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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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Incompetent call center manager forces employee to follow awkward script word for word, gets a lesson when customer calls to compliment it: ‘Did you just say included therein?’

A job candidate holding a pen puts his head in his hand while taking a call and sitting in front of a laptop and some papers

Company ghost candidate for 3 weeks after final interview, get rejected when they send a job offer: 'No call, no explanation'

A crying employee leaves her office with her stuff after being laid off.

Company lays off hardworking employee of 12 years after boss explicitly told her she was safe from layoffs: 'No warning. No acknowledgment of 12 years.'

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Dad tries to get some sleep on the couch after calling in sick with a fever.

Boss reprimands employee for not covering his sick coworker's last-minute shift because he was 2 hours away: 'She didn’t believe I was unavailable to cover, and that I just didn’t want to.'

A female employee uses a laptop in a semi-open plan workspace

Employee requests $10k raise in line with colleagues, gets reprimanded by HR for finishing work early instead: 'I'm working Sunday at 10 PM'

Male and female businesspeople sit at opposite ends of a couch shaking hands, a laptop on the coffee table in front of them

Job seeker ghosts hiring manager for role that pays $30k more, she becomes his boss 3 years later: 'I am no longer interested in working here'

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Retail employee takes home customer's wallet, gets angry when coworker tells management: 'He planned to return it personally'

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'

A teacher instructing a class of kids (oops, I mean scholars) on scientific matters.

School district employee criticizes teacher for calling her 2nd grade students 'kids': 'Are you teaching kids, or are you teaching scholars?'

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Top-performer stares down her coworker, who is not doing the same level of work as she is.

Toxic employee makes coworkers cry and rolls her eyes during meetings, manager can't fire her because she hits 150% of her targets: 'She says [her coworkers] are too sensitive.'

A woman answers a phone call from her husband's boss in the middle of the night, afraid that something horrible has happened to him.

Boss calls employee's wife at 5:50 AM over a broken machine, employee demands he apologize to his wife: 'This was unacceptable behavior.'

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Remote employee bans guests from sleeping in their home office for 7 days when they decided to extend their stay without asking: ‘[My] office is not a luxury, it’s how I do my job’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Company fires the best manager for standing up for his team, asks his team to give the company honest feedback: 'They stress honesty and open communication, but those things got their top employee fired.'

Two coworkers share a pizza and laugh together during a peaceful lunch break without any bitter individuals present.

60-year-old employee excludes coworker from eating with her at lunch, gets angry when coworker makes friends and eats with new hire: 'Too old to be acting like this.'