These are the final results from the What I Learned From the World of Work group writing project that I participated in with my article about What I Learned From Homer Simpson About Jobs.

--Jacob Share

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Everyone has work or job search horror stories to tell. Here are 10 of the funniest job horror stories from around the web.

10. Concerned Employer

From Workrant.com:

“Firing a married couple who had just bought a house and were expecting their first child. The husband was simply fired because they (upper management) figured he’d be mad that his wife was fired.”

9. Honesty is the Best Policy

From The Real World:

“I instantly realize, of course, that there had indeed been a dollar on that table and I tell them that, and that I know that dollar is somewhere deep in the bucket, since that was the first table I had bussed and the bucket was now full, and since I don’t empty the buckets, I obviously wasn’t stealing… They say if it isn’t in that bucket I’m fired.”

--Jacob Share

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Over on Secrets of the Job Hunt, Chris Russell refers to an interesting anecdote told by Harry Joiner on his blog the Marketing Headhunter recounting the tremendous efforts of a job seeker to understand the company he would be interviewing for. Chris calls it an “amazing story of true dedication to the job search process”. It’s a quick but fascinating read.

--Jacob Share

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