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My IT Directors emails look awfully suspicious.

Guy Forced to Endure 2-Hour Phishing Workshop as Punishment, Reports All IT Director's Emails as Phishing Attempts

That'll show 'em.
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Funniest Memes for People Who Hate Their Job and Count Down the Seconds Until Friday at 5PM

Funniest Memes for People Who Hate Their Job and Count Down the Seconds Until Friday at 5PM

TGIF
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Several Employees at My Company Were Forced to Sign No Talking Contracts | This is to document the conversation regarding the excessive talking between ____ and fellow employees, specifically, but not exclusively with ____.

'This is literally my dream': Employer forces chatty coworkers to sign "no talking contracts"

This employer forced “several employees” to sign effective vows of silence (performance improvement plan) at their workplace and photos of the contract have sparked discussion online.
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Coworkers didn't like that I leave 3 hours early. Say goodbye to your sleep in.

Infuriating Coworkers Complain About Flexible Working Arrangement, Makes Everything Worse For Everyone

Why would you argue against your own working freedoms? Pre-pandemic flexible arrangements were hard enough to come, and post-pandemic corporate life is already quickly forgetting them—we see more and more posts every day about the evaporation of remote work. This workplace is a perfect example of the recently-trending term “Crab Mentality”—which basically boils down to “If I can't have it neither can you.” The term originates from the (alleged) behavior of crabs who, when trapped in a bucket, w…
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AITA for labeling my food as having hot sauce to deter food thieves at work? | Simple as that. My lunches were being taken while I was working. So I photocopied the label from one of my husband's hot sauce bottles and put it on my food.

Lunch-Stealing Coworker Ironically Self-Reports When They Try to Report Their Victim to HR For Hot Sauce Deception

Reporting someone to HR for some overly-hot sauce is a hot take when you've been remorselessly pilfering their lunch. You can't help but wonder how these lunch thieves manage to live their lives so perilously perched on the edge of vagueness. What do they do if they're not the biggest fan of the coworker-crowdsourced menu for that day? Ethical and moral arguments aside, I don't think I could handle the uncertainty; I need much more stability and consistency in my life than that to make it throu…
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Manager wants to “see my face” while working remote. | I work 100% remotely in public accounting. A typical day for me is working independently for the most part, while myself and my team make ourselves available for any phone calls, web meetings, and emails needed throughout the day.

Is remote work going away?: Manager demands remote worker keeps camera on and pointed at their face for all hours worked

How are we supposed to work in our PJs with this Karen manager eyeballing us the whole time?
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AITA for asking questions about my co worker's daughter

Employee Asks Cringy Questions to Coworker About His Famous Daughter

Where is HR when you need it?
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A coworker was apparently sexist against our boss, so I let him drown.

Software engineer stops helping sexist coworker, lets them show their true colors and screw themselves

It's unfortunate that people with really crappy personalities are often allowed to subsist, even thrive, within our workplaces and communities. We're all guilty of and complicit in this happening; all too often, we silently allow these people to exist amongst us and even help them succeed for fear of “rocking the boat” or “causing a scene." Unfortunately, this only enables them in their secretly destructive ways, and by not dealing with the problems when we see them, we let them go on to do har…
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Top Trending Work Fails That Prove How Out of Touch Employers Are

Top Trending Work Fails That Prove How Out of Touch Employers Are

If your boss thinks improving work culture means mandating more in-person time, then these work fails are for you!
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AITA for how I responded when my co worker told me that the reason I got a promotion was because of my breast size? | I stayed quiet til he brought up my promotion and then flatout said "that the reason I got a promotion was because of my breast size" I was shocked I almost dropped my cup

'Coworker told me that the reason I got a promotion was because of my breast size': Guy can't handle woman's response after making inappropriate workplace comments

There are just some things that should never be uttered out loud; heck, even thinking them is bad karma. Passing comments on any stranger's physical traits is one of these things that should never be done, especially if that person is someone who you have a professional relationship with… and ESPECIALLY if those comments have a sexual connotation. If you somehow manage to make all these mistakes at once, you're practically begging for a conversation with HR followed by a swift escort from the b…
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I just can't with this one | Employer posts sign in window blaming lazy community for their struggle to find workers

'Get off your butt!': Restaurant blames lazy community for their own struggle to find workers

The “Great Resignation” has turned the workforce on its head. The experience of the waning pandemic gave a lot of workers the time and headspace to reflect on their individual working situations and reevaluate if it was what they wanted or if they wanted to seek greener pastures.
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Make my coworkers cry I will help karma turn your life upside down.

'I am not quite finished with him yet': Hotel employee gets massive revenge on entitled guest

This hotel employee concocted the most elaborate revenge plot on an awful, entitled guest!
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No, that is not a company spot, that is my spot...

Senior Worker Visits Office and Takes Employee's Parking Spot, Gets His Vehicle Towed

Parking garage rules are stupid and this visiting senior employee ruined the whole system.
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AITA for how I responded when my coworker told me that the reason I got a promotion was because of my breast size?

Entitled Misogynist Says the Reason His Coworker Got a Promotion Was Her Breast Size, She Gives the Best Comeback

Michelle Obama said "when they go low, we go high," but sometimes you gotta go low too to make your point.
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Memes for People Who Have Some Serious Beef With Henry Ford for Inventing the 5 Day Work Week

Memes for People Who Have Some Serious Beef With Henry Ford for Inventing the 5 Day Work Week

Not cool, Tommy
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Woman Surprises Her Male Coworkers With Her NFL Knowledge, Is Just Secretly Reading an ESPN Article Word-for-Word

Reading truly is knowledge…
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