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'So, you don't plan to retire?': 15+ Perfect comebacks to the classic line 'Nobody wants to work anymore'

Oh yeah? Well... um...

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Company opens coffee shop inside of office, gets rid of all the free coffee machines: 'We were promised a free cup of coffee if we published an impactful research article'

Who gets rid of free coffee?

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Boss chews out employee for buying $10 soap despite buying $100k luxury car for himself: ‘How do you think I got so rich?’

Not a great look

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'4 hours at the end of the day is miserable': Unpopular opinions about working 9-5

What a way to make a living

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Micromanager bans salaried employee from using the break room because it 'confuses' hourly workers, suggests he take breaks in his car: 'She wants a private break room'

As any employee will tell you, breaks are everything

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'Isn't it obvious?': Toxic boss mysteriously stalks ex-employee on LinkedIn after abruptly firing them 3 months in

Crazy Ex Boss

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‘Good riddance’: Passangers get kicked off flight after they falsly claim they left a bag with medicine behind and significantly delay take-off

‘Good riddance’: Passengers get kicked off flight after they falsely claim they left a bag with medicine behind and significantly delay take-off

Maybe they thought something was wrong with the left phalange

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'Teaching 7 classes a semester on 3 different campuses and making less than $30k/year': Workers share experiences in the workplace that radicalized them

I could never

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Bored government worker complains they were given a $20k salary increase to do 'literally nothing,' while some claim it's a dream job: 'Use the facilities, use the benefits'

Dream job or nightmare job?

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Hardworking employee is berated in group chat for small error, makes boss regret it: 'Staff work hard enough to get nasty texts over a petty thing'

Don't take it to the group text!

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'Block her number and move on': Boutique owner gifts employee jumpsuit from her store, demands it back when employee injures herself

A gift’s a gift

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'Are you gonna have fun on your little bouncy castle?': Adults debate whether or not taking your birthday off work is an 'ick'

But it's my birthday...

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'You must be kidding!': Boss Emails Entire Company Employee’s Salary Details, Including Expected ‘Raise’

For reasons that are still unknown, salary has proven to be one of the most private and sensitive bits of information in the business world for years, if not decades. What would you do, then, if your pay increase was unintentionally disclosed to the entire company? Would you be happy to brag about your raise, or would you attempt to keep it to yourself given how hard you worked to get here? The story below is an account of a frustrated employee. When the original poster (OP) first started worki…

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‘No children in the home younger than 16’: Job posting advertises crazy, Orwellian work-from-home stipulations

Yeah, I’m not gonna do that

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'You should be working 12 hour days': Tech CEO tells employees they aren't working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday

No, you shouldn't

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'Your kid needs a bath like yesterday': Workers share things they aren't allowed to tell customers at their job

Some things are best left unsaid

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'So, you don't plan to retire?': 15+ Perfect comebacks to the classic line 'Nobody wants to work anymore'

Company opens coffee shop inside of office, gets rid of all the free coffee machines: 'We were promised a free cup of coffee if we published an impactful research article'

Boss chews out employee for buying $10 soap despite buying $100k luxury car for himself: ‘How do you think I got so rich?’

'4 hours at the end of the day is miserable': Unpopular opinions about working 9-5

Micromanager bans salaried employee from using the break room because it 'confuses' hourly workers, suggests he take breaks in his car: 'She wants a private break room'

'Isn't it obvious?': Toxic boss mysteriously stalks ex-employee on LinkedIn after abruptly firing them 3 months in

‘Good riddance’: Passengers get kicked off flight after they falsely claim they left a bag with medicine behind and significantly delay take-off

'Teaching 7 classes a semester on 3 different campuses and making less than $30k/year': Workers share experiences in the workplace that radicalized them

Bored government worker complains they were given a $20k salary increase to do 'literally nothing,' while some claim it's a dream job: 'Use the facilities, use the benefits'

Hardworking employee is berated in group chat for small error, makes boss regret it: 'Staff work hard enough to get nasty texts over a petty thing'

'Block her number and move on': Boutique owner gifts employee jumpsuit from her store, demands it back when employee injures herself

'Are you gonna have fun on your little bouncy castle?': Adults debate whether or not taking your birthday off work is an 'ick'

'You must be kidding!': Boss Emails Entire Company Employee’s Salary Details, Including Expected ‘Raise’

‘No children in the home younger than 16’: Job posting advertises crazy, Orwellian work-from-home stipulations

'You should be working 12 hour days': Tech CEO tells employees they aren't working enough, demands they work 8 AM-9 PM Monday-Friday

'Your kid needs a bath like yesterday': Workers share things they aren't allowed to tell customers at their job

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