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'Are you gonna have fun on your little bouncy castle?': Adults debate whether or not taking your birthday off work is an 'ick'

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‘No children in the home younger than 16’: Job posting advertises crazy, Orwellian work-from-home stipulations

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Manager scolds barista for rejecting customer's advances, instructs her to tell him to come again if he wants to see her: 'That encourages him to be even more creepy'

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Job application requires a polygraph test for $24K per year position where employees work 9 months on and 3 months off: 'They don't even pretend to care about employee well-being'

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'You should be working 12 hour days': Tech CEO tells employees they aren't working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday

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'Absolutely report her and her business': Shady birthday party company requires 8 weeks of free labor from teenage employees

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'I don’t mean to scream’: Nightmare office environment causes employee to put up hilarious sign outside their curtained workspace

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'It was really stressful and inconvenient for me to find coverage': Manager asks employee to pay $100 to coworker who covered her shift

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Billion-dollar company asks $19.95/hour wage workers to donate to colleague: 'I don't make enough to save my coworkers from disaster'

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Micromanager boss reprimands employee for arriving '2-3 minutes' late from lunch: 'Companies pay people good money to babysit adults'

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Company rewards loyal employee's 10 years of work with 20¢ raise: 'Wow now you can afford that hot tub'

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'They are just making up excuses to be lazy': Restaurant delays paychecks for extreme weather, employee has biting response

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'They stopped paying for your lunch': Workers contemplate why 9-5s became 9-6s and 8-5s

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'So...6% pay rise for everyone?': Company mandates 42.5 hour work week, does not offer overtime

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'She wanted buy a soul with a certificate': Unpaid intern stands up to toxic boss forcing her to work weekends

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Employee is rewarded with a granola bar and dollar store headphones for bringing in $85,000: 'Genuinely ready quit!'

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Single mom inherits house from grandparents, refuses to allow her cousin, also a single mom in financial struggles, to move in with her: ‘She's essentially a stranger’

Single mom inherits house from grandparents, refuses to allow her cousin, also a single mom in financial struggles, to move in with her: ‘She's essentially a stranger’

Manager asks employee to stay an extra 5 minutes while clocked out, employee wonders if that's legal: 'I'm honestly pretty frustrated'

Manager asks employee to stay an extra 5 minutes while clocked out, employee wonders if that's legal: 'I'm honestly pretty frustrated'

25+ of the Best Dungeons and Dragons Memes of the Week (November 14, 2025)

25+ of the Best Dungeons and Dragons Memes of the Week (November 14, 2025)

Daughter refuses to attend Thanksgiving at her mother's girlfriend's apartment after months of emotional turmoil: ‘Feels so odd’

Daughter refuses to attend Thanksgiving at her mother's girlfriend's apartment after months of emotional turmoil: ‘Feels so odd’

Travel agent hates on new coworker, gets caught out blaming him for mistake she made: 'She would criticize my attire, my work, if I was 20 seconds late from making lunch'

Travel agent hates on new coworker, gets caught out blaming him for mistake she made: 'She would criticize my attire, my work, if I was 20 seconds late from making lunch'

‘Laughter is the best medicine’: Dark humor that will have your therapist laughing with you (November 15, 2025)

‘Laughter is the best medicine’: Dark humor that will have your therapist laughing with you (November 15, 2025)

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