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An employee standing at a front desk, thinking about something as she uses a tablet

Front desk intern declines to extend 10 month contract, manager complains as 6 interns quit before her: 'We are throwing away a great opportunity'

A woman sitting at a desk with a laptop raises her hand in the air while talking on her cell phone, a child drawing on the coffee table behind her

Employee blames consistent lateness on childcare, gets upset when they get fired for their timekeeping: 'They rolled in at 10:15 AM because of a morning emergency'

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29 Work Memes Working Hard to Reward Hardworking Workers With Laughs (April 27, 2026)

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Manager continually calls employee on Teams unannounced, interrupting meetings in progress: 'It’s disrespectful of my time'

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Movers berates customer for taking more than 20 minutes to tip for their services: 'Demanding a tip is a great way to ensure you don't get one.'

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Exhausted engineer works much later than he would like to at his stressful job.

Software engineer working 70 hours a week quits after his manager berates him for not working at 7 PM on a Saturday: 'My parents think I lost my mind, but for the first time in a long time, my chest feels light.'

A job hopper leaves his new job after only three months of working there.

Job-hopper claims that 3 months isn't a short amount of time to stay at a job: 'Why should staying for 3 months be a bad thing?'

A woman working from home writes on a notepad while sitting in front of her tablet

Startup fires founding employee, still expects her to do work for no salary: 'They kept another employee who makes less than me'

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Company adds 'focus hours' to remote work day, railroading schedule and forcing employees to work after hours

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Employee tenders their resignation, boss refuses to accept it even after 1 month

A young fast-food employee checks her phone after waking up to find that her boss has called her 10+ times throughout the night.

Fast-food worker wakes up to 11 missed calls from her boss asking her to come in 1 hour early: 'This was all at 9 AM!'

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A male employee looks miserable as he works on a laptop in an office

Employee with 3 years at company trains new coworker, realizes he's allowed to work from home while he has to stay in the office: 'I feel embarrassingly bitter'

A Gen Z employee pouts at her desk, unconcerned with what her boss thinks about her attitude.

Gen Xer praises Gen Z employees for their terrible attitudes at work: 'I wish I could've got away with half the stuff they do these days!'

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Remote employee is written up for going to the dentist at 2pm despite notifying their team and covering all tasks: 'It feels so small and so insane at the same time'

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Employees from different companies work side by side in a coworking space.

Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: 'I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.'

Employee goofs off at work, hoping he won't get fired and forced to do a job that actually requires him to give it his all.

Employee quiet quits at his cushy $100K office job for 3.5 years before his managers noticed: 'They say that I'm not making any progress in my career.'