Work

How to get paid cash-in-hand for your middle-class job, by a white van driver

WORRIED about tax rises? Want to opt out of the whole system by getting paid in wads of grubby banknotes? White van driver Wayne Hayes explains how.

'It's opposite day': Seven perfect responses to being disciplined at work

RECEIVING any sort of punishment at work is stressful, but you can deal with it calmly and maturely. Or you can try these long-shot ways of weaselling out of it…

Man traumatised by co-worker who actually does want something from shop

A MAN who asked whether anyone in the office fancied anything from the shop was left devastated when somebody said they did.

Woman makes mistake of showing full potential to employer

A WOMAN has made the appalling mistake of showing her employer everything she is capable of doing.

Women love being called 'girls' at work

DESPITE claims to the contrary, women love to be referred to as 'girls' in the workplace, it has been confirmed.

Company's idea of reward is spending more time with colleagues

A BUSINESS has rewarded its employees for their long hours at work with more hours at work, it has emerged.

Office worker eats lunch at 10am, loses mind at 2pm

AN employee has caved and eaten his lunch ludicrously early, shifting his usual post-work mental breakdown into the mid-afternoon.

Is your first month in a new job going better than Liz Truss's?

STARTED a new job recently? Wondering how you’re doing, comparatively? Find out how your first month stacks up against the prime minister’s.

Woman quits job to do exact same job for different people

A WOMAN has triumphantly quit her job to do the exact same job at a new location for marginally different people.

Is your pay rise dangerously inflationary or are you earning more than £150,000 a year?

WOULD giving you a pay rise in line with inflation only fuel that inflation, or is it perfectly fine because you earn six figures?