of the hands of untrusted parties, full stop. Privacy, on the other hand, aims to give people fine-tuned control over how their personal data gets distributed and…

Do you ever feel like if you were to ask a coworker how they’re doing, you’d open a Pandora’s box that robs you of getting work done? You’re not alone. Since COVID-19, things beyond our control constantly get in the way of work. The pandemic itself pushed us out of our offices. That was followed by the presidential election, the war in Ukraine, the BLM movement, the stop-the-Asian-hate hashtag, the Supreme Court abortion ruling, and now the terrorist attacks in Israel. If that wasn’t enough, we all deal with private and…

Workplaces function better when colleagues have good relationships with one another. Credit: Shutterstock In my teens and twenties, I didn't think much about how important it was to like the people I worked with. At the time, I was working as a waiter at a Toronto diner and being friends with my colleagues was part of the experience. …

An intimate relationship may disrupt an intimate flow of knowledge in the absence of appropriate HR policies. Credit: JacksonDavid, Pixabay, CC0 creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Workplace ostracism refers to an employee's perception of being excluded, ignored, or rejected in the workplace. A study published in PLOS ONE by Jun Qiu at the School of Nanchang, Institute of Technology, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China and…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain People leave jobs all the time, whether they're laid off, fired, or just quit. But how do their departures affect coworkers left behind? According to a new study from the UBC Sauder School of Business, those exits can lead many others to call it quits. The researchers delved deeply into employment data…