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These Indians Trolled Their Interviewers & Still Got The Job!

OfficeChai Team

Interviews are usually a sacrosanct affair. It’s a matter of getting a job and advancing your career, and people put their best foot forward. However, there are some cases when candidates take a leap of faith and instead of playing it safe and giving well-thought out, stock responses, end up putting their foot in the mouth. Here are a few shining examples of when people said or did some rather crazy things AND got the job! Whether they got lucky, or their cheek paid off, is a anyone’s guess, but these make for some very interesting and hilarious interview stories.

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10 Unethical Practices By Employees That Harm A Company In The Long Run

OfficeChai Team

People in general have a lot of grudges against their employers. Most conversations are peppered with laments, gossip or plain hatred against your boss, awful colleagues or a sucky work culture. However, more often that not, the employees, are not exactly a picture of everything that’s right, bright and ethical. There are many ways employers are also wronged by the employees, than just vice versa.

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Top 6 Most Sought-After Startup Jobs In 2016 And What They Do

OfficeChai Team

While job roles for most companies are more or less similar, some jobs are a reflection of the current economy. India’s in the midst of booming startup culture. Most of these startups operate online, and often ecommerce, the man power required has shaped accordingly. We crunched some data on the various job portals and startup communities in India and found the following job roles were the most sought after. We have also analysed some salary trends for these roles to come up with a range.

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Top 15 Reasons These Indians Said They Hate Their Jobs For

OfficeChai Team

Jobs and people have a love and hate relationship. You need them to earn your bread and live a respectable life, but at the same time, they can be your biggest enemies. Stress, lack of time for pursuing your passion, draconian office rules etc. can often make people hate their jobs. While the reason to hate a job is highly subjective, there are some common triggers or patterns that establish some of the most common ones. On a thread on social opinion website Reddit, people were asked why they hated their jobs, and these were the top reasons.

8 Unsual Options To Spend A Weekend For The Lazy Corporate Employee

OfficeChai Team

Corporate employees are constantly on the lookout for ways to relax. Usual entertainment options such as dining out and movies are passe. Come weekend, and you find yourself wondering “What to do over the weekend?” Before you find yourself tucking into that bed and doing marathons of the show you don’t even like that much, let us help you with a few suggestions that are probably unsual, involve a bit more effort ( If signing yourself up on a website and showing up counts as effort) and experiences that are sure to make your life that much more exciting.

12 Things Successful People Never Reveal About Themselves At Work

Travis Bradberry

You can’t build a strong professional network if you don’t open up to your colleagues; but doing so is tricky, because revealing the wrong things can have a devastating effect on your career. Sharing the right aspects of yourself in the right ways is an art form. Disclosures that feel like relationship builders in the moment can wind up as obvious no-nos with hindsight.
The trick is to catch yourself before you cross that line, because once you share something, there is no going back. Dr. Travis Bradberry shares the 12 crucial things employees should resist from sharing openly.