overworked-employees

25 Work Memes That Feel Like a Relaxing Day of PTO in the Midst of the Holiday Season

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee makes boss $1.5 million in commissions, only to get a $25 AMC gift card as a Christmas bonus: 'When I put in my two weeks' notice, he called legal on me'

Ben Weiss

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Boss demands employee stop sitting on the floor of their private office to relieve their back pain, claiming it's against company policy, employee demands proof: ‘Show me the rulebook’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Service worker laid off in July gets a message from their boss asking them to return to their old job: 'Thanksgiving week was a disaster because they didn't have enough people on to handle the crowds'

Brad Dickson

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'My managers are drowning in work after I stopped doing all non-essential tasks': Overworked employee gets even with managers who refused to promote them

Remy Millisky

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‘I'll keep my mouth shut’: Boss demands employee stay silent during project presentation, trying to take credit for employee's work, VP puts boss in her place

Bar Mor Hazut

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Overworked employee calls out boss in a 3:00 AM email after being set up to fail following her returns from medical leave: 'I couldn't take it anymore'

Ben Weiss

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'5:01. That's my new nickname': Boss mocks employee for always leaving right at the end of the day, employee refuses to budge

Ben Weiss

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'I had the worst interview of my life': 53-year-old professional gives potential employer a piece of his mind after being asked to work 10 hours a day on $65k salary despite 30 years of experience

Ben Weiss

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Boss denies raise to employee for lacking enough "passion" to respond to Slack messages at 10:00 PM, employee makes tough decision: 'I've been here 3 years and haven't gotten a single cost of living adjustment'

Ben Weiss

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Coworker sets ultimatum and demands pizza from employer after she misses office pizza party, resigns when they refuse to oblige: 'She quit because of pizza'

Brad Dickson

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Employee gets boss fired by successfully taking care of a last-minute product shipment to Europe that boss had neglected: ‘He had no one else to blame for his mess-ups’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Overworked employee refuses to take over coworker's tasks after he leaves work early one too many times, boss gets involved: ‘I already have my own workload’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager assigns "urgent" task at 4:50 PM, employee refuses to work past 5:00 PM: 'Why couldn't this be assigned earlier in the day?'

Ben Weiss

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Employee refuses to translate coworker's personal documents after she finds out they speak a second language, coworker complains to manager: ‘She showed up at my desk with papers’ 

Bar Mor Hazut

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Airline coordinator gets previously approved PTO revoked by new boss due to staff shortage, hands in his resignation the next day: 'Maybe this time he finds someone to cover my flights'

Ben Weiss

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