Maternity leave is sacred. You’re busy rearing a child, and that happens to take up a lot of your life. You don’t always have time to stop and answer an email. And your team should know this. They should know to respect the boundaries of your leave and not bother you with stuff that can …
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The best relatable work memes this week (December 8, 2025)
It is official, we are squarely in «that’s a 2026 problem» season. Sure, Q4 ain’t over yet, and there are still a good few weeks until Christmas, but for pretty much anybody except the strongest workaholics, this is the time of the year when the brain switches into standby mode. Motivation can be a hard …
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Dad refuses to call an ambulance for his 25-year-old son, whose spleen ruptured, because he was at work and ambulances are expensive: ‘He looked at me and asked if I could drive myself.’
If someone is begging you to call an ambulance, that’s precisely what you should do. I’m sure a lot of us have been in a situation where we knew someone needed to go to the Emergency Room, but they were extremely hesitant because they didn’t think their ailment was that serious. It’s stressful to know …
Seguir leyendo Dad refuses to call an ambulance for his 25-year-old son, whose spleen ruptured, because he was at work and ambulances are expensive: ‘He looked at me and asked if I could drive myself.’
Employee quits their job 1.5 hours before his whole team is laid off with severance: ‘If you ever know you’re getting let go, don’t resign’
Timing is everything, even with leaving a job. What if you leave right before they get an espresso machine? You’d be kicking yourself from here to Tuesday. At the same time, when you have to go, you have to go. That means, though, that sometimes you end up in situations that you wish you hadn’t, …
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Boss tells employee they ‘lack passion’ for not answering Slack messages at 10 PM: ‘I make $19/hr […] for a company that sells industrial cleaning supplies’
Passion is an interesting word. It’s often tossed around in terms of interests and artistic pursuits, but should it apply to your employment as well? Ideally, you work a job that you love to do. It inspires you, challenges you, and gives you a reason to get out of bed in the morning. But most …
Seguir leyendo Boss tells employee they ‘lack passion’ for not answering Slack messages at 10 PM: ‘I make $19/hr […] for a company that sells industrial cleaning supplies’
20-year-old works 2 jobs while living with family, protests when mom insists she pays $1000 rent with a $125 increase every 6 months: ‘She is starting to take it too far’
The job of a parent doesn’t stop when kids grow up. In fact, some might argue that the unique challenges of parenting young adult children can even rival some of the other stages of child-rearing. Unless they are the type to kick them out of the house at 18 and not give them any more …
Seguir leyendo 20-year-old works 2 jobs while living with family, protests when mom insists she pays $1000 rent with a $125 increase every 6 months: ‘She is starting to take it too far’
Fired employee pays Etsy witch 25 dollars to cast a spell on her boss, then hears the boss got demoted after her behavior finally caught up with her: ‘Etsy magic isn’t something to take lightly. It might end up working’
Closure is a funny, sometimes overrated thing. But it gets way funnier when a burned-out ex-employee finds closure in the strangest corner of the internet by spending twenty-five dollars on an Etsy witch. After years under a department head who ruled through fear and humiliation, the office had become a slow-motion breakdown factory. The boss …
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Unlikeable team lead insists all colleagues join mandatory monthly happy hour, gets humbled by state laws: ‘People were terrified they would lose their jobs’
The thing about fun is that it is difficult to force it. As a result, when it is demanded by a workplace and organized by somebody that you don’t like, it is all but inevitable that it will be a miserable experience. Nonetheless, it is a common tactic for insecure supervisors and HR departments to …
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Boss sends pre-8AM, AI-written email asking employees to come in during a blizzard: ‘The multi-car pileup in the untreated parking lot entrance was a nice welcome’
When you’re a kid, a snow day is everything. It’s what you hope for all year. You hope that when you wake up, your mom has been watching the news and found out that your school is closing for the day. You know you’re in store for a day full of fun. You’re going to …
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Boss reprimands employee for taking their 30-minute lunch break, tells them they’re ‘lucky to have a job’ making $16/hr: ‘Done being grateful for crumbs’
It’s a tough job market out there. It’s not easy to catch a break for anyone. That’s just the truth. But there is only so much that we feel like putting up with for a paycheck. Everyone has a different line that they don’t feel like crossing. Most people don’t want to put up with …
Seguir leyendo Boss reprimands employee for taking their 30-minute lunch break, tells them they’re ‘lucky to have a job’ making $16/hr: ‘Done being grateful for crumbs’