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22 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (December 5, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss sends pre-8AM, AI-written email asking employees to come in during a blizzard: 'The multi-car pileup in the untreated parking lot entrance was a nice welcome'

JR Atkinson

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Boss reprimands employee for taking their 30-minute lunch break, tells them they're 'lucky to have a job' making $16/hr: 'Done being grateful for crumbs'

JR Atkinson

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Manager demands key employee keep quiet during project meeting, gets caught out by vice president's questions: 'She didn't want anyone else getting any recognition'

Ally Perry

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24-year-old coworker withholds $10/month for employee 'social fund' after fund manager refuses to show where the money is going: 'He’s lashing out because you’re about to end his gravy train'

JR Atkinson

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'Another day, another stupid Excel chart': The best relatable work memes this week (December 1, 2025)

Ally Perry

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Vet tech discovers her future mother-in-law has been intentionally planning every family event on her scheduled work weekends, finally confronting fiancé, Marcus, after another clash over an early Christmas lunch: 'Marcus sends her my roster every month'

Emma Saven

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Boss reprimands employee for clocking in 5 minutes before their shift, calls it 'unauthorized overtime': 'What makes it even dumber is they constantly complain that we don’t show up early enough'

JR Atkinson

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Job tells remote employee he can't move to Minnesota from Florida without getting fired, only allows him to move to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina: 'I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team.'

Emmy Pratt

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25-year-old daughter provides for her family while working full-time from home, gets criticized by mom for putting a “Do Not Disturb” sign at her door: ‘She just barges in to talk’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Hiring manager calls night-shift worker in the middle of sleeping at 12pm: 'I know they’re going to show me the same job vacancy I didn’t accept before because of too low wage'

JR Atkinson

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Employee gets job at same company as childhood friend, gets offended when she refuses to mentor her: 'I told her it was not my job'

Ally Perry

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After giving 2-weeks notice, boss demands employee tell them where they're going: 'She's asking to try and blacklist you at the new company'

JR Atkinson

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Job interviewer lies that his current salary is $15K more than it is, gets the job, and earns $20K more than he made at his old job: 'They will lie to you to pay you less whenever possible.'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee calls coworker's handwriting 'hostile,' complains she feels 'unsafe' reading labels he wrote: 'Last week I got called to HR'

JR Atkinson

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New employee asks to shadow coworker to learn the job, gets offended when accused of copying his work: 'She said I was blocking her professional growth'

Ally Perry

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