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Edit for any skeptics: obviously, there are many reasons why we've had your pet a little longer than usual. But this is definitely one of them, and it's my favorite.
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I cannot magically fix your children. My students learn to respect the rules and procedures in class,but if they go home and there are no rules? Yeah, good luck with that. Believe it or not, you actually have some role in your child's education and upbringing.
TL;DR: I'm not a wizard, despite what the American public may think.
People are talking about their jobs more than ever online. With social media’s reach, platforms like Reddit, LinkedIn, and Glassdoor let employees expose the behind-the-scenes truths in a safe environment.
It’s easy to reach tons of people through social media and you also have the option stay anonymous if you want.
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I have no pity, either. People like that make it much harder for people with actual problems to get the benefits they require to get better, which is heartbreaking.
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A 2023 survey by LinkedIn found that 60% of workers feel confident in sharing their workplace experiences on social media.
Whether it’s toxic work environments, shady practices or just some well-kept secrets that the public should know, employees are not shying away from lifting the curtain.
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Except in rare cases of absolute genius, "talent" doesn't have much to do with success in the real world - you become a great musician the same way you become a great programmer or a great writer: by putting in a lot of hours.
#7
The iPhone is the most overrated phone known to man.
#8
Most days I don't feel like an expert at all.
#9
There can be several reasons why these employees are revealing truths that rarely make it to those outside their profession.
When the public starts paying attention, companies are often forced to fix toxic practices if there are any, and make the workplace better — for employees as well as the customers.
If someone working in hospitality exposes unsafe kitchen practices like poor hygiene, it might scare away customers and push the company to either clean up its act or go out of business.
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Employees also want to show people what their jobs are really like day to day, and that some professions are much more than stereotypes.
It’s also a way to challenge common misconceptions — who knew Army personnel spent a lot of time doing landscaping, or that some therapists got into the field because of their own personal struggles?
These stories also help us see the human side of the jobs, rather than just the clichés or scandals.
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We were never actually trained on how to make your printer work.
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If you're ever in a casino, and see a chair tipped over against a wall, or covered in a garbage bag, don't sit in it. Odds are some has either releaved themselves on it or thrown up on themselves. Why didn't they get up? The next slot spin is going to be a winner!
With these stories, people who are planning a career in a particular field can get a reality check and know what to expect before starting a job.
These little anecdotes show that no job is as glamorous, or as scary, as it’s often made out to be — a musician pointing out that practice is more important than talent reveals what skills really matter, not just what a job looks like from the outside.
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We do not always have a way of figuring out what's wrong with you. There is no magic test that will prove beyond any doubt exactly what you have. Furthermore, diagnosis of disease is not reached by following an algorithm. This isn't math, your body didn't read my textbook, and more often than not, there's not something I'm "missing". In fact, every doctor I know orders WAY TOO MANY tests, just to be sure they don't miss anything. Dumb doctors are few and far between. Jerks are not, but don't confuse the two.
It took over 100 years of medical science to establish certain diseases as distinct entities, and many are rare or have convoluted criteria that only a few patients actually fill.
So be patient, realize that I'm human and cannot retain the entirety of medical knowledge within my brain, and know that I'm working hard to help you get better. And you will be the last thing I think about before I go to sleep.
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As consumers, we often only care about the end result. But it’s important to know if the food you’re eating is fresh and clean, or if the lawyer you are hiring is working hard enough or not.
It can even help us make decisions on how to approach a certain professional, whether to show more empathy or a little healthy suspicion.
Behind every product we buy or a service we get, there’s a whole wide world most of us never see, and these stories leave us with a bit more understanding of what really goes on at a workplace.
#20
Investment Banker: We know exactly what we are doing. (Yes we knew the real estate bubble was gonna blow, but everyone was playing chicken trying to be the last one that leaves before the collapse.) And those "complicated, convoluted" derivatives that nobody understands, are actually very simple and easy to understand when they are explained correctly.
Tobacco industry: Its so profitable you would be stunned. Ever wondered how they paid the fines the US slapped them with without so much as a hiccup? Oh and all the smuggled "fakes"....the original brand holder gets paid for that.