If the modern automobile had a status on Facebook, it would undoubtedly be “It’s complicated.” With their computer-controlled fuel injection systems, continuously variable transmissions and three-phase four-pole AC induction motors, the days when every Tom, Dick or Harry could wrench on their ride seem long gone. So...
Like everyone else hitting the New Year, you might be thinking about making some serious life changes, and that could mean switching careers. In which case, you might be wondering, “Am I too late? Or what about too old? Do I have to start over?” These are...
So you went a little overboard with your Christmas tree last year, huh? You were feeling extra festive, and you bought the tallest, most cumbersome pine that your local dealer had to offer. Somehow, one of the employees managed to strap it to the top of your...
When you have a long-time partner, bringing them as your guest to the office holiday party is an obvious move. But as a single person, your plus-one situation becomes much more of a consideration. Do you go alone? Do you bring your best friend? What about hopping...
You tried to forget about what happened at the last office holiday party, but with the next one just around the corner, your colleagues have started, once again, cracking jokes about how you took full advantage of the open bar and puked on the dance floor. Maybe...
Get your best sweater-dress-shirt combination ready, because Office Holiday Party Season is upon us. It’s time to meet the guys named Mark your significant other spends all day Slacking. I know, I know, the only way to get through an event like this is to drink gin-and-tonics...
Ah, the holiday party: That annual challenge where you’re expected to look nice, but also sort of cosy, while perhaps also somehow incorporating red and green in a way that doesn’t look like absolute festive crap. We asked some experts what to wear to every kind of...
My disappointment is profound and my rage knows no bounds: Despite my dad always getting an annual holiday bonus before he retired a few years ago, I have been notified that holiday bonuses are apparently not much of a thing anymore, and therefore, I will not be...
There’s a lot to look forward to at the end of the year: Quality time with friends and family (if you’re into that sort of thing); the promise of gifts (like a new pair of socks); and of course, an extra 10-to-15 pounds of winter weight to...
Ah, the annual company-wide holiday party, where any semblance of professionalism between your colleagues goes out the window and that one person from finance, without exception, drunkenly professes their undying love for their coworker before crying and passing out on the bathroom floor. Sounds… uncomfortable. But is...
Picking out presents for friends and family can be precarious, sure. Picking out a present for you boss, though? The person who decides your workload and provides your paycheck? That’s a whole new ballgame. On the one hand, you want to impress them — on the other...
Few workplace activities open up the office to awkwardness and outrage quite like Secret Santa. No matter how many guidelines are put into place, at least one person is bound to bring something that would send even the most relaxed HR department into a panic, and somehow,...