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21 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (September 12, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

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'Workplaces reward the loud and confident over diligent competence': Manager says employee 'lacks presence' in meetings, employee responds with confusion

JR Atkinson

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Boss uses annual review to criticize employee for touching up makeup in the bathroom before she starts work: 'I commute 1.5 hours each way, so my first stop is the communal restroom'

Ally Perry

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25-year-old waitress tips herself $10 on a $17 order, gets fired after customer tells her manager: 'The waitress who took my order gave me a refund'

Emmy Pratt

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School forces teachers to pay $30 for soda machine, birthday parties, and greeting cards: 'I don't drink soda and they forgot my birthday the first week of school.'

Emmy Pratt

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Man asks 22-year-old coworker to switch vacation she booked months in advance because his fishing trip is 'once in a lifetime': 'I already booked flights'

JR Atkinson

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Job-seeker attends virtual interview, is joined by 40+ other prospective employees competing for the position: 'Don't interrupt me. Raise your hand before speaking'

JR Atkinson

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'It's only late if you show up without coffee': Posts for perpetually late employees finally ready to clock in for just the laughs

Elna McHilderson

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'$1.50 hotdog for life': Free samples of Costco posts you don't need a membership card to laugh at

Elna McHilderson

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Worker saves company $500k, is rewarded with a $25 gift card: 'Probably got taxed on it too'

JR Atkinson

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Entitled customer berates 17-year-old cashier when she takes too long during checkout, bystander stands up for the teen: ‘You don’t have the right to treat her like that’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Hiring manager tells new hire her first day of work is Monday, September 22nd, fires her when she doesn't show up on Tuesday, September 2nd: 'Your employment has been terminated due to not reporting to work on the first day'

Emmy Pratt

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Workplace fills break room with snacks 2 years past their expiration date: 'Three of us tried eating something before checking dates. All of us regretted it'

JR Atkinson

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'10,735 days since a candidate has been called back': The job market is miserable for applicants, and recruiters don't help

Ally Perry

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'Basically half the calendar is 'you can't be sick'': Boss at preschool tries to punish employee for using state-protected sick leave

JR Atkinson

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Hiring manager rejects Stanford graduate because she got a B in a high school class: 'This candidate has a fairly impressive career even as a new college graduate and ticks every single other box'

Emmy Pratt

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