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30 People Share The Biggest Lessons They Learned At Work That Every Working Person Should Know

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30 People Share The Biggest Lessons They Learned At Work That Every Working Person Should Know

Work has a way of teaching lessons no handbook ever covers. For these Twitter users, the biggest takeaways came from deadlines, managers, paychecks, and the strange politics of office life.

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The thread started when angelamavalla asked people to share the biggest lesson employment had taught them, and the replies quickly turned into a blunt look at modern work. Some of the answers are funny, some are bleak, and a few are uncomfortably familiar.

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Here are the tweets that stood out most, and they say a lot about what people really learn once they start working.

1. Money isn't everything

1. Money isn't everythingbrooksbannister
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2. Hop around

2. Hop around_Jaystime
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3. Be selfish

3. Be selfishProper_Pateela

4. HR cares about the company

4. HR cares about the companylexiecami

5. Good work brings on more work

5. Good work brings on more worksillyarmerie

6. Unfortunately, this is most often true: the Dunning-Kruger effect at work

6. Unfortunately, this is most often true: the Dunning-Kruger effect at workRedhotmoon77

7. Find a place where you can get along

7. Find a place where you can get alongjuma_mukosi

8. The equation is quite correct

8. The equation is quite correctkyahjewel

9. The company doesn't really care about you

9. The company doesn't really care about youDearBlueEarth

Nicola Simpson, a London-based career coach, says that the need to manage one's career is at the top of people's lists.

That advice lands pretty hard in a thread like this.

10. You don't have to be friends

10. You don't have to be friendsolorunwababs

11. We are family. Now leave

11. We are family. Now leavetravmason

This is similar to the AITA post where someone chose a career-defining work event over a long-awaited family dinner.

12. Always be on the lookout for that word...

12. Always be on the lookout for that word...Marnerbanana

13. Our health comes first

13. Our health comes firstsitshaEsihle1

14. The "Floor Theory." It is not a theory but a reality

14. The "Floor Theory." It is not a theory but a realityMycologistElegant504

15. Exit interview? No, thanks!

15. Exit interview? No, thanks!whatsupwithmaia

16. Scary talk

16. Scary talkjobseekerscreed

17. Find something better

17. Find something betterDavonSwan

18. It’s a kind of magic

18. It’s a kind of magicsweetthesour

19. Every single minute

19. Every single minuteMadisonKittay

20. Just be convincing

20. Just be convincingDanger_Mike

21. Truth hurts

21. Truth hurtsAsessoh

22. Three important things...

22. Three important things...Four6Three1Two

23. You are just a number

23. You are just a numbercaisely

24. No job is worth it

24. No job is worth itJesuonyem

25. Well, what is then?

25. Well, what is then?BrineyBiscuits

26. Your personal business remains your personal business.

26. Your personal business remains your personal business.joy_flo

27. Your time is important. The job is not.

27. Your time is important. The job is not.1stgenYolee

28. Just do the minimum

28. Just do the minimumElqueNoNacio

29. Management is the enemy

29. Management is the enemyfingers_pies_in

30. Don't get comfortable

30. Don't get comfortableBrittanySharnez

We regret to say that none of the lessons featured was something along the lines of “be nice to people; they will repay you with kindness,” or “hard work pays off.” But to be honest, considering the way managers behave, it is unrealistic to expect that the answers would be positive. Something’s gotta change.

Before you pick work over family, read how Reddit judged the OP choosing a work event over a reunion.

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