Man brings homemade hot sauce wings to boss’s BBQ, coworker is made to change teams because he won’t stop pestering him for the recipe: ‘Cameron has been given two warnings to stop bothering him’

Discovering a great recipe can be life-changing, but not always in a good way. As anybody who is a whiz in the kitchen can attest, there is a minority of people who go absolutely wild in trying to figure out a way to replicate certain recipes that they have introduced them to. Taste is one …
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‘I stopped caring a long time ago’: The best relatable work memes this week (October 6, 2025)

Sometimes, it is the things that are most necessary in life that bring us the most pain and annoyance, and that is certainly true for a lot of people when it comes to working. The vast majority of the population receives the income they need to live because they are some kind of employee, but …
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Boss tried to turns assistant into his kids’ after-school babysitter for no extra pay: ‘He thought I would “see it as helping the team”’

Sometimes it can be difficult to define what is part of your job description and what isn’t. There is what is written on the job application, and then there is everything else. Hopefully, there’s not too much of «everything else,» but you can never be sure. Plus, your job might change over time while you’re …
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‘My phone rings, and it’s HR asking if I’d come back’: Company lays off employee of 8 years one year before her retirement, the rest of her department quits afterwards

It is an unfortunate reality of the working world that most employees are never truly safe from getting sacked. Sometimes, this happens for valid reasons, such as poor performance or misconduct. Plenty of other times, though, people lose their jobs purely for the sake of cutting costs or achieving the vision held by an out-of-touch …
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Workplace asks employees to work overtime for free, they all call in sick the next day: ‘Manager is freaking out in the group chat about «lack of commitment»‘

One of the key aspects of work is that you get paid for it. It’s kind of a non-negotiable. Or else it would be called volunteering, and we’d get to leave whenever we wanted. But some employers don’t seem to understand this, or else don’t care that that’s the whole conceit. Plus, there are laws …
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Undervalued employee resigns during meeting with big clients, leaving execs red-faced: ‘I had an offer from a competitor in my pocket’

Timing is everything. Comedians know this to be true. The right joke at the wrong time… is the wrong joke. This is true for other things too. A well-timed text can break or break a night out. Let’s say you’re trying to convince your friend to come to the bar, and your text finds them …
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‘When you finish early then remember all the things you forgot to do’: The best relatable work memes this week (September 29, 2025)

It’s official: the last quarter of 2025 is within striking distance, and we are a few short months away from wrapping up another twelve months of spending a chunk of our time increasing shareholder value. Before we know it, we will be taking a long, hard look at a year filled with all the ups …
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Manager blames employee for not reminding him about raise: ‘I actually did 3 times in 3 weeks starting a week after my 90 day anniversary’

Asking for a raise is not an easy thing to do. It’s putting yourself out there, and putting yourself out there is not something that everyone feels comfortable doing. You also might fear rejection. It’s hard to work yourself up to ask for something and then not get it. It can make you feel like …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (August 11, 2025)

Rise and grind, we have arrived at the start of yet another workweek. What boring yet absurdly stressful horrors may await you, the humble employee, within the next five to seven days? Perhaps there will be a missed deadline that you completely forgot about, or your least favorite coworker will decide to reheat some kind …
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23-year-old refuses to give her 50-year-old coworker a ride home from work after she repeatedly called her stupid: ‘She stated that I was being immature and holding a grudge’

We’ve all had that one older coworker who doesn’t know what is appropriate and inappropriate to talk about at work. They will say their inner thoughts, no matter how offensive and hostile, and other coworkers will let them get away with it because «They’re old» and «They don’t know any better.» In a perfect world, …
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