Landing a job after a full year of unemployment elicited the biggest sigh of relief for this asset management employee; that is, until he was fired a mere two months later. Of course, the employee was not at fault here. In fact, he was working hard to ensure that he was a necessary hire for the company, to no avail. He even went out of his way to do the work of other employees when they were on their breaks or when they called in sick. However, none of that extra work was recognized or validate…

Arts & Craft stores seem to attract a lot of Karens…

This manager is going to regret putting all of that in writing. He may have been on the precipice of leaving his current job, but once you send an unhinged text message to an employee, that employee will always have those words, and according to the Redditor, those messages may very well come back to haunt that manager. As we know all too well at this point, so much of management involves the trials and tribulations of scheduling. People switch shifts and cover for one another all the time. Ava…

Listen, I just think you should be able to take a drive-thru order in whichever voice you feel like. The employees at fast food restaurants get super unbelievably bored of saying the same, “Hi, how can I help you?” phrase over and over. After you say it dozens of times per day, you start to hate the phrase. Why not change it up a little? One person replying to this hilarious thread did just that, but sadly, they got canned for their creativity.

What in tarnation is “food shaming”????

You know it's not a well-run company when the CEO has to reach out to an employee she fired for important company information. The best part is that she realized she needed the company directory a whole year after dismissing the employee and their entire team. Essentially, after closing this Redditor's department, the company made a headquarters move to a different state but somehow managed to not keep key documentation, namely the company directory. We're certain that the former employee's bos…

What are the professional rules on “take-backsies”?

Be careful who you fire, people! This employee was singlehandedly responsible for the business of two major clients for his company, and when he was unceremoniously dismissed for no good reason, it backfired in a major way. First, the employee had become suspicious that his new manager had some personal connection to the higher-ups at the company after she was swiftly promoted despite not being capable enough to fulfill her prior responsibilities in any way. When morale tanked at the company, H…

Getting fired within your first week or two of starting a new gig takes effort. You have to be so wildly unfit for the role that no one will take the chance to train you. There are a few thousand people who witnessed some of the worst first days of work ever , and they're telling the stories in the r/AskReddit community. Up next, these people have some interesting dating preferences, like one person who insists, “ Their date must have the same brand of toothpaste preference .”

This is your sign to ask for that raise, and don't you dare lowball yourself!

Sometimes, enough is enough.

When you go into a new job and realize immediately that you're not going to be happy, is it better to quit on the first day or give it some time?

Just do your job and do it right, and you'll be fine… A common train of thought many workers have thought about and shared, thinking that there's no way their job would be in jeopardy just as long as they keep up and don't draw excessive attention to themselves. Well, what about when your boss wants you to take on someone else's job, too? Plus, someone else's job on top of that? Well, you might be ready to tell them to go and shove it, but before you do, you'd better weigh the situation careful…

“For anyone out there that thinks [working in a casino] would be a great job, well, I can tell you right now it's not as glamorous as it seems—especially when you are working in the kitchen.”

The first days of a new job are always the most stressful. You feel the constant need to prove to your manager that they made the right choice to hire you, even when you probably know nothing about the job and don't have anything to show for it yet. Which is why it is surprising that the one who feels the pressure is the new hire when the employer is the one who actually has a lot to prove. Having someone properly train a new employee to do the job right, is the real challenge, a challenge that…

“[New boss] was transferred to the warehouse and [big wig] became our interim manager. I finished the project ahead of time and received a pay bonus.”