Boss denies employee of 4 years raise and tells them to be ‘grateful’ they have a job at all: ‘Meanwhile, he brags about his new car and vacations’

After 4 years of going above and beyond, one employee couldn’t believe how their boss responded to their raise request.  You usually expect loyalty to be rewarded, but sometimes loyalty isn’t enough. When you get hired at a new job, odds are you at least start off trying to impress them. You put your all …
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Boss writes up employee for not working through lunch break despite automatically clocking them out every time: ‘Going back 8 months, they’ve stolen roughly 60 hours of my time, almost $900’

When a boss tried to reprimand their employee for not working through lunch, the boss’s months-long scam was unveiled.  Nobody likes to be told what to do. We don’t appreciate being condescended to, since we’re all adults. But that doesn’t stop some bosses from dramatically overstepping and making their employees feel like children. You know …
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‘I stopped caring a long time ago’: The best relatable work memes this week (October 6, 2025)

Sometimes, it is the things that are most necessary in life that bring us the most pain and annoyance, and that is certainly true for a lot of people when it comes to working. The vast majority of the population receives the income they need to live because they are some kind of employee, but …
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Boss tried to turns assistant into his kids’ after-school babysitter for no extra pay: ‘He thought I would “see it as helping the team”’

Sometimes it can be difficult to define what is part of your job description and what isn’t. There is what is written on the job application, and then there is everything else. Hopefully, there’s not too much of «everything else,» but you can never be sure. Plus, your job might change over time while you’re …
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Workplace asks employees to work overtime for free, they all call in sick the next day: ‘Manager is freaking out in the group chat about «lack of commitment»‘

One of the key aspects of work is that you get paid for it. It’s kind of a non-negotiable. Or else it would be called volunteering, and we’d get to leave whenever we wanted. But some employers don’t seem to understand this, or else don’t care that that’s the whole conceit. Plus, there are laws …
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‘I think I just hate working’: Gen Z prompts sympathy after crashing out about working 8 to 5 job

Kim Kardashian raised eyebrows only a few short years ago when she declared that «nobody wants to work». For all she may have been hypocritical, many would argue that she wasn’t wrong. This isn’t just the out-of-touch boomers complaining that the younger generations refuse to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, but also a large …
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Undervalued employee resigns during meeting with big clients, leaving execs red-faced: ‘I had an offer from a competitor in my pocket’

Timing is everything. Comedians know this to be true. The right joke at the wrong time… is the wrong joke. This is true for other things too. A well-timed text can break or break a night out. Let’s say you’re trying to convince your friend to come to the bar, and your text finds them …
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‘When you finish early then remember all the things you forgot to do’: The best relatable work memes this week (September 29, 2025)

It’s official: the last quarter of 2025 is within striking distance, and we are a few short months away from wrapping up another twelve months of spending a chunk of our time increasing shareholder value. Before we know it, we will be taking a long, hard look at a year filled with all the ups …
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Manager blames employee for not reminding him about raise: ‘I actually did 3 times in 3 weeks starting a week after my 90 day anniversary’

Asking for a raise is not an easy thing to do. It’s putting yourself out there, and putting yourself out there is not something that everyone feels comfortable doing. You also might fear rejection. It’s hard to work yourself up to ask for something and then not get it. It can make you feel like …
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The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (August 11, 2025)

Rise and grind, we have arrived at the start of yet another workweek. What boring yet absurdly stressful horrors may await you, the humble employee, within the next five to seven days? Perhaps there will be a missed deadline that you completely forgot about, or your least favorite coworker will decide to reheat some kind …
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