Top Trending Laughable Work Moments This Week (October 6, 2022)

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Oct 6, 2022 3:00 PM EDT

Ah, corporate culture. Can't live with it, can't live without…well, couldn't we?

 

These top trending laughable corporate culture moments this week, which were compiled from Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit, may range in subject matter but at the end of the day, they all boil down to one inevitable question: why is the workplace still like this? From forcing employees not to discuss their wages/salaries to organizing tone-deaf mental health day activities, corporations really are incapable of being anything but annoying. 

 

Take a look at these ridiculous examples below, and for more infuriating content like this, check out this story about an employee who was ordered to come to work after quitting.

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  • 01
    Handwriting - Gotta love that "Company Culture" Who ever ate my Chicken I hoped you enjoyed it. Return my Bold) was unch for today. Security officer Clark
    via u/Balance777

    Taking someone else's lunch is literally sacrilege. How dare they!

  • 02
    Rectangle - Well then.... ce be Heard October 2 Bery Effective 2/25/2022 Breaks and lunches will no longer be allowed to be taken in your vehicles. Approved areas are the breakroom and picnic area out front. You can no longer be in the parking lot during work time without permission from your Supervisor. Failure to comply with our safety rules will result in disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment. CO
    via u/wnagy

    Monitoring your lunch break or your bathroom break is so invasive. Just face it: we're going to use all of our break time and we will be hiding out while texting on our phones.

  • 03
    Font - A manager demands that no one shares their wages. Enployees do it regardless. original news article + twitter post in comments ATTENTION ALL SUBORDINATES: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY CONVERSING ABOUT WAGES (BOTH ON DUTY AND OFF DUTY) IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN. This is considered proprietary information and as such, it is protected legally. If you are overheard speaking (OR LISTENING TO!!) a conversation in which wages are discussed, you will receive disciplinary action up to and including terminati
    via u/MC273

    Conversing about your wages is how equality happens, people!

  • 04
    Forehead - Corporations be like... Corporations be like: Paying their employees a living wage Paying $6.5 million for a 30 second commercial
    via u/megmayy

    Shouldn't be too much of a Sophie's Choice for them, yet it is…

  • 05
    Font - Babysitter job Masters degree required BABYSITTER NEEDED ASAP I need someone to watch my 4 kids (ages 2,3,5, and 7) from noon to 6pm M-F (occasional weekends) - Must be a great cook and avid cleaner Over 25 years old Minimum education: Master's Degree No social media accounts (I don't need my kids seeing that) No drinking, no smoking, not even vaping! - No tattoos or piercings Need 5 professional references Background check and drug test will be conducted This job pays $200 a week (must h
    via u/Elygalgirl

    Five professional references and a Master's degree for $200/week? I'd rather work for the State department. 

  • 06
    Font - Me at my old job as a cashier, dead of winter in Canada our heaters broke and the front door wouldn't close fully, but they still made us work. This was my outfit that day. wholesale P 2157 13 ww Kids sho not well
    via u/stankyprincess

    This is just criminal.

  • 07
    Font - pretty tired of this tbh Why do you want to work at 500 words) I'm proficient with the skills listed in the job description. What skills do you bring to the job? (max. 500 words) See resume
    via u/think_addict

    This is the kind of motivation I like to see!

  • 08
    Font - Mental Health Day office activities 10:28 02-UK Morning All, O Û 77% Mental Health Day is approaching and along with breakfast snacks being provided (such as muffins, croissants, yoghurts, oat bars, fruit & juices) and Mind Charity booklets and brochures, I thought we could do a small activity. It's on the theme of being positive and brightening everyone's day up by a compliment! 10.19 I will be coming round to everyone tomorrow and you need to pick someone's name at random, on that piece
    via u/architecty

    Perhaps a better option for Mental Health Day is to give everyone an actual mental health day…

  • 09
    Font - Got this gem of an email today H₁ "'ve sent a couple emails about signing you as a Talent but haven't heard anything. I was thinking that maybe the holdup is the $149 right now so I wanted to give you another option. We can break it down into a payment plan! Okay so, instead of an initial $149, you'd pay $49.66 now and then the same amount 30 days from now and then 60 days from now. That would be it! I am already removing the normal $99 fee and waiving the first monthly of $39.95 and canc
    via u/Ph03n1x_

    I'm lost. So they want their employee to pay their employer? Nuh uh.

  • 10
    Font - Chick-Fil-A requires that we buy their overpriced jackets if we want to avoid freezing on cold days outside apparently. Jackets Sent: 10/04/22 @ 07:47PM To Hi Team, A reminder now that temperatures are beginning to drop, team members are only allowed to wear CFA jackets from Oobe or the CFA sweatshirt. There are no exceptions to this rule. If you'd like to borrow a jacket you can ask a shift leader to check one out for you. You must return it at the end of your shift. If you are intereste
    via u/xd-Sushi_Master

    Guess what, folks? You're only allowed to not freeze if you purchase our merch! You're welcome!

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