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Manager promotes all his employees except his top performer, who loses all motivation: 'He is hands down the best recruiter I've worked with among his peers.'

Man with glasses and long hair in office where he's being pressured to sign a card he doesn't want to sign

Employee refuses to sign a group card congratulating his mean coworker on his promotion: 'He’s the type who’ll smile to your face and then nitpick you in front of everyone like it’s a sport.'

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Company gives employee a 20¢ cost of living adjustment after 5 years of dedicated service: 'Their reason? They needed to pay the C-suite more'

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Employee walks out of job of 9 years after they eliminated their position and reassigned them with no training: 'They gave me only busy work and never trained me'

a male and female colleague stand talking to each other with one male and one female colleague watching them in the background

Tech coworkers are up for promotion at the same time, male colleague insists he'll quit if female colleague gets promotion: 'He demands praise for completing the most basic tasks'

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a young woman sits on a staircase wearing a matching dress and earrings, balancing a laptop on her lap and taking a selfie with her phone

Employee changes out of designer dress at work, suspects intern of stealing it: 'She posted a picture wearing my exact dress'

'I'm gonna need the rest of the day off': The best relatable work memes this week

'I'm gonna need the rest of the day off': The best relatable work memes this week

a woman sitting at a desk looks at a paper document she is holding, with two computer screens showing graphs and spreadsheets in front of her

Employee creates program for managing personal workload, refuses to let management share it with entire department: 'There's no offer of extra pay, promotion, or formal recognition'

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Employee is only given 2 hours of tasks per day, boss chews them out for spending the rest of it on their phone: 'Okay, then give me more stuff to do?'

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Government employee makes $33 an hour, manager insists it should be $10 instead: 'The department head makes $130k a year'

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Employee leaves corporate job to accept dream startup role, wants to leave after 3 months: 'I feel like I'm wasting time'

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Business owner ghosts job candidate after discovering she's a close friend's girlfriend, only to be confronted by friend when he finds out: ‘That's uprofessional’

Business owner ghosts job candidate after discovering she's a close friend's girlfriend, only to be confronted by friend when he finds out: ‘That's uprofessional’

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Every time employee takes a PTO day they still end up 40 hours/week to cover it, nullifying the PTO: 'I should've worked 24 hours but I worked double that'

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Employee expects promotion with performance review, upper management randomly select him as needing improvement: 'I have had an amazing year'

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21 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (February 13, 2026)

21 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (February 13, 2026)

Employee uses computer while her company tracks her productivity

Company installs productivity tracking software that screenshots employees computers every 10 minutes, claims they can't afford yearly raises anymore: 'I've been at this place for 4 years and every year its the same story.'

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17-year-old attends family therapy with dad and stepmom, faces pushback for expressing true feelings: ' My dad decided seeing my family wasn't okay'

17-year-old attends family therapy with dad and stepmom, faces pushback for expressing true feelings: ' My dad decided seeing my family wasn't okay'

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Manager continually calls employee on Teams unannounced, interrupting meetings in progress: 'It’s disrespectful of my time'

Manager continually calls employee on Teams unannounced, interrupting meetings in progress: 'It’s disrespectful of my time'

26-year-old traveler goes solo, splitting from the big family group in Japan because they keep erratically changing plans: 'I did not want to sprint between last-minute ideas'

26-year-old traveler goes solo, splitting from the big family group in Japan because they keep erratically changing plans: 'I did not want to sprint between last-minute ideas'

Boss continually calls employee outside of work hours, schedules 30 minute meetings after the workday is over: 'I’ve received calls from him at 1am before'

Boss continually calls employee outside of work hours, schedules 30 minute meetings after the workday is over: 'I’ve received calls from him at 1am before'

Software engineer working 70 hours a week quits after his manager berates him for not working at 7 PM on a Saturday: 'My parents think I lost my mind, but for the first time in a long time, my chest feels light.'

Software engineer working 70 hours a week quits after his manager berates him for not working at 7 PM on a Saturday: 'My parents think I lost my mind, but for the first time in a long time, my chest feels light.'

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