Retired employee shares 4 important rules he's learned in the workforce: 'Management is NOT your friend'

As you go through your years as an employee, sometimes, you've gotta learn things the hard way. From work-life balance to advocating for better working standards, we don't always know what's acceptable and what's not when we're new to the workforce. It's good to look back and reflect on how much you've changed since you started working. Maybe you used to try and put on a performance during a job interview, but now you're interviewing the employer, too. Or maybe you used to accept whatever salary management offered you because you thought it was the only way to get the job, but now you're asking for raises every year to keep up with inflation. Whatever it may be, wouldn't it have been nice just to know these things when you started out as a newbie? Well, this retired employee is here to help. While in retirement, he took to the internet to share four rules he'd discovered during his years in the workforce, and they're important ones, too. A lot of them are lessons many of us have already learned, but it's validating to hear from a fellow employee.

The rules didn't stop at 4, and other workers in the comments continued the list with valuable rules they've acquired during their time working. So, instead of waiting to learn these lessons the hard way yourselves, get a head start by reading through these workers' experiences and save yourself the hard work.