‘Sometimes I spend whole meetings wondering how they got the table through the door’: The best relatable work memes this week (March 18, 2024)

By and large, I’m happy not to be twenty years old anymore. You know what I do miss, though? The fact that I was a student and had all those precious hours of free time that went along with it. Oh, how I would use those hours differently with the gift of hindsight. You see, …
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‘Have fun opening coins with those nails’: Manager Schools an Employee Who Is 3 Hours Late to Work Due to Getting Her Nails Done

Oh, to get super sassy at work… We all have that one coworker that just brings out the worst in us. Usually, our pettiness comes from a place of reason. Have you ever had to teach someone a lesson after they proved time and time again that they were lousy workers? This manager got really …
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‘They raise morale in jail like they do at work’: The best relatable work memes this week (March 11, 2024)

Intrepid is the soul who can get through a full working week without feeling exhausted. Don’t get me wrong, those of us who have cushy laptop jobs are a world away from those making a living doing relentless manual labor, but it still takes a lot out of you mentally to be focused on this …
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Management takes away employee’s sick day if they’re 1 minute late for 4 shifts; ‘Is this legal?’

I am not someone who is cool when people are late all the time. My time on this earth is valuable, and I don’t appreciate having to wait for 20 minutes outside of a restaurant in the cold because my friend’s «train» was «late.» At the same time, I’m not a wholly unreasonable person. I …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (March 4, 2024)

How time flies. Fellow corporate underlings, we are only a few short weeks from the finish line of Q1. What comes after this? Well, more meetings, targets, and silly little emails, of course. I’m sure you can scarcely wait to do the same old thing all over again, just in a slightly different season. At …
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‘Add another zero’: Manager offers ex-employee $50 to work a shift, claims to be desperate for staff

One of my best friends has a mantra in her office: «You don’t work at the hospital.» It’s easy to get swept up in the hubbub of your job and feel like it is the most essential thing in the world, but for most of us, that’s not true. Ensuring that Craig, his wife, and …
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‘Save the cartoon impressions for parties, not job interviews’: Interviewee torpedos their chance at their dream job by impulsively revealing a hidden talent

Since they’re just a delicate balance of oversharing and humble-bragging, job interviews can require a certain level of finesse that the unemployed workforce is ill-equipped to handle. How is an interviewee supposed to toe the line between sharing the best version of themselves, while also not over-revealing their talents in the workplace? Obviously, you want …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (February 26, 2024)

Bleak is the Monday morning for the 9 to 5 worker who hates their job. There are another five days of repetitive tasks and office politics to get through, and the oasis of the weekend couldn’t seem further away. The ideal scenario would be to hand in that notice and ride off into the sunset, …
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‘It worked like a dream’: Incompetent boss tries to demote engineer after designing machine for $1 million order, gets hit with devious revenge

When you get a new job, the kind of boss you work with can really make or break the experience. Somebody who is competent and cares about the employee experience should be the bare minimum that we can expect, but sadly, not everybody gets that in the workplace. There are truly terrible individuals out there …
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20+ of the Best Boss Memes For Lunchbreak Amusement

Being a good manager is a real skill. It requires patience, commitment, and most importantly, good people skills. Unfortunately, it’s not often that you see somebody in a supervisory role who genuinely has all of these traits. Unless you run your own business or become a CEO, it’s likely that you will spend your entire …
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