Consumerist
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warning signs
17 Signs You May Be Out Of A Job Soon
If you're still on the fence about whether to spend your stimulus check, pay off debt with it, or stock up on ramen noodles, this checklist may help you decide. Some of the tips are pretty unnecessary—"your job duties are marginalized" and "your company plans to move to a smaller building" shouldn't be hard to decipher. It never hurts to remind yourself about some of the signs of an impending downsize, however. More » -
debt
Buffalo, Where The Debt Collectors Do Roam
Who would've guessed that credit card debt and the subprime meltdown would be the saving grace for one of New York's decaying cities? Buffalo now hosts over 100 collection agencies that employ 5,200 people who spend their days prodding delinquent consumers to pay their bills. The cottage industry relies on the "strong work ethic [and] even-handed temperament" of Western New Yorkers, who once powered long-departed industrial giants like Kodak and General Electric. More » -
lawsuits
Ex-Manager Sues Best Buy For Telling "Target" That He "Sucked"
Ex-Best Buy manager Michael Oliveri, may "suck," but he's pretty darn clever. After he was fired from Best Buy he applied with Circuit City and Target, but became suspicious when job offers from those companies were abruptly terminated. More » -
employment
Job Ideas For 2008
If you're looking to increase your salary, change or start a career, or just get a new job now that your old one has dried up and blown away, MarketWatch has a list of job growth areas and trouble spots for 2008. More » -
alcohol
Drink Yourself Rich
How to get ahead in business? Skip college. Skip the job fair. Head straight to the old man bar at the corner and start passing out the business cards. More » -
employment
Ohio Employees Have a Chip On Their Forearm
Most people don't mind wearing a security badge to work, but CityWatcher.com's new employee identity verification system may be the first of its kind: RFID microchip implants. The Cincinnati-based video surveillance firm has "chipped" a couple of its employees, implanting glass-encased RFID transmitters in their forearms. The chips act much like current RFID badging technologies, granting the chipped employees access to restricted areas—the main difference seems to be that a determined thief would have to cut the chip out of the employee instead of simply making off with their badge. Makes the $10 badge replacement fee pale in comparison, we think. More » -
employment
Employees Are Customers, Too
It's often true that employees quit their bosses (rather than their companies), but all of them doing so at once is a rare and beautiful occasion. Four employees of Blenz Coffee in Vancouver went the extra mile, walking out mid-shift and taping a note on the door: More » -
evil
Dominoes Pizza Fires Driver for Being Robbed
Everyone has seen the signs saying, 'The delivery does not have more than $20 in cash.' Who knew that having more than $20 on hand was a fireable offense? According to The Roanoke Times, Christine Clayborne, a six-year veteran of pizza delivery with Dominoes, was fired after she was robbed on the job, because having more than $20 made her "look like a target," she says. At least she's kept a good sense of humor about the robbery:Before she could respond, a man wearing a ski mask and crouched close to the ground sprayed her with a fire extinguisher.
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