coworkers

'I've stopped trying [and] suddenly I'm promotion material': Burnt-out office ‘try-hard’ refuses to continue going above and beyond, ends up finally getting a 15% raise from the boss after setting healthy boundaries

Jesse Kessenheimer

Husband secretly supports his mother with 50% of his salary, then begs her best friend not to tell her when they find out the truth, drama ensues: ‘He needs to come clean’

Jesse Kessenheimer

23 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (May 9, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

'An extra 0.50 is what this promotion is worth to that company': Worker chases salary increase for 6 months only to be rewarded with a 50¢ raise

JR Atkinson

Business owner agrees to decorate 16-year-old girl's birthday party for free, puts in less effort after overhearing bratty teen disparage her efforts: “I just don't have it in me”

Ely Bulnes

'How dare you make my son work past office hours?': 30-year-old employee's mom won't stop calling him at work, he finally stands up for himself after she demands to speak to his boss

Isabella Penn

Coworker dumps her work onto executive assistant, tries to make her cancel her day off to do extra work: 'That's not happening!'

Ben Weiss

Slacker coworker lightheartedly jokes about never completing job duties, employee seriously agrees and coworker explodes: ‘"You have issues!"’

Lana DeGaetano

'There's ‘no room’ for me, but I'm still expected to drop $200?': Employee gets uninvited from their coworker's wedding at the last minute, then guilt-tripped into contributing $200 for a gift from the team, she refuses

Jesse Kessenheimer

Veteran employee of 3 years finds out they're paid 25% less than the new hire, internet discusses the importance of salary transparency and company-hopping: ‘Knowledge is power’

Lana DeGaetano

Employee sends in 2 week notice, 2 weeks later their boss hasn't acknowledged it: 'So what happens now?'

JR Atkinson

Boss and coworker have a loud ‘introvert bash session’ and trash-talk friends for refusing to play a card game: ‘Tell me you don’t respect boundaries without telling me you don’t respect boundaries’

Lana DeGaetano

New mom raises $2800 to take unpaid leave to care for her sick 3-month-old baby, coworker discovers she was actually planning on using the money to fund a Canadian vacation: 'The baby's totally fine, my mom can watch him'

Emmy Pratt

'He fired me 30 minutes before my shift ended': Boss makes employee do extremely tedious task before firing him, so he reorganizes every file out of order as a parting gift

Isabella Penn

'Is this even legal?': New employee signs contract to work remotely, employer rug-pulls and demands they come in once a week

JR Atkinson

Hardworking employee receives lower bonus than employee they hired and trained, proving 2.5 years of labor means absolutely nothing: ‘I’m just extremely disappointed’

Lana DeGaetano