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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'

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Company adds 'focus hours' to remote work day, railroading schedule and forcing employees to work after hours

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Employee tenders their resignation, boss refuses to accept it even after 1 month

A young fast-food employee checks her phone after waking up to find that her boss has called her 10+ times throughout the night.

Fast-food worker wakes up to 11 missed calls from her boss asking her to come in 1 hour early: 'This was all at 9 AM!'

A male employee looks miserable as he works on a laptop in an office

Employee with 3 years at company trains new coworker, realizes he's allowed to work from home while he has to stay in the office: 'I feel embarrassingly bitter'

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A Gen Z employee pouts at her desk, unconcerned with what her boss thinks about her attitude.

Gen Xer praises Gen Z employees for their terrible attitudes at work: 'I wish I could've got away with half the stuff they do these days!'

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Remote employee is written up for going to the dentist at 2pm despite notifying their team and covering all tasks: 'It feels so small and so insane at the same time'

Employees from different companies work side by side in a coworking space.

Boston-based company requires remote North Carolinian employee to work from a coworking space 2 days a week: 'I do the same work I do at home from a louder room with worse coffee.'

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Employee goofs off at work, hoping he won't get fired and forced to do a job that actually requires him to give it his all.

Employee quiet quits at his cushy $100K office job for 3.5 years before his managers noticed: 'They say that I'm not making any progress in my career.'

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Well-dressed employee constantly gets more work dumped on them, considers dressing poorly to avoid overload: 'I feel like I keep getting projects because I come dressed to work'

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Manager demands worker send her coworkers home early during the holiday weekend, yells at her for doing so: 'I asked 2 people to leave at 1:30pm. We close at 5:00pm, and from 4:30 to 5:00 we got slammed.'

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A young woman wearing glasses sits at her laptop at night, surrounded by piles of papers

Employee is expected to show up 15 minutes before night shift, coworker gets annoyed she doesn't arrive 1 hour early: 'You aren't considered late until after 6'

A female bartender pours a bottle into a pair of drinks

Coworker gets friend to cover her shift, sends her birthday party invitation at the same time as the shift: 'Clearly she did not want me there'

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21 Work Memes for Hardworking People Who Need Coffee Before They Can Function

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Employee refuses to finish his coworker’s work after she missed a deadline and expected him to cover for her: 'I told her she needed to finish what she agreed to do.'

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Manager tells engineer they 'eclipsed all expectations of a new hire' during review, only gives them 2.25% salary increase and 75% of bonus

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Mom forbids 18-year-old from continuing birthday restaurant tradition because of stepdad and stepsibling's allergies, he books the restaurant for him and his sister anyway: 'I told her I didn't need them there'

Mom forbids 18-year-old from continuing birthday restaurant tradition because of stepdad and stepsibling's allergies, he books the restaurant for him and his sister anyway: 'I told her I didn't need them there'

Parents demand nanny begin no-diaper potty training with 18-month-old who spends 10 hours a day in her home: 'They're adamant it'll take 3 days'

Parents demand nanny begin no-diaper potty training with 18-month-old who spends 10 hours a day in her home: 'They're adamant it'll take 3 days'

Dad discourages Mom from taking 2 business trips because he'll have to take care of their 6-month-old baby 3-4 times a night: 'He feels it’s unfair to leave him responsible for overnight care while I’m gone.'

Dad discourages Mom from taking 2 business trips because he'll have to take care of their 6-month-old baby 3-4 times a night: 'He feels it’s unfair to leave him responsible for overnight care while I’m gone.'

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Landlord demands tenant's keys to his car because he 'owns the asphalt': 'I am still trying to process the level of entitlement'

Landlord demands tenant's keys to his car because he 'owns the asphalt': 'I am still trying to process the level of entitlement'

Homeowners park on their driveway to block entitled neighbors from parking on their property: 'We shouldn’t have to ask them 3 times in a month not to park at our house.'

Homeowners park on their driveway to block entitled neighbors from parking on their property: 'We shouldn’t have to ask them 3 times in a month not to park at our house.'

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