HAS there ever been a generation more afflicted by such high stress levels than this current one? Trying to strike that work/life balance, paying bills, keeping a roof over your head – it can take all your energy sometimes to just keep on keeping on, suppressing that stress until you’re old enough to die of… Read more »
WATERFORD native Padraig Towlin is struggling to keep it together after a rather usual event occurred in his home yesterday afternoon. Towlin (51) had cause to ring a plumbing company due to a leak in his kitchen sink but the company sent a woman dressed in plumber’s clothing instead of sending an actual plumber, much… Read more »
IDLE chit chat, seems harmless enough. Office banter. Who could object? Being a polite person; a small kindness. This may well be true in your first week of employment in a heavenly fantasy no worker actually lives through and thus, the need to cut office small talk down to a clean 60 seconds is incredibly… Read more »
WATERFORD store manager Manus Whelan has spent the morning bitterly complaining how he would be better off on social welfare, following a Budget 2019 dole increase of five whole euro. Whelan hasn’t stopped grousing since Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe’s announcement yesterday that cuts to the USC will result in the average worker benefiting by 4… Read more »
A GOVERNMENT scheme aimed at cutting the punishing costs of childcare will see toddlers and infants put to work at adorable little assembly lines, cutting their creche fees by up to 50% if they’re very good little boys and girls. 500 creches and Montessori schools around the country have participated in trial runs of the scheme,… Read more »
OFFICE GOSSIPS have confirmed beyond reasonable doubt the absolute state of Róisín’s outfit, WWN can confirm with further claims being made that she may have gotten dressed in the dark. Garments worn by employees at Hartlin & Lynnhart Associates is rarely the focus of attention among the 50-strong workforce at the company, however, many today… Read more »
THINKING about a change in career? Confused about how to change your life around and get yourself the job you’ve always wanted (and felt you deserved)? Here’s a few helpful things to remember when thinking about your career, keeping in mind that this is Ireland, and you are Irish. 1) Get your dad to see what… Read more »
A 56-YEAR-OLD receptionist working in a Dublin office has slowly been phased out by her employers on the grounds that ‘a young woman with perkier tits is needed front of house’, WWN has learned. Careful to discuss their desire to dispense with the ‘old bag’ on reception in an undocumented fashion, management at Ganley PLC… Read more »
A LOCAL WATERFORD office was full to the brim with discussion as staff at Nealon Solutions dissected the behaviour, interests and mannerisms of one coworker they discovered was gay. According to the crack team of four employees decamped to the staff canteen, Rory Herrons (34), doesn’t fit any of the easily attributable stereotypes to homosexual… Read more »
A LOCAL DUBLIN boss sees nothing wrong with emailing you at 10.34pm to follow up on another email he sent at 9.47pm in the evening despite the fact you usually clock off at 5pm and you’re actually on a day off today, WWN can reveal. David Cowans, of Byron Services LTD, who routinely spaces out… Read more »