‘I found excuses to upgrade four other passengers’: Airline Worker Told to Upgrade Douchey Frequent Flyer Only ‘If There Is Room’

The only thing more stressful than using an airport is having to work in one. Dealing with the stressed, the jetlagged, and the customary entitled jerks that may well be some combination of the previous two is not something that everybody can cope with.  Nevertheless, some people out there have to do it. Even it …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (March 20, 2023)

As the outside gets more cheerful at this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere, it becomes even more difficult for us to stay cooped up inside, as many of us full-time employed people do. Even those who happen to have a job working outdoors may find it hard to appreciate the changing seasons, because …
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Employee Welcomes Customers to ‘McDondald’s’ Folllowing Manager’s Unreasonable Request to Follow Script

Sometimes the only way to make a job less miserable is to turn it into a game for yourself, or to have a little bit of harmless fun with customers. That’s exactly what one redditor did at their McDonald’s job, and the customers loved them for it. Sounds like a win-win for both employee and …
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Former Casey’s General Stores Employee Calls Out Company Culture in Public Resignation

The best thing about quitting a job you hate is not having to work there any longer. The next best thing is that you get to publicly complain about all the crap that you couldn’t before. By and large, working sucks, but some companies are worse to sell your labor for than others. It’s only …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (March 13, 2023)

Something that’s particularly crazy about the way that we work now is that people in the past fought for things to be this way. We wouldn’t even have the blessing of the weekend if it wasn’t for previous generations of workers campaigning for it to exist. While it’s easy and usually justified to complain about …
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Workers Discuss The Benefits of Working in an Office Vs Working From Home

To work in the office or work at home? That question has plagued us during the plague years, and its answer is more complex than you’d think. Many assume that everyone wants to work from home, and those who don’t are part of a tiny minority, which is not necessarily the case. Before the pandemic, …
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Cruel Manager Fires Tech Employee in an Incredibly Uncouth Manner

I do not envy anyone who has to fire others. Letting somebody down easy is a skill I simply don’t have. Every time I’ve broken up with someone, I have done it clunkily and a bit insensitively, which is really not ideal for delivering bad news. You need to tell the other person what’s happening …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (March 6, 2023)

Having a job is one of the most stressful undertakings that any of us will have to deal with. Having to devote a large percentage of our time to something that our livelihood depends on is never going to be a walk in the park, even if it’s something that we actually want to do. …
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Worker Gets Into Car Accident in Snow Storm and Boss Asks Why They Failed to ‘Report to Work’

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but your boss is not your friend. When your boss inquires about your health or wellbeing, it isn’t because they care about you as a person. They only care about you as an asset of the company—a tool whose labor generates value for the ones at the …
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People Share the Wildest Questions Customers Have Asked Them

One of the worst customer interactions I’ve ever had was when I worked at a Chinese food place. A guy placing his order told me that his pregnant wife was allergic to sesame, and if she had any of it, she’d break out in hives. He also mentioned that this was her favorite restaurant. I …
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