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A burnt out employee sitting at the desk after coming back from three weeks of vacation

Employee takes 3 weeks of PTO, returns to work feeling as burnt out as he did before the vacation: 'My motivation for work is basically gone.'

A mom looks at her laptop and holds her cellphone while a young child sits beside her

Employee leaves at 2 PM daily to pick up kids from school, manager complains they only work 5 hours a day: 'There wasn't much indication of willingness to change'

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Company refuses to give a temp employee a raise, despite promoting him to a role that requires the workload of a full-time employee: 'I'm making minimum wage.'

A smug boss sits at his desk, hoping that his former employee will come crawling back to him after he laid her off two weeks before Christmas

Boss lays off employee 2 weeks before Christmas, asks her to do unpaid work for him 2 months later 'as a friend': 'The only other employee, his wife, left him and the business.'

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Employee leaves job of 5 years with no fanfare, regrets spending years in a toxic environment: 'I left like a ghost'

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Employee giving presentation in conference room an hour after she was told to start said presentation

Boss asks employee at 8 AM to make a presentation for the whole company at 9 AM: 'He is the same guy that passed me over for a promotion.'

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Manager hesitates when HR orders termination of older employee who clocks in and out from home: 'I know she knows it's wrong'

Close up of the open mouth of a burping woman

Employee considers confronting coworker who burps every 15 minutes: 'She does always say excuse me after but it’s just a bit nasty.'

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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week

The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week

A boss and an unqualified employee writing on a white board at work

Unqualified employee pretends to do job for 8 months, fears she'll get caught when her boss asks her to lead a meeting: 'I've been surviving entirely on confident nodding.'

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Recruiters laugh at prospective employee while interviewing them: 'So what do you think this position actually does all day? Do you understand it?'

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Close up of somebody holding a camera above a table and in front of somebody else

Hotel underpays photographer by half, she undercuts their revenue by 70%: 'We decided to talk to the customers'

A businessman in a suit shakes hands with another person

High performing employee gets job offer, weighs up resigning the day he receives $10000 bonus: 'I earned that'

A man sitting at a table using a laptop computer

Boss asks employee why she didn't respond to the message he sent at 10 PM on a Tuesday: 'When did we all agree that being available 24/7 was normal?'

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A young female employee rests her head in her hand while sitting at her desk

HR tells employee she needs to work 2 more months following resignation despite working 3-month notice period: 'I stayed out of goodwill'

A woman in a hat laying on the beach while on vacation from her job, which gives her unlimited paid-time-off

Employee notices she takes less PTO after her company adopted an unlimited PTO policy: 'In 2022, I took 13 PTO days. Last year with unlimited, I took 8.'