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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Rude Manager Pressures Employee To Eat Lunch With Their Coworkers
Remember the days when finding the right place to eat lunch in the cafeteria was the most high-stake decision you could make? When you’re in school, it really is critical to find a group and stick with them during your 45 minutes of freedom. If you don’t have a group you can tolerate eating with …
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20+ Best Office Memes to Tune Out Reality With a Laugh
We’re all basically just floating through life, figuring things out as we go. Character development comes to bite us in the butt sometimes, and to be fair, we need it, much like Michael Scott, who we learned to love unconditionally, despite his questionable behavior. Now, if you were to tell me that you hate the …
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‘Never hire anyone that’s looking for work life balance’: CEO under fire for problematic LinkedIn ‘wisdom’
I’m going to come out and say it: Loving what you do (for work) is a luxury. But even if you’re a statistics enthusiast or a strategy geek, chances are you don’t want to spend all your time working. That’s where having a work/life balance comes in. The concept, to many, is pretty novel. It’s …
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Video Store Worker Exploits Genius Sales Loophole, For Charity
This story takes you way back to the days of the video rental store. Filled to the ceiling with hundreds of VCR tapes, those places always had the musky scent of frequently-handled greasy plastic cases, dust, and old cigarette smoke, embedded in the bright-patterned carpet since the 80s. Before mail-in subscription services like Netflix killed …
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Boss Tells Employee That «A Pat On the Back» is Better Than Being Paid For Overtime
Following a successful event, this boss sent their team a congratulatory email but weren’t prepared to handle the comments of their less-than-satisfied team members. This thread was posted to Reddit’s r/antiwork subreddit by Redditor u/Beebjank, who asked their boss for compensation for the extra time that they had worked. Their boss’s response has them (and …
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Shady Managers Steal Thousands of Dollars in Gift Cards From Employees
Not only did this redditor’s managers outsource their employees’ Christmas bonuses to their vendors, they had the nerve to keep thousands of dollars in gift cards for themselves, some of which were meant for specific employees. u/ythemassman outed their horrible bosses on r/antiwork—keep scrolling for the whole infuriating story.
Dude Gets Sent Home For Showing Up to His New Job Two Minutes Late
There is an art and science to being late to things. As somebody who is chronically early to nearly everything I do, even I know that to be true. When I did theatre as a child, we were taught that to be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be …
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‘Sure, I’ll do MY job’: Karen boss tries to sabatoge overworked and underpaid employee, they stop doing her job for her
If someone is going out of their way to do your job for you, it would probably pay to be kind and appreciative towards that person. Alas, the types of managers who are putting their subordinates in this position probably also lack the basic people skills necessary to make this realization. The thing is, there …
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