The Secret To Corporate Success: Laziness

This morning, in blinding succession, three amazing things happened to me. As I sit here trying to make sense of these bizarre events, I seem to keep asking myself the same question: are corporate power and success directly correlated to laziness?
Think about it. The highest ranking person in a company is usually the one who [...]

How To Use Quotes From Billy Madison At Work

Work can be a rough place to be. Think about it, you’re not doing what you want to be doing with your day and who wants to be doing that? Well let me tell you something, if you start to incorporate quotes from the movie Billy Madison into your work day things will really start [...]

What Corporate America Is Really Like

Completely Real And Believable Stories I Hear At Work

Hello there. How are you today? I want to share a few completely real and believable stories I hear at work. Now, these totally legitimate stories actually happened because my boss told them to me. They must be true. In fact, whenever I’m at work, I pretty much have to entertain any story my boss [...]

How To Use Quotes From My Cousin Vinny At Work

My Cousin Vinny is one of the greatest comedies of our generation. The unrivaled charms of Vinny Gambini and Mona Lisa Vito have captured the hearts of movie goers since its 1992 release. Never has the story of a big fish in a small pond been so comical and genius.
This movie not only [...]

So You’ve Become A Corporate Drone

So, you’ve come to realization that you are just another cog in the wheel. You are indeed not special and you go to work every day living out somebody else’s dream. Well, although you are just another brick in the wall, don’t worry because you’re not alone.
However, it’s the things you encounter at work, on [...]

Strange Language In Corporate America

Everything you learned in college can’t prepare you for how things actually happen in Corporate America. You may have learned some skills here and there, but the only way to learn how to do a job is to be in the thick of things; that includes how to talk the talk.
The way people speak in [...]

There’s Always One Brownie Left: Corporate America Food Etiquette

In all office buildings across America there is a universal, unwritten law when it comes to eating food your co-workers bring in to share: NEVER EAT THE LAST ONE OF ANYTHING. If you are seen eating the last brownie, scone, or scraping the last bit of cheese dip left over from Betty’s Super Bowl party [...]

How To Craft The Perfect Cover Letter

Here at The Daily Contributor, we understand that writing cover letters can be tedious and annoying. That’s why we’ve developed a foolproof template for you to use. And when you get that job you’ve always wanted, don’t thank us… thank yourself for being a loyal visitor to this website.
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Top 5: Bored at Work? Make Office Arts and Crafts!

Chances are if you’re reading this you’ve run out of creative ways to entertain yourself at work. So what do you do when you refreshed TheDailyContributor.com every five minutes, written e-mails to people you haven’t talked to in months and taken cigarette breaks even though you don’t smoke? Why, you make some office art of [...]