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Cooking in the coffee maker, to save the company money

'I wanted to save money': Employee cooks dinner in hotel room's coffee pot while traveling for work

This satirical LinkedIn post satirizes saving company money in order to get a promotion.
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'My job tried to charge me for personal calls': Employee demands payment for any calls they take outside of work hours

You can tell the hypocrisy of a management decision by how quickly it gets swept under the rug when someone calls them out. A similar phenomenon happens when a bad decision is made; everyone tells them that it is bad. They don't listen until it's too late and then pretend that nothing happened when the inevitable fallout occurs.
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'Bathroom breaks are now limited to 10 minutes MAXIMUM': Employees fuming after micromanager posts tyrannical list of new site rules

Employees are fuming after this list of rules was posted in a work facility which included requiring employees to be at work 5 minutes early and limiting all bathroom breaks to ten minutes. Photos of the list were posted to Reddit's r/ antiwork subreddit where they have been trending and sparking discussion. This thread was posted by u/Smoothsay to the popular subreddit, which frequently hosts discussions on fair treatment in the workplace in threads where disgruntled workers share their storie…
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Got reprimanded for not laughing at a customer's joke

Server Gets in Trouble for Not Laughing at a Customer’s Bad Joke

The manager of a pizza restaurant scolded this worker for not laughing at a customer's uncomfortable joke about her weight.
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Greatest Hits: Meddling Middle-Manager Tries to 'Lean Up' Team and Push Higher Workloads, Team Leader Won’t Let That Fly

This team leader realized they needed to take a stand when their meddling middle manager tried to increase their bonus by leaning up their team and pushing higher volumes of work onto fewer people. So, this effective and compassionate team leader pulled each of their team members aside and instructed them not to put hours of their own unpaid time into extra projects to appease the higher-ups. Their silent suffering and extra effort would do nothing but convince the higher-ups that they had made…
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Work Memes and Tweets to Brighten Your Day

Work Memes and Tweets to Brighten Your Day

There's a reason why they call it Work and not Fun
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"People who think work is a competition."

'I literally haven't eaten anything all day': This TikTok nails that co-worker who brags about how busy she is

This TikTok, which was posted by @casstherockwillson and shared on Instagram by @humorousresources , perfectly captures that person at work who brags about their poor physical and mental health “because of how crazy work has been.”
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"Already quit. Boss still owes me 2 grand."

Boss Tells Employees To Work Harder Despite Owing Them More Than $2K

This former employee shared a group text from his boss pushing everyone to give 100% even though he's wildly behind on wages.
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Is it legal to request a photo of someone for a receptionist position in order to be considered for an interview?

Red Flag Alert! Job Applicant Asked To Send Photo of Herself for Receptionist Position

This woman was asked to send a photo of herself to work behind the front desk at a gym.
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'You might go to jail if you don't work overtime': Employer and Labour Board threaten charges and arrest if employees refuse 12-Hour overtime shifts

This employer has allegedly threatened their staff with charges and imprisonment if they refuse to stay after their 10-hour shift for “voluntary” overtime.
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'My review comes up a lot in their interview process': Worker's Glassdoor review causes trouble for previous employer

This employee has learned that a Glassdoor review they wrote when they quit their job has been giving their past-employer grief with hiring. They left their position after experiencing unprofessional treatment from their manager, which they felt necessitated the review being written. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit this week by a user who shared their experiences with the popular sub. They posted their topic with the title “Left my old place due to bad management - M…
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Email I sent when they wanted me to send in weird recordings as a first step in the interview process. Hard pass.

'I won't be pursuing this position': This candidate refused to make impersonal video recordings for his interview

This prospective candidate turned down a job because they wouldn't take the time to schedule a real interview.
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'Corporations Quiet Quit Long Before Employees Did': this hot take on quiet quitting asks companies to look in the mirror

'Corporations quiet quit long before employees did': this hot take on quiet quitting asks companies to look in the mirror

Quiet quitting is really about setting boundaries and corporations are going to have to accept that to a certain extent.
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Viral Thread: Hilarious 'Service Desk' Job Description Doesn’t Sugar-coat the Reality of the Job’s Duties

Once in a while, something pops up online that is entirely unorthodox and a bit out of left field. This “avant-garde” take on a job interview description is exactly that. A little zany and unacceptable, it has defied our expectations of the performative qualities that a job interview normally offers. You'd usually expect a job interview to tediously lay out all of the things you might expect from a role but in a crap-coated manner of corporate speak that seeks to make light of all the terrible…
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Work Memes and Awkward Office Moments We Can All Relate To

Top Work Memes This Week That We Can All Relate To (August 23, 2022)

As long as we have jobs, work memes will never get old.
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Lovely conversation I overheard regarding layoffs and terrible HR people

'She was absolutely giddy about it': Sadistic HR person from Hell gossips about upcoming layoffs

This guy's birthday lunch for his Mom was ruined after overhearing a catty conversation at a nearby table led by a sadistic HR manager.
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