8 Most Annoying Job-Related Questions To Ask (Or Be Asked) During Thanksgiving

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8 Most Annoying Job-Related Questions To Ask (Or Be Asked) During Thanksgiving

10:30 am, November 14th | by Laura Donovan

Thanksgiving is all fun and games…until you get the third degree about “what you’re doing with your life.” Unless you’re Mark Zuckerberg, you probably have some room for career improvement, at least in your parents’ eyes, and the job-related questions can become quite jarring. Here are the most cringe-worthy things you may be asked during Thanksgiving, and if you’re not used to being probed on your professional life, be sure not to ask these very questions to other family members…unless of course you live to make people uncomfortable. That’s what family is for, right?

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1.Have you been promoted yet?

Even if you have been promoted, an equally annoying follow-up question is inevitable, such as...

2.How much are they paying you nowadays?

Uh, rude...

3.When are you going to get a raise?

Call my boss and report the answer back to me, k?

4.You work weekends? That must suck.

Tell me something I don't know!

5.How's work going?

Not an unreasonable question, but if this photo is any indicator of your office culture, you probably don't have a positive answer for the inquirer.

6.How's the job hunt going?

In this economy? Swimmingly!

7.For the unemployed: how are you making money in the interim?

If you're not flipping burgers Lester Burnham style, you're draining your savings account. Chances are, you're not going to want to talk about either situation.