One of the frustrating things about enjoying a three day weekend is that it reminds us how great it would be if a four day week was standard practice for more workplaces. One day for chores, one day for pleasure, and one day for rest—it’s the perfect balance! Unfortunately, most of the corporate overlords do …
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28 Relatable Restaurant Work Memes for the Servers on Their Last Straw
Restaurant workers, unite! Whether you’re a hostess, server, chef, or dishwasher, you all share a unique bond. The daily grind in the food service industry comes with its fair share of universal challenges, regardless of whether you’re clocking in at a cozy local diner or a bustling chain restaurant. Every shift begins with the same …
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Micromanager bans salaried employee from using the break room because it ‘confuses’ hourly workers, suggests he take breaks in his car: ‘She wants a private break room’
As any employee will tell you, breaks are everything. They are our momentary respites from the workaday pace. Even if it’s just a few minutes to get up, stretch your legs, or best yet, get a cup of coffee, it’s completely worth it. Taking breaks is also good for your brain and how it manages productivity. The Pomodoro Technique (favored by college …
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26 Hilarious Construction Worker Memes to Brighten Up Your 4am Weekend Wake-up Call (May 25, 2024)
All people seem to do is complain about construction. Whether it’s getting stuck when a highway goes down to one lane for repaving, or dealing with backups during rush hour, or having to take detours because of closed roads – it’s all due to construction. But as construction workers, we know those people wouldn’t be …
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‘Teaching 7 classes a semester on 3 different campuses and making less than $30k/year’: Workers share experiences in the workplace that radicalized them
Everyone has a moment when they realize jobs can be cruel and unusual. I doubt that any of us had a great time at our first jobs, and I’m no exception to that rule. On my first day of selling my labor, I asked if I could leave when the shift was scheduled to end, …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (May 20, 2024)
In the decade or so that I have experienced the working world, one of my main realizations has been that persistent hard work will only get you so far a lot of the time. Decent breaks are a necessity to maintain your sanity and ability to contribute in the workplace, and you’re not always going …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (May 13, 2024)
Finding one’s life purpose is no easy feat, but it’s pretty telling that most people don’t associate theirs with whatever it is that they do for a living. While our lives shouldn’t revolve all around work, there is no denying that we have a better time when we can somewhat enjoy it. This can be …
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Hardworking employee is berated in group chat for small error, makes boss regret it: ‘Staff work hard enough to get nasty texts over a petty thing’
Famous physicist and general smart guy Albert Einstein has a famous (probably untrue) anecdote wherein he wrote up a chalkboard full of correct computations in front of his students while they sat silently. He then intentionally wrote 9×10=91, and suddenly his students erupted in a chorus of correction. Einstein then pointed out how nobody said anything about all the …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (May 6, 2024)
Happy belated International Worker’s Day to all those who observe! The beginning of May marks a recognition the world over of those who fought for the eight-hour work day so many years ago. In retrospect, it’s pretty wild that this was something that was at one point considered an unreasonable demand. Nowadays, increasing numbers of …
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‘You must be kidding!’: Boss Emails Entire Company Employee’s Salary Details, Including Expected ‘Raise’
For reasons that are still unknown, salary has proven to be one of the most private and sensitive bits of information in the business world for years, if not decades. What would you do, then, if your pay increase was unintentionally disclosed to the entire company? Would you be happy to brag about your raise, or …
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