“Competitive Salary”

We remain competitive by paying you less than our competition.

“Join our fast-paced company”

We have no time to train you.

“Casual work atmosphere”

We don’t pay enough to expect that you will dress up; a couple of the real daring guys wear earrings.

“Some overtime required”

Some every night and some every weekend.

“Duties will vary”

Anyone in the office can […]

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The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.

Robert Frost

The easiest job in the world has to be coroner. Surgery on dead people. What’s the worst thing that could happen? If everything went wrong, maybe you’d get a pulse

Dennis Miller

Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a […]

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A mathematician, an accountant and an economist apply for the same job. The interviewer calls in the mathematician and asks “What do two plus two equal?”

The mathematician replies “Four.” The interviewer asks “Four, exactly?” The mathematician looks at the interviewer incredulously and says “Yes, four, exactly.”

Then the interviewer calls in the accountant and asks the […]

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HOUSTON & LONDON – To keep the marketplace informed on the trends and realities of the outsourcing and broader business transformation markets, EquaTerra has just completed a variety of detailed studies based on input from its advisors, the service provider community and outsourcing buyers.

EquaTerra’s 1Q08 Pulse Survey – Which contains an analysis of the affect […]

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From The New York Times:
Bosses of a publishing firm are trying to work out why no one noticed that one of their employees had been sitting dead at his desk for five days before anyone asked if he was feeling okay.  George Turkelbaum, 51, who had been employed as a proof-reader at a New York […]

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