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19-year-old intern turns drab office into a warm community just two weeks in, earns longterm offer: ‘The office feels less like a place we clock in and out of [now]’

19-year-old intern turns drab office into a warm community just two weeks in, earns longterm offer: ‘The office feels less like a place we clock in and out of [now]’

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Company lays off senior employee 2 weeks before Christmas, asks her to redo part of an old project 6 months later: 'They barely gave me any severance. I was unemployed for 6 months.'

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Employee brings her crying baby to the office, coworker tells HR, and immediately regrets it: 'What if she isn't supposed to have the baby with her? Did I just tell on her? Should I have tried to resolve this myself?'

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'Mandatory corporate fun is not optional': Boss issues written warning when employee declines to attend brewery party 2 hours away

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Boss calls employee into their office over 'attitude problem' when employee scoffs at being asked to complete a non-urgent task: 'He's picking on you because you aren't always a people pleaser'

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Boss uses employee's email to write a fake review for his business, employee finds out: 'This is really shady'

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Mom refuses to continue driving her coworker home after she made her 20 minutes late for picking up her 7-year-old son from after school care: 'The daycare charged me a $25 late fee'

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Call center supervisors allow favorite employees to slack off while coworkers take calls, face payback when worker crashes personal computer: 'I'm just a call center employee. I don't code'

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Salaried employee takes a 1hr 18 minute lunch, is docked 2 days of PTO in retaliation: 'There is no specific lunch break time'

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18-year-old barista refuses to speak after her manager says she's not paid to talk to her coworkers: 'I went completely silent. No greetings. No “excuse me.” Just silent working robot mode.'

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Boss fires new employee for pointing out labor law violations, not offering 30-minute lunch: 'In less than 40 min, I was completely removed from the schedule'

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‘I don’t know what happened’: Intern spirals after thinking she 'crashed the company' by deleting an important folder on the drive, only to have coworkers explain she only deleted a shortcut

‘I don’t know what happened’: Intern spirals after thinking she 'crashed the company' by deleting an important folder on the drive, only to have coworkers explain she only deleted a shortcut

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24 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (June 6, 2025)

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New manager yells 'WAKE UP' at coworker who was awake and reading emails at their desk: 'I'd [...] give my actual manager a heads up'

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Employee gives 2 weeks' notice after finding a new job, boss flat-out rejects it: 'He's not going to let me leave'

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'They offered me 2 weeks severance if I signed an NDA': Worker complains to HR when manager makes a comment about their appearance during team meeting, gets fired 3 days later

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Parents approaching retirement fund house 36-year-old daughter who never held a steady job, leaving her 29-year-old brother worried about inheriting the responsibility: ‘I have my own life’

Parents approaching retirement fund house 36-year-old daughter who never held a steady job, leaving her 29-year-old brother worried about inheriting the responsibility: ‘I have my own life’

Lawyer wants to withdraw from his church's Charity Christmas Program, after his allocated "family-in-need" requests luxury gifts instead of necessities: 'I can’t afford to buy half of this stuff for myself'

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‘You’re doing the best you can mom and dad!': Parenting laughs and woes for witty mothers and fathers (November 29, 2025)

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Vet tech prioritizes her career when her socialite mother-in-law deliberately schedules important family events on days she knows she has to work: 'I'm not going to keep feeling guilty for having a job'

Vet tech prioritizes her career when her socialite mother-in-law deliberately schedules important family events on days she knows she has to work: 'I'm not going to keep feeling guilty for having a job'

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'

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'

Extended family insist on attending 30-year-old's doctoral graduation in Miami, shun her when she refuses to pay for their accommodation: 'I was on the naughty list for canceling [the] vacation'

Extended family insist on attending 30-year-old's doctoral graduation in Miami, shun her when she refuses to pay for their accommodation: 'I was on the naughty list for canceling [the] vacation'

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