How you waste time at work
SOMEBODY has looked at the top five ways we waste time in the office during working hours, and get this: looking at social media isn’t even at the top of the list.
At Work
Aldi workers ‘treated like slaves’
ALDI says it is investigating allegations from two former workers that they were “treated like slaves” in the supermarket’s warehouse.
How high-flying executive’s life crumbled
SEAN Hall seemed to have it all – a high-flying job and a hefty salary. But without him realising it, the hunt for success had slowly wrecked his life.
457 decision a blow to medical research
THE medical research community has joined industries calling out the government’s decision to overhaul skilled work visas, saying it could cost them major breakthroughs.
The four magic email words
IF YOU get an angry, curt or even confusing email from a co-worker, this is what you should write. No more, no less.
Which Australian jobs pay the most
GET the feeling your friend is earning more money than you? Well, they probably are. Check out who earns what across Australia.
Why don’t we have answers?
EIGHTEEN-year-old Josh Park Fing died on the job in a program some have called a “national disgrace”. His crushed family is desperate for answers.
$100k job no Aussie can do
THINK you can fill a role by advertising it at the right price? Think again. This industry can’t find anyone to do the work it needs.
Five questions to nail a job interview
THERE are five questions that get asked over and over again at job interviews, and make even the most confident person stumble. Here’s how to nail them.
Jobs that lazy Aussies won’t do
BOSSES who rely on foreign workers have revealed why they’re needed — Aussies are too lazy, greedy and unreliable for some jobs.
457 visas: What the PM didn’t mention
MALCOLM Turnbull claims changes to the 457 visa system would put Australians first, but there is one important figure he hasn’t mentioned.
Topless waitresses dish on bucks’ nights
THEY work fulltime jobs during the week and then waitress, sometimes topless, on weekends. And these girls are loving it.
‘It’s not paid, but it’s great exposure’
BECAUSE Tanya Hennessy works in a creative industry, people often think they can take advantage of her. These are the phrases she’s sick of hearing.
Easy way to get another four day weekend
AUSSIES are primed to snatch not one extra-long weekend, but two mini-breaks. And all you have to do is make one awkward phone call.
Why have ‘employee of the month’?
FROM a plaque on the wall to cash bonuses, just how well does an employee of the month program actually work?
More pay for Google’s doodles
GOVERNMENT investigators have accused Google of short-changing women doing similar work to men “pretty much across the entire workforce”.
Australia’s $15bn ‘national sport’
IT’S the illegal “black economy” facing a crack down, but workers who rely on it say the pollies are blaming the little guy again.
Chucking a sickie now even easier
A CONTROVERSIAL website which hands out medical certificates for $20 says it has saved Medicare more than $120,000 by writing nearly 3000 sicknotes.
Black hole inside White House
THE lights are on, but is anyone home? Hundreds of key jobs remain empty two months into Trump’s White House.
Most powerful person in the office
A LEAKED report detailing the huge expenses bill racked up by the Channel 7 boss’s mistress shows the incredible power assistants wield.
Do you feel like a fraud at work?
IT HAPPENS to Jamila Rizvi every time she gives a speech and even Emma Watson suffers from it. ‘Impostor syndrome’ could be holding you back too.
Meet the Chinese Kardashians
THESE are the Kardashians of China. They are internet queens who splash their glamorous lives across social media.
Uber’s trip to sleazy ‘escort’ bar
UBER executives were given a “phony script” after the company’s CEO took workers to an “escort-karaoke” bar.
Underpaid worker sacked by text
A RESTAURANT owner who underpaid an overseas student then sacked her via text message has been fined more than $70,000.
Why Pauline Hanson has gone ‘on strike’
PAULINE Hanson has proven she is once again the government’s biggest problem, refusing to back any bills until the PM steps in on an unrelated issue.
Easy trick will help you hate your job less
WE’VE all complained about work at some point in our lives but researchers have uncovered the real secret to making your job suck less.
Hilarious replies to telemarketers
JUST when we thought no one could beat Jerry’s response to a telemarketer, along came these. Next time, don’t hang up!
Is this guy our worst expenses rorter?
A $5000 helicopter ride undid Bronwyn Bishop’s career, but this MP has played taxpayers for up to 40 times that and he won’t budge.
Staff in Trudeau ‘fake selfie’ ban
DIPLOMATIC workers have been told to stop taking their ridiculously good looking prime minister’s image in vain.
Staff blow the lid on Sydney Airport
STAFF have blown the whistle on what really goes on behind the scenes at Australia’s busiest airport. It’s sickening.
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