tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73509792011-07-29T05:05:24.104ZHi, I'm John Doe Employee. I work for a retail enterprise in the Midwest. This blog chronicles the employee experience in a large business that has run amok.JohnDoeEmployeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033455988050788638noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350979.post-1090211390999862832004-07-19T03:42:00.000Z2004-07-19T04:29:51.000Z

Last week, one of the Almighty Tribal Council Members, who shall be known as BratAss, called me at my desk one morning and (surprise, surprise!) it was a conference call with another manager. BratAss took this opportunity to spout at me about something he didn't like that he felt I should be held responsible for (I'm not), I suspect he coerced the other manager into agreeing, then cornered me in

JohnDoeEmployeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033455988050788638noreply@blogger.com114tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350979.post-1088835473403741072004-07-03T06:14:00.000Z2004-07-03T06:17:53.403Z

It appears that a couple of employees finally let their customers know exactly what they thought about their employer by printing offensive messages on their purchase receipts. Click here to read more.

JohnDoeEmployeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033455988050788638noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350979.post-1088659301148727472004-07-01T05:15:00.000Z2004-07-01T05:21:41.146Z

Murphy's Law. Karma. Vexes. Jinx. You've heard of it, read about it, and I'm sure it's happened to you. Just when you think things are going well, something comes up and bites you in the ass big time. I'm pretty sure I'm staring Karma in the face right now. The problem? There isn't one. I have had nothing significant to rant about at all. Things have been a little slow this week. I've been

JohnDoeEmployeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033455988050788638noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350979.post-1088476772015969672004-06-29T02:35:00.000Z2004-06-29T02:41:03.893Z

One evening on my way out the door, I spotted these two book titles tucked away in a non-descript location: Getting Paid What You're Worth1001 Ways to Create Retail Excitement Interesting dichotomies, aren't they? I'm sure any retail employee would laugh at this as hard as I have.

JohnDoeEmployeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033455988050788638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350979.post-1088136360772290612004-06-25T03:57:00.000Z2004-06-25T19:09:47.383Z

There used to be a time when loyalty meant something. People would work for certain companies for decades. Companies also valued the contributions of their employees. You don't hear about that happening so much any more. Example: the Almighty Employer. My co-worker, Mackenzie, pretty much inherited the motherlode of management responsibilities after her manager parted the company on not-so-good

JohnDoeEmployeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033455988050788638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350979.post-1087998342996314592004-06-23T13:30:00.000Z2004-06-24T00:14:36.923Z

If you spend countless hours in front of the tube like I do, then I'm sure you've seen those "Hide-and-Seek" Orbitz commercials. My favorite happens to be the one where the guy "finds" the seal hiding behind the copy machine. How funny would it be to have a pet seal following you around at work? Just my $0.02.

JohnDoeEmployeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033455988050788638noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350979.post-1087861412376226052004-06-21T23:23:00.000Z2004-06-21T23:43:32.376Z

My friend and co-worker--let's call him Bob--has been out of college for 2 to 3 years now. At the time Bob graduated, the economy had its' first inklings of going to crap. Being the optimisitic recent grad Bob was, he set out to find his dream job anyway. That was then. Bob has since settled for a barely-above living wage job just to make ends meet. These days, Bob is looking for any professional

JohnDoeEmployeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03033455988050788638noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7350979.post-1087534879953620902004-06-18T04:41:00.000Z2004-06-18T05:01:19.953Z

There are a lot of things that the average working American shouldn't have to deal with, ranging from basic office politics to the blatantly illegal business manuevers. Don't get me wrong. At a time when our economy is more or less crap, I'm overly thankful to have a steady paycheck coming in. Knowing my employer, though, I fear being sued or fired if I were to thank about some of the things I

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