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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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Boss pretends she never received employee's 2-week notice, assigns them projects 3 weeks out: 'You can't just abandon us during busy season'

JR Atkinson

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HR department announces they will be taking Labor Day off while the rest of the company is forced to work the holiday: 'What about the rest of us?'

Emmy Pratt

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‘Me after seeing my boss is offline’: WFH funnies for remote employees making intense eye contact with their beds when they should be working

Lana DeGaetano

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21 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (August 29, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

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'Your life should be the company's mission': 22-year-old rejects job from tech startup because he wants work-life balance, founder can't understand why a 22-year-old would want work-life balance

Emmy Pratt

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Coworker brushes her hair at her desk every day, coworker calls her out for being unhygienic: 'She's been super cold and barely says a word to me'

JR Atkinson

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Frustrated waiter refuses to enter his 8-cent tip on a $99.92 bill in the system after serving guests for 2 hours, hoping the uneven number on their banking will remind them of their bad attitudes: 'Don't do this at the cost of someone else's livelihood'

Emma Saven

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First time homeowner loses his job 15 minutes after closing on his new home: 'I turned off my camera so they wouldn't see me cry'

JR Atkinson

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Worker complains that influencers ended remote work: 'It's six hours of posing with laptops by a pool in Bali'

JR Atkinson

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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (August 25, 2025)

Ally Perry

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‘Trust the name before the wallet:’ Shopkeeper teaches kid a lesson in trusting humanity and kid grows up to start his own business using the trust-first method, sparks other stories of paying it forward

Elna McHilderson

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