Crazy emergency calls revealed
AN ANNUAL list of bizarre calls emergency service workers had to deal with in 2015 is out, and some of the stories are doozies.
At Work
Sex pest Ewok now sleazy Santa
A DWARF who played an Ewok in Star Wars before being axed over a string of sexual offences now works as a sleazy Santa Claus.
Sacked lunch lady offered job back
SHE was fired for giving away a $2.35 lunch meal to a hungry school kid. Now, after a massive outcry, she has her job back.
How $1.70 got a lunch lady fired
A SCHOOL lunch lady thought she was doing the right thing. Instead, she paid for her actions with her job. And all it cost was $1.70.
Four common mistakes you make at work
IN HIS younger years, this successful CEO would go into a new job like a bull in a china shop. Don’t make these four mistakes like he used to.
How Facebook can get you fired
SILLY posts on social media are costing people their jobs. Here’s what you can do to avoid the pitfalls.
‘I’m gonna rip your clothes off’
THE shocking brutality of this woman’s treatment at work prompted a judge to award her $1.3 million in damages.
World’s coolest boss lets staff nap at work
HE BUILT his staff an ice-skating rink for Christmas, along with an office bar and nap zone. Is this the world’s coolest boss?
Four reasons you’re boring at work
SITCOMS and films are filled with scenes of employees looking at the clock, rolling their eyes and falling asleep. You could be the reason.
‘My rich lesson from recession disaster’
JOHN Sikkema was working 80 hours a week, was losing tens of thousands of dollars a month, and had two mortgages on his house. He almost lost it all.
‘I needed to see her naked’
A BRUNETTE suing her millionaire ex-boss for harassment says she has evidence — recordings of his sex fantasies.
‘I’m going to get raped in a police car’
THEY’RE the harrowing stories they’ve kept secret for their entire careers. Now victims of sexual harassment inside Victoria Police have blown the lid.
‘New nastiness’ plaguing workplaces
ANTI-bullying rules are making workplace rudeness subtler than ever before. Is your office turning into an passive-aggressive battleground?
Five ways to improve your email habits
DO YOU feel like your emails are taking over your life? They probably are. Here are five simple things you need to do right now.
The rise of tropical offices
WE MIGHT mock hipsters, but these ones know how to do work-life balance. Their Bali office set-up could be the way of the future.
Office battles move under the radar
ANTI-bullying rules are making workplace rudeness subtler than ever before. Is your office turning into an passive-aggressive battleground?
Nine easy ways to lose your job
’TIS the season to be jolly and with the party season in full swing, many of us are already feeling festive. But it’s also the season to be wary.
Public service’s sick sickie culture
DRUM roll, please. Public servants take about twice as many sickies as the rest of us. But one department puts them all in the shade.
‘You ask why I’m here. It’s murder’
WHEN Maddie Parry decided to work in an abortion clinic as part of a challenge, there’s one thing she wasn’t prepared for.
Club fights underage stripper charges
THIS strip club is fighting accusations it let a 17-year-old girl pole dance and perform lap dances, allegedly captured on film.
Why people are taking LSD at work
FORGET coffee and meditation. Young professionals are increasingly turning to a controversial new technique to boost their productivity at work.
How to avoid a toxic co-worker
THERE’S at least one in every office. Here are the four types of toxic co-workers, and how to avoid letting them ruin your career.
Why young teachers abandon job
THE reputation of teaching is having a greater influence on young teachers leaving the job than difficulties with students or even a lack of enjoyment.
Salim lashes out at ‘appalling’ treatment
THE controversial deputy mayor has unexpectedly thrown his support behind one of his biggest rivals. Now they’re best of frenemies.
Workplaces finally waking up to this crisis
AUSTRALIA has national emergency on its hands when it comes to domestic violence, and it’s no longer an issue confined to the family home.
Councillor expelled over Mehajer vote
AUBURN councillor Hicham Zraika was dismissed from the Labor party after he failed to vote for his colleague.
Drunk guy calls in IS bomb threat
A DRUNKEN Intel employee didn’t want to go to work in the morning so he paid his friend to call in a bomb threat from Islamic State. It was not a good idea.
This company just banned email
WORK emails are slowing killing us. The only way to break free is to get rid of them completely. Do you agree?
15 words you should stop using
WANT to sound smarter? All you have to do is drop these 15 words from your conversations. Yep, it’s really that simple.
‘Everyone’s sick of you,’ Salim told
SALIM Mehajer has lost the support of his council colleagues, who are asking him to quit because local residents have had enough of his antics.
These are Australia’s coolest companies
AUSTRALIA’S coolest tech companies have been named. Prepare to feel pangs of extreme envy as we run through all their outlandish workplace perks.
What happens when magic tricks fail
“ONE guy at the front burst into tears.” This magician had performed his trick hundreds of times before it went horribly, painfully wrong.
Don’t stay back at work, go home on time
ARE you working for free? It’s probably because you’re waiting for the boss to leave work, but there is a simple solution.
Is golf a good excuse for going part-time?
WANT to work less? These business and employment leaders think we should all be able to, and any excuse should do.
MP nurse visits spark controversy
A QUEENSLAND MP has been accused of putting patients at risk by moonlighting as a nurse at two Gold Coast hospitals.
Blast kills worker at new housing estate
UPDATE: A MAN using explosives at a new housing estate went to investigate a mistimed detonation before dying in a blast heard kilometres away.
The best reasons to chuck a sickie
THERE’S nothing like chucking a Monday morning sickie. But whatever you do, don’t tell the boss you have a cold.
Bum slap costs boss $935,000
THE only thing more outrageous than what “sleazer geezer” Jerry Fund did to his office manager Monica Cardenas was his awful excuse.
Ultimate Mondayitis desk cure
FORGET about standing desks. This US-based start-up has spent the last five years developing something even better.
Woman scrawls ‘help’ in tomato sauce
A SUBWAY employee who was locked in the store’s fridge for eight hours overnight wrote desperate ‘help me’ notes in tomato sauce.
The perk bosses keep to themselves
DO YOU ever get the feeling that one rule applies to you, and another to your boss? Well here’s the proof you might be right.
Five things your boss wants to hear
THOUGH you may think otherwise, your boss wants to hear your ideas. These are the five simple things you should say if you want to stand out.
How to achieve a four-day working week
DO YOU dream of a four-day working week? One company says it has achieved this by banning emails, managers and meetings.
Aussies turn their backs on unions
NEW figures have shown that Australians are ditching trade union membership in droves. But are the numbers correct?
‘Hidden’ industry adds 370,000 jobs
IT’S been billed as Australia’s “hidden economy”, and is worth upwards of $50 billion. Nearly one third of Australian workers are now taking part.
Royal commission’s controversial demand
LABOR and the Trade Union Royal Commission are in a major legal confrontation after the inquiry demanded access to confidential membership records.
‘She seduced me and got me fired’
AN AUSSIE exec claims a 25-year-old seduced him with talk of her breasts and sex, then got him fired from his $2.4 million job.
Five career-killing email blunders
“EMAIL is the most dangerous piece of equipment in the office,” says one career expert. Here are five mistakes that could ruin you.
The debate that could be a game-changer
THESE could be the game-changers that bed Australian voter loyalty to the Liberals at the next election — if they get the policies right.
Jobs as we imagine them are over
YOU had better smile, practice your small talk and work on your handshake. Jobs in the future are going to be all about the human touch.
‘Sadly harassment is part of the job’
DEATH threats, sexual harassment, long hours and underwhelming pay. Welcome to the world of social media management.
Four ways to stop being forgettable
IT’S an unfortunate reality that our performance can often be overlooked. Here’s how to get noticed and get that pay rise.
Single on 90K+: Might have an issue
EARNING over $90,000 in a fulltime job in a capital city, single and aged 35-39 or 50-54, then we have some worrying news on World Mental Health Day.
Brave cleaner tackles grime and gore
THIS hoarder house from hell is just the tip of the iceberg. Meet the cleaner who deals with some of life’s most disturbing episodes. Warning: graphic content.
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You’re being tricked into working more
HAVE you noticed lunchtime yoga and mindfulness classes springing up in your workplace? Watch out. Your boss could be sneakily getting you to work more.
The country with a six-hour workday
HOW would you like to come in at 8am and go home at 2pm every day? This country is living the dream.
Get ready for chaos, Sydney
TRAFFIC CHAOS is predicted with Sydney preparing to close one of it’s busiest roads. But maybe Melbourne has the answer.
Rogue IT help desk worker’s cruel prank
IT’S a pain in the neck for office workers the world over: having to call IT. Ronaldo Dillon makes it that little bit more tortuous.
The problem with public holidays
WHO could be upset about a designated day of sleeping in, sun, and government-sanctioned laziness? Lots of people.
George Costanza’s dream is a reality
WHO said Greeks were lazy? A Greek design firm has officially turned George Costanza’s famous napping desk into a reality.
You wish you could work here
LOCATED in one of San Francisco’s roughest areas, this tech giant’s office is a dreamland of free food and fun zones. We took a look inside.
Unfriending on Facebook is ‘bullying’
TEMPTED to delete that annoying co-worker from Facebook? Think again. You could be found guilty of bullying, according to the workplace tribunal.
The most extreme pay gap of any job
WHEN men make more in a day than their female counterparts make in a year, we’ve got a problem.
Why your first two weeks are crucial
FORGET about finding your feet — these days, new hires need to hit the ground running. Here’s why the first two weeks are the most important.
Salim wins job in lucky dip ‘death wish’
“GOD has forsaken Auburn.” Those are the words of one of Salim Mehajer’s colleagues, after the flashy deputy mayor won back his job amid angry scenes.
The worst lunches to bring to work
IF YOU’RE dining al desk-o, a pungent lunch isn’t just annoying — it could be bad for your career. Whatever you do, don’t bring these lunches.
These pics will give you vertigo
IT’S enough to give you vertigo. In the middle of the Great Depression workers didn’t have much choice when it came to safety. See the precarious pictures.
The city where cleaners make $150k
SCHOOL custodians are cleaning up — in the hallways and on payday — because this city doesn’t want to hire enough of them.
Mumbai’s sewer divers. It’s a living
IF YOU’VE ever complained about your job you need to read this. While many call for reform, sewer divers in Mumbai toil away in the underground pipes up to their necks in the city’s waste.
Mayor chased out of the building
PETER Cox has paid a hefty price for approving this $3 million building. He had to be protected by police when furious locals stormed a council meeting.
What athletes have to teach us
THE biggest mistake you can make at work is the same one that can cost athletes their careers. Here’s what you should learn from the sporting greats.
Is your boss making you dumber?
THIS is not a joke. Your boss really could be doing long-term damage to your brain. Take this test to see if you’re affected.
How to keep work from killing you
PUTTING in too much effort at work might actually kill you. But there are simple steps we can take to de-stress, and actually enjoy our work week.
Meet the best travelled man in Australia
HE’S been to every continent, visited 14 destinations in a month and spent 10 years living in hotels. This is how he does it.
How to reinvent your career
DO YOUR Mondays need rescuing? Best-selling author Jon Acuff says we all need to switch up our work lives with this simple equation.
Our 124 million wasted days
SOMETHING isn’t right here. Aussie workers are failing to take advantage of a basic right, and it’s driving us all to breaking point.
The woman dividing America
SHE’S been compared to Rosa Parks and Abraham Lincoln. She’s a hero to some and hated by so many others. This is the woman dividing America.
Workers bash CEO look-alike piñata
THIS is getting out of hand. Workers at American Apparel have bashed a life-size piñata of the company’s CEO in violent protests.
How to negotiate a killer salary
ARE you too scared to negotiate? You could be dudding yourself tens of thousands of dollars. Here’s how to earn what you’re worth.
Train chaos: All you need to know
MELBOURNE’S traffic is starting to build ahead of a four-hour train strike that is expected to cause chaos. How will it affect your trip to work?
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