The characteristics we recognize in ourselves but decide not to express are often the characteristics that irritate us most in others. But what would happen if you had no control over the object of your gaze? Do you convey all that's on your mind, or do you treat them in the same manner you would treat yourself—ignore the negative and concentrate on the positive? This is the account of a disgruntled marathon worker. The original poster (OP) was employed for the local marathon. At first, everyth…

When will be the day that employers realize that the best way to make the business successful is by treating their employees like human beings? It's not like it is an extremely hard thing to do, they simply have to pay them what they're due and encourage them to perform well by providing them with good rewards. Why do employers still go for the tactic of ‘We’re talking away everything good about this company, good luck'? When has it ever in the history of any business, worked out for the best b…

Every day, after getting ready and making the short journey, we head to the dark, gloomy, and sad office where we are supposed to spend almost eight hours doing some of our best work. The quality of your work is determined by the individual overseeing you, not by your title. It is up to them whether you will enjoy or resent your time spent working for the company. The boss is the one who rides to tremendous heights, sets rules, and keeps things under control. That being said, if, like us, you t…

These people are marketing masterminds… or menaces, depending on who you ask. There's a long-running trope that people who work in marketing are duplicitous. If you've ever seen Mad Men or shows like it, you know the type of character we're talking about. The trope of the marketing exec who's out to fool everyone is hard to dispel. And stories like this certainly don't help that stereotype! U/DanAffid shared the story of what happened when they and their coworkers created the “CEO billboard.” T…

What does it mean when your company says that you're a ‘family’? It means that they're looking for hard workers willing to slave away for cheap because they're morally obligated to help out their fellow family members, which is why, in the working world, blood only runs so deep.

Everyone has infuriating days at work. Whether you're in the office and the technology is not doing what it's supposed to be doing, or if you are a construction worker battling the scorching summer heat, we all have rough days on the job. But what about factory workers? It's a whole different ballgame. From employees working the assembly line to drivers trying to steer the forklifts, there's a lot that can go wrong, and if someone messes up, it can be a big deal that throws off production and...

When you work at a call center, every day is different. You never know who's going to pick up the phone and call you that day. Will you get the super polite Gen X-er in need of genuine support, the Karen who thinks she knows best (even though she's the one who called in the first place), or the boomer who takes 45 minutes to explain they need help with something they could have easily Googled? Sometimes, the lines are dead, and you can goof around with your coworkers, and sometimes, you can't...

When leaving a place of work, some people leave while still maintaining a good relationship with their boss and coworkers, and some people.. well, not so much. Most of it depends on the ongoing relationship they had with those people while still at that place of work, but it also depends on the reason they eventually leave. The person in this Reddit story resigned from their job after an unpleasant working experience, so their relationship with the people they worked with was not the best, espe…

The use of technology is not enjoyable for everyone. An automated system will never be able to completely replace human-to-human communication. How would you respond, though, if a client asked for technical support but refused to follow through on the necessary steps? The story below describes an IT worker who is irritated. Working in IT, the original poster (OP) came across one of the most absurd requests to date. The client attempted to justify their noncompliance with the guidelines by citin…

The next generation of workers is sparking a lot of conversation online, and for good reason. In this post, a man praises a minimum-wage trainee who told her boss she wouldn't be attending an after-hours, 3-hour-long meeting since she wasn't being paid to go. The man said he praises this next generation of workers who have the guts to stand up for themselves in the workplace, something he said took him many years to learn. Several other employees agreed, saying they are proud of this next gener…

Excel may be boring as heck, but it comes in clutch sometimes in the workplace and whether we like it or not, it's a necessary evil at the office-- just like incompetent bosses. Strangely, every work scenario is plagued with a useless boss who parades around their department as if they know anything that goes on under the hood and it's rare that we see their arrogant ineptitude called out.

Job interviews are such a grueling process, that it's hard not to get discouraged. Companies expect a lot from candidates nowadays and will put you through 8 interviews with different hiring managers and department heads, then give you multiple tests to evaluate your skills, and finally, reject you via an email or worse, fail to let you know about the next steps. In other words, it's exhausting, infuriating, and it doesn't give you much incentive to keep job searching, even though most of the t…

“We laughed about it but it really was the craziest encounter with entitled people…”

Boring workplace? Time to liven it up with a few pranks! That's what these people did, and they shared the resulting hilarity with r/AskReddit. If you've ever gotten to prank your coworkers , you know how funny it can be. If you're on the receiving end of a stapler encased in jello, you might be a little miffed. But everyone around you will remember your surprised face, and they'll get a great laugh out of it too. It's an entertaining way to build camaraderie. And for a lot of the people below,…

There is an extremely thin line between being a valued employee with a balanced workload and being an overworked employee who has way too much depended on them. Many employees, in an understandable attempt to be an asset to their company, cross that line and create an unhealthy relationship with their work when they suddenly realize they have taken on too much. Much like the employee in this Reddit story, who had been stuck in a company for 3 years, overflowing with workload by their boss, and…

The business world is not always kind. In order to attract the attention of potential employers, you must not only stand out from the competition but also outperform every other application seeking the exact same position. In other words, your only options are to play and win the corporate game or to fail horribly. To put it plainly, the game is tedious and never-ending. An employee who was taken aback is described in the story below. The original poster (OP) has been actively participating in…