‘Boomer dad got Boomered’: Progressive CEO buys employees laptops so they can work from home, gets endless complaints from a technologically challenged older woman

Young people all want to work from home now. We’re more focused, our workload is more manageable, and we don’t have a micromanager breathing down our neck every time we need to use the restroom. Personally, I love working from home and relish the chance to type on my laptop from the comfort of my …
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’20 to 30 pointless emails daily’: Pushy micromanager insists on being included in all client communications, gets schooled with malicious compliance

Being a manager is a delicate balance of a lot of factors. You’ve got to be on friendly terms with those below you in the pecking order without losing your authority, and you’ve got to be informed of what is happening in your team without overstepping the mark. These are things that sadly, many bosses …
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‘That one person trying to be my manager’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 15, 2024)

Ask many people about the things that they miss from childhood, and a lot of them will probably say something related to not having to work. Remember those months-long school summer holidays? Good luck getting the clearance for that amount of vacation time now.  The trade-off for devoting much of our time to employment is …
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29-year-old tech worker making $400K annually working 20 hours a week complains about being bored: ‘If he quits, good luck finding half that amount’

So many rich people are clueless about how good they have it. From the way richies talk online, anyone making less than $100K a year must be slumming in extreme poverty that can never be rectified. I understand that living «comfortably» differs amongst classes, but anyone saying that making $300,000 a year in NYC is …
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‘But we’re a family’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 8, 2024)

Responsibility is no bad thing. However, it can seem that way when it comes down to the things that we have to be responsible for. This is especially true in the workplace, where many of us are tasked with holding down the fort in ways both pointless and annoying. As if that wasn’t bad enough, …
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‘I must get out of here as quick as possible’: The best relatable work memes this week (April 1, 2024)

Happy April Fool’s Day, employees all over the world. No matter what pranks you may otherwise be at the receiving end of, the real joke today is that you’re stuck on the grind just so you’re able to afford the bills this month!  Working life isn’t the most terrible thing in the world, but there …
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38 Memes to Stuff in Your Desk Drawer When You Take the Day Off

You glare at your calendar, wondering who decided on a 5 day work week. You’re supposed to be taking time off soon, that is, only if your boss approves… And they do not like it when their employees enjoy themselves, so you can only hope they’ll wake up on the right side of the bed …
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‘Complete your job, then leave quietly’: Top Mildly Infuriating Stories of the Week

People are so, so annoying. On a flight, they’ll put their feet on your armrest (I cannot fathom how somebody dares to do this), they’ll push past you in line at the supermarket, they’ll block your car in when you’re about to leave for work… You know, the usual Karen stuff. Is there any good …
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‘It took them almost TWO months’: Incompetent company accidentally fire employee, don’t realize until mandatory training

Let’s face it, many of the jobs that exist in the market today are kind of useless. If every nurse or cleaner quit their job tomorrow, we would be in trouble, but if the same thing happened to every business consultant? It’s not like most of us would notice.  That said, the one place you …
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38 Memes to Scroll Through on Your Coffee Break

You know the feeling when your eyes start to twitch from staring at your screen for too long? You get up to make yourself a cup of coffee because naturally, you need a break, and on the way to the kitchenette or whatever you have at work, you stumble into your boss. They give you …
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