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‘The kitten heels without the cubicles’: The 'office siren’ microtrend and Gen Z’s new vision for the workplace

For a generation entering the adult workforce in a post-pandemic world, the world of in-person office work can feel like a thing of the past. Remote work is at an all-time high, and for many members of Gen Z, the thought of going into an office five days a week—let alone suiting up in business professional attire to do so, sounds as impossible as owning a home. But, a microtrend known as the “office siren” aesthetic reveals that the idea or at least the look of office work lives in our heads “r…
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Food pusher continually offers sweets to coworkers despite being constantly refused, doesn't take no for an answer: 'She just keeps pushing and pushing and it gets really triggering'

Nobody likes a pusher
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Micromanager Writes up Senior Employee for Leaving 3 Minutes Early, Resulting in His Own Humiliating Termination

Micromanager Writes up Senior Employee for Leaving 3 Minutes Early, Resulting in His Own Humiliating Termination

If a manager is nice, people are more inclined to put up with a bad job than to continue with a wonderful job and a terrible boss. That is to say, the day, the month, and the year are determined by the leadership of the company. The story below is an account of a frustrated employee. The original poster (OP) worked for a water corporation as a repairman for over twenty-five years. One week out of every month, OP has to be available for after-hours emergency repairs. Therefore, the story begins…
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Entitled Mom Challenges Staff Over Playground Rules and Threatens to Fire Employee When Her Six-Year-Old Is Denied Entry

Entitled Mom Challenges Staff Over Playground Rules and Threatens to Fire Employee When Her Six-Year-Old Is Denied Entry

Parents will go to any lengths to ensure the happiness, safety, and security of their children. But is there ever a limit you should never cross when it comes to your children? The story below is an account of a bewildered employee. For a lengthy duration, the original poster (OP) was employed by a large children's play facility. However, nothing could have prepared him for the entitled mother in the following story, who insisted on allowing her six-year-old son to play around the newborn play…
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Entitled Pregnant Woman Demands Coworkers Pay Hundreds for Additional Gifts Despite Recent Baby Shower, Igniting Office Uproar

Entitled Pregnant Woman Demands Coworkers Pay Hundreds for Additional Gifts Despite Recent Baby Shower, Igniting Office Uproar

You have to follow business etiquette if you want to progress in your field. But are you willing to give up your morals in order to gain the favor of others around you? The story that follows is from a frustrated coworker. The original poster (OP) shares his experience handling a challenging coworker. OP works at a large hospital. Recently, OP decided to host a baby shower for a coworker who is heavily pregnant. However, instead of expressing gratitude for all the time, money, and effort that w…
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Office worker refuses to bake a dessert for coworker's 'grandma shower': 'Ridiculous and not a thing'

Is that a thing?
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Bride invites 9 out of 10 of her coworkers to her wedding, the 1 coworker calls out his exclusion during department meeting: 'I could see the bride's face visibly change'

Awkward
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Vice President of company denies longtime employees 2-week vacation request after taking 3 weeks of vacation for himself: 'That's what people who are quitting do'

PTO for me, but not for thee
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'Underwater welder': The jobs Redditors would never accept, no matter how much they paid

No way in heck
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'He [...] stormed into the office block': Entitled coworker asks to drive coworker's brand new Mercedes, lashes out when he refuses

Not so fast buddy
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Man is forced to work on his wedding day despite asking for leave 6 months prior: 'His job will not remember this sacrifice'

Sorry babe I can't make our wedding
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Manager makes employee show him his vomit after not believing that he threw up: 'Are you sure that isn't someone else's vomit?

What kind of a question is that?
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30+ Job Search Memes on Their Hundredth Round of Interviews

Heaven knows I'm miserable now
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Grocery store chain charges employees $2 to wear shorts during heat wave: 'Where does the money go?'

That is $2 too much
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'Once your tank is dry it's dry:' Tired workers discuss whether having a life outside of a 9-5 is possible

Can you have it all?
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'A block of wood instead of a bonus': The worst and funniest corporate gifts workers have been given in lieu of money

Couple of pennies and a ball of lint, kid
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