Author: Caffeinated Sarcasm

There are moments in life when you realize you have made a decision that sounds harmless on paper but spiritually feels like stepping into a…

View More I Accidentally Attended a Company Party and Became an Unpaid Culture Consultant

Let’s talk about employment gaps, because apparently the moment some companies see a blank space on a resume, their imagination leaves the building, files a…

View More The Resume Gap Was Actually a Leadership Program Nobody Paid For

You ever read a job description so confusing you start looking around your house for witnesses? Not references. Witnesses. People who can stand there, place…

View More I Called the Company Because the Job Description Needed Adult Supervision

There is a strange little moment that happens on LinkedIn now, and it deserves to be studied by scientists, therapists, labor attorneys, and at least…

View More The Like Button Should Not Require Legal Counsel

You ever pull into a gas station thinking the most emotional part of your day is going to be watching the pump casually remove money…

View More The Woman at Pump Four and the Corporate Policy Manual That Raised Nobody’s Child

There are moments in modern corporate life so bizarre that your brain does not immediately know where to file them. It tries professionalism first. Then…

View More The Layoff Thank You Note Industrial Complex

Some people say, “It’s just business,” with the calm confidence of someone who has never once considered that the phrase sounds less like strategy and…

View More “It’s Just Business,” Said the Villain in Khakis

LinkedIn keeps telling people to be authentic, which is very sweet, in the same way a haunted doll saying “trust me” is sweet. Every few…

View More Authenticity, But Please Keep It Professionally Sedated

There is a special kind of corporate magic that happens when an employee discovers a serious compliance problem, raises the alarm, and suddenly leadership starts…

View More When Compliance Finds a Body and Leadership Asks About the Budget

There is a version of LinkedIn that lives only in my imagination, and I visit it often, usually after reading the seventeenth layoff announcement of…

View More The Fully Tagged Layoff Post LinkedIn Is Not Emotionally Prepared For

Some messages do not just land in your inbox. They walk in slowly, pull up a chair, turn off the fluorescent lights, and make the…

View More When Bad Managers Wear Leadership Like a Halloween Costume

There are moments in adult life when you realize personal growth is not always quiet breathing, drinking more water, forgiving people in silence, or posting…

View More When the Boss Becomes the Case Study