You are PUSHING my employees' JOBS off onto them!

"What I don't understand is why you're pushing off the work of copy editing onto (Copywriter).  You're probably feeling at a disadvantage because she's a valued employee and you're just a contractor, but you're the only native English speaker and you have the expertise.
You are RACIST to tell (Copywriter) that her text is full of grammar and stylistic errors but then not fix it.

 It's just a little over 100 pages of text; you can absolutely have that done this weekend. I don't give a shit if you have kids at home, and don't even think about trying to bill the work! DO THE RIGHT THING! I don't want to ask you again! "

- Senior Executive to busy contract Project Manager (who understandably  was reluctant to sign off on releasing a webpage full of poorly-written copy, to represent an F100 company.

I don't like all this contract work...

"I don't like all this contract work. Is it because you're not committed to these companies, or is it because you're not good enough to keep a job?"

- Hiring Manager to an interviewee... interviewing for a project-based contract role in an industry and market where serial contracting is the norm.

What do you mean you don't drive in blizzards?

"What do you mean you don't drive in blizzards? I know you know how to drive in the snow - you're a Northerner!"
- Manager following a 44-inch snowfall. The Southern city had no snowplows and the Governor had declared a state of emergency.
Employee had survived a fatal car accident in an ice storm as a child.

My Boss Said What?!

Let's be honest - being an employee in Post-Recession America sucks. Most of us busted our butts in our 20s, 30s, and beyond to find ourselves stuck in abusive work situations, dead-end jobs, race-to-the-bottom permatemp hell situations that border on indentured servitude... or some combination of the above.
You're not lazy, you're not crazy, and you're not entitled.
Well, OK, maybe you are entitled in which case, keep it up. You're calling out the Emperor's saggy pasty skin and making it easier on the rest of us.

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