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When should you go above and beyond at work, and when should you know to stop? When is your extra effort simply being taken advantage of?  These workers gathered in a viral thread to share the thing that made them stop putting in the extra effort.

22 Workers shared the thing that made them finally stop caring about "going above and beyond" at work—It is often seen as an important trait, but when should you stop?

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CEO says employee's prototypes are bad, lays her off and then steals her ideas: 'I should have just quit'

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for extra energy (July 21, 2026)

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'Why does just going into an office job make you so tired?': Employees who work in site jobs open up about the disadvantages of going to work at an office every day.

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Employees share different reasons that cost them their job and led them to get fired: 'It’s the only time I was ever fired in my whole career.'

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for extra energy (July 11, 2026)

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New hire becomes the next victim to the office “Chatty Cathy” employee every time she goes to the bathroom, begs the internet for help: ‘She’s the sweetest… I don’t know how to stop it.'

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Bank teller surprised by a 47% pay increase after resigning, boss insists that it is not a counteroffer but a raise that had already been approved for them, but refuses to undo their resignation: 'I am honestly baffled'

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for extra energy (June 27, 2026)

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'It's Friday, do you know where your employees are?': A beautiful half-day of "Summer Friday" memes to wrap up the work week

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‘I love my job, I love my job…’: Skip this 9-to-5 mantra, it's time to clock into work memes

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for extra energy (June 20, 2026)

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Employee organizes the files in the shared system, causing a fight between other workers for missing documents: 'They’ve started complaining in meetings that they "can't find their stuff" because they were so used to the mess.’

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for some extra energy (June 13, 2026)

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Employee quits after making his manager $1.8 million in commissions and only gets a $30 cinema gift card in return, new employer has his back: 'My new company isn't run by garbage people.'

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The hidden risks of over-performing in your role... Star employee does the bare minimum, then quits, when a manager's new system unfairly alters his bonus payout making his wage unlivable: '[That] bonus put me above $20 per hour'

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