1,304 Quotes About Employment

Work is tough for everyone but for Kyle Shannon, it's just murder.

A 'good job' can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.

The pleasure children get from playing is way more intense, and lasts way longer, than the one adults get from being paid.

Self-employed people work where they live. Entrepreneurs live where they work.

Der feste Beruf auf Lebenszeit [...] ist ein Produkt der Industrialisierung.

It's not like that work in any organization will not be done without you; but always make sure that your work must be highlighted with YOU.

I made the mistake of using my earned sick time at the W. M. Keck Observatory for essential surgery. When I returned to work the management team demanded my resignation numerous times, citing my essential surgery as a reason. The W. M. Keck Observatory taught me that using earned sick time in the USA may put your future employment at significant risk.

If we agree that the education, employment and retirement continuum is no longer a linear “cradle to grave” construct, then several tools for managing this reality are increasingly proving redundant. Job descriptions used for hiring are one such example. Hiring managers often write these as a reflection of their own experiences, ignoring the fact that we are entering an era where the emphasis should be less on ready competence and more on transferable skills.

There was no sadness or nostalgia, only disgust that I’d wasted so much time on unnecessary labor when I could have been sleeping and feeling nothing.