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Was your manager competent enough to guide you in building your career?

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I have had a few weird and unusual experiences in my life, especially, in the workplace. Those experiences compelled me to wonder about the work ethics that are followed in these places as many of such practices adversely affected my career as well as others too. But before beginning what I endured let's read a story first:- The Story of a gem-cutter Once upon a time, there was a gem-cutter who was not so skilled in his trade. But he was a favorite of his master. One day his master gave him a very precious stone to cut into a beautiful piece of jewel. The gem-cutter could not do it properly. He broke it into several pieces. His master realized his mistakes and soon replaced him with a skilled one. The new gem-cutter collected the pieces of this broken gem and cut each one of them beautifully. They are now smaller in size but they shone brilliantly. The mistake done by the jewel shop owner was that he relied on somebody based on favoritism and not on the skills he possessed to perfo

Three Signs Your Manager Demonstrates Toxic Behavior

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When you first leave the professional world, you may want to become a good employee and do everything your boss tells you. But how do you know that your workplace and employer are toxic?

When agency people could not find anything to undermine my merit, they looked for personality disorders.

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Based on a true experience of a dedicated worker who just could not give up... A few years back, Sheila got a job as a social media executive in a reputed IT firm. Sheila was chosen to work for them after successfully completing a course in digital marketing from an institution run by the same company. Sheila was practically thrilled at first, but soon realized she had made a mistake.