When the boss drops into the staff room for lunch #corporatelife
One rule for the boss and another rule for everyone else #corporatelife
When you don't want to be a manager #corporatelife
When you've been doing really well until your pay review meeting #corporatelife
When your boss wants to book a meeting at lunchtime #corporatelife
When your boss is offended by you asking for more responsibility #corporatelife
When you're told you're too nice #corporatelife
When you call a meeting when it should have been an email and vice versa #corporatelife
When other people take your ideas #corporatelife
When you're rewarded with the same pay rise as everyone else #corporatelife
When feedback on a mistake is given 9 months too late #corporatelife
When Alice tries to talk to Linda about being overwhelmed #corporatelife
When your boss asks you to come up with your own progression plan #corporatelife
When two cultures collide #corporatelife
Linda tries out some new terminology to review performance #corporatelife
When your boss wants to keep people in their place #corporatelife
When your female workforce is under confident #corporatelife
When your boss is looking for people to load up with more work #corporatelife
When everyone thinks their one to ones are a waste of time
When your boss has their head in the sand when it comes to AI #corporatelife
When the bar for a 'good week' is very low #corporatelife
When your boss chooses his favourite to be the new CEO
When your boss can't delegate #corporatelife
When you've got no idea if you're performing well #corporatelife
When your boss throws you under the bus
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When the board discusses the gender pay gap #corporatelife
When the boss wonders why the team doesn't innovate or problem solve #corporatelife
When your boss measures success by the size of their bonus #corporatelife
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When you put 'Senior' in your job title on LinkedIn #corporatelife
When your boss expects you to train the new starter without any support #corporatelife
When you're put on a performance improvement plan with no specific reasons #corporatelife
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How the board discusses saving money #corporatelife
When your company restructures every 5 minutes #corporatelife
What's your role in the team's underperformance #corporatelife
When your boss has some training on giving feedback #corporatelife
When you only start work on something the day before so no one can judge you
Why having a good role model is so important
When your boss declines your request for a pay rise then has to recruit someone more expensive
When the boss wants to promote their favourite with no justification
When your boss comes back from holiday
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When your boss is mean and then plays the victim
When your boss just wants to steal your ideas but not promote you
When you're welcomed back to work with a new 'common goal' phrase
When you want to talk to your boss about your role
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