Work

Five things bosses expect you to do on your holiday

HOLIDAYS are a time for much-needed rest, relaxation, and escape from work. Here are five pieces of unsolicited toil your boss expects regardless.

Pissing in a bottle and Ginsters for breakfast: have you got what it takes to be an HGV driver?

POST-BREXIT haulage companies are in the shit, with 10,000 drivers urgently needed. But could you handle being a knight of the road?

How to negotiate a pay rise if you're a pathetic f**king coward

ARE you both pathetic and pathetically underpaid? Trying to work up courage to ask for a small raise? Here’s how to cringe and beg.

The five freaks who are voluntarily back in the office

ONLY 20 per cent of workers have returned to the office since rules have relaxed. Which types of office oddball chose to go back?

How to fill your working day with pointless messy drama

IS your working environment calm, serene and productive? Bollocks to that. Add panic and stress to everyone’s working day with these tips.

How to deal with your boss's bullshit questions

DOES your boss like to ask ridiculous questions during your catch-ups? Here's how to answer their tedious, pointless queries.

Six tips for success not as effective as 'have wealthy parents'

STRUGGLING to make something of yourself? Try these honest, hard-working tips and still lose out to someone with millionaire parents.

'Let's agree to disagree', says woman who will bring it up again in five minutes

A WOMAN who has asked everyone to agree to disagree will also be the one to raise the contentious issue again in a few minutes.

'Fast-paced' and other phrases in job ads that mean 'living hell'

LOOKING for work? Want to spot those positions that promise perpetual suffering in an office full of bastards? Look out for these key phrases.

Avoid, delay, deny: how to manage deadlines

DEADLINE approaching? Here’s how to face it head-on by using every displacement activity possible until the final minute.