Abused Employees Retaliate

A 2007 survey conducted by researchers at Florida State University discovered that employees who endure abuse from their bosses retaliate with poor performance. ...

Alcoholic Beer Taster Sues Brewery

An unidentified beer taster went to battle with a Brazilian brewery, alleging his bosses failed to provide the proper health safeguards when they ordered ...

Writings on Hospital Charts

Rumored notes from hospital charts (probably written by some sleepy intern or frazzled nurse):

• The patient refused autopsy.

• Patient has left ...

Head of Salvation Army Recommends Prayer for Businesses

In a 2006 interview with USA Today, Israel Gaither, the national commander for the Salvation Army, offered some advice on how to instill employees with ...

Employees Would Hide Websites from Bosses

A Spherion Workplace poll of 1,601 employed adults asked the following question: "If you knew your employer could see content from your social network ...

Office Workers Bombarded by Messages

If you feel overloaded, you're not crazy. You're normal. But you may feel distracted, frustrated, or half sick, because the average office worker gets ...

Executives Choose to Act like Children

When the stress of work gets to be too much, an increasing number of executives are escaping from the cares of this world in less conventional ways. Instead ...

Librarian Takes a Stand for the Sabbath

In 2003, a public library in Savannah, Missouri, decided to open its doors to patrons on Sundays. As a result, Connie Rehm, a librarian for 12 years, ...

Bob Newhart Experiences Legalistic Accounting

I took a job as an accountant in downtown Chicago. As your basic 9-to-5 bookkeeper, my duties included managing the petty cash. Salesmen would come in ...

Western Practices Causing Depression and Suicide in Japan

In 2006, the Japanese work force had higher rates of anxiety, mental illness, depression, and suicide than ever before—and it was partly America's ...