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PARTY PLAN đ
đ€ą Job seeker âicksâ
đ€° Fired for being pregnant?!
đ€ Stories of the week
But first, MEMES!
MEME OF THE DAY
âName your kids after something you loveâ
â The Random Recruiter (@randomrecruiter)
4:58 PM âą Jan 14, 2025
Job Search
Job seekersâ biggest âicksâ
Most people are well aware of the doâs and donâts when it comes to job hunting: do show up to an interview on time, donât have spelling errors in your resume, dress wisely, and so on. But shifting the focus, what are hiring managers doing to drive away talent? StandOutCV surveyed 1,092 people about the biggest red flags they consider when job hunting.
Job offers the minimum amount of annual leave allowance
Required or heavily encouraged applicants to like other employeesâ social media content
No salary information available
About usâ page or companyâs board lacks diversity
If a job advert or interviewer said âweâre like a familyâ (our personal least favorite)
Cash-in-hand pay
Pay isnât monthly
Received an email from them out of hours
Check out the entire list at StandOutCV.
Bad Bosses
Fired for being pregnant?!
A former employee is suing Publix for for allegedly violating the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, along with several other laws. Per the lawsuit, the employee worked as an inventory control analyst at a store in Polk County, Florida.
During her pregnancy, she experienced severe morning sickness and pregnancy-related hypertension, the lawsuit alleged. Early on, she was called back to the store from teleworking and eventually required to report to work at 5 a.m., when her morning sickness was at its worst.
After taking it up with higher management, she was allowed to go back to remote work. But even after she was allowed to work remotely prior to her termination, the supervisorâs boss allegedly continued to make inappropriate comments, repeatedly asked her to work in-person and became hostile when she tried to rebuff or ignore that pressure, according to the complaint.
Shortly before her due date, she was fired for completing work without being logged on. Publix didnât discipline other workers for the same thing.
No matter how bad your boss is, theyâre probably not this bad!
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