It's a high tech world out there, and employers have more tools to keep their eyes on you than ever before. You might wonder why your company cares to listen into your phone conversations or check your email accounts - it's not necessarily meant to make your life miserable. Most often, a company is just...

By Ed Orum Women steer clear from jobs in tech because they imagine their lives would be like a bad episode of TV's "The Big Bang Theory." Whether that's true doesn't necessarily matter - the stereotypes of geeky guys in science and tech is enough to dissuade women from pursuing a career in computer...

Here's a little inspiration to get you through those days when you wake up and all you want to do is call in sick for no good reason: 70-year-old Rhea Holt hasn't missed a day of work in 43 years. That's nearly 90,000 hours or roughly 11,180 days on the job without an excuse for why he couldn't make it into...

Nearly one out of two workers in Detroit are unemployed, according to a report by The Detroit News. It's a figure far higher than the government's official figure, which is still close to a staggering 30 percent. But the newspaper says that rate doesn't take everything into account. For every person who is...

flickr.com Talk about a bad call! There's a job opening at a major investment firm in Texas because the last guy was sacked - for playing fantasy football at work. According to a report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, a "relationship manager" at a Fidelity Investments regional office was recently let go from...

Imagine checking your bank account on payday to find a little bonus cash in there - to the tune of about $1.3 million! That's exactly what happened to a British supermarket warehouse employee - but instead of taking the cash and hi-tailing it to a remote island, the loyal guy returned the money.

How would you feel if your boss received a copy of every text message you sent from your work-issued cell phone? It might make you think twice before hitting that send button. It's an issue with such huge implications that the Supreme Court recently announced it will hear a case on the topic. It stems from a...

It just might be easier to get a limo ride in the remote Indian town of Ludhiana than it is in New York City or Las Vegas. The village, with it's dusty streets and free-roaming animals, is bursting at the seams with limousines. So far nearly 400 drivers have set up shop because of a local law that exempts owners...

There's a certain chicken chain where "finger lickin' good" has proved to be advertising gold. This isn't a story about that. It's the tale of former British supermarket employee who has taken the idea to a new level of bizarreness. Read the Full Story >>