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21 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (October 10, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

Lawyer submits 75 case files full of mistakes in 1 day to get back at bosses: 'No matter what they did, their system didn't work'

Remy Millisky

Engineer passed over for promotion for their own direct reports, instead up-skills himself on the job, uses those skills to land a better job with 3x the pay: 'I developed skills on the company dime that got me a >100% raise at another company'

Brad Dickson

'I've made significant progress on my reading lol': Employee ends up getting hours of leisure time after entitled supervisor forces her to change her work schedule

Elna McHilderson

22 Pawfect Pictures of Cat Mechanics Mastering the Art of Meowtenance

Sarah Brown

HR gives employee ultimatum, forcing him to get a doctor's note that day, opts for malicious compliance: 'I gave YEARS of loyal service and they're going to get their karma very soon'

Ben Weiss

Update: Customer complains about worker's glasses, boss sends employee home without pay

Remy Millisky

Manager demands construction workers stop using shortcuts to keep an efficient workflow, leading to a backlog in orders when they follow her rules: ‘Hope you’ve got time to wait’

Bar Mor Hazut

Director is told to accept $50k less pay or take 8 weeks' severance after company is acquired by another company: 'I’m going to be doing the same thing'

Ally Perry

58-year-old employee gets let go, the rest of the department leaves, HR begs for employee to come back 4 months later: 'That's not going to work for me'

Ben Weiss

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'

JR Atkinson

‘I’m the one keeping kids safe:’ 36-year-old woman leaves her corporate boyfriend at 2 am after he belittles her for being a beloved school bus driver

Elna McHilderson

Boss schedules meeting with HR to discuss employee's attitude after they say "no" to increased workload for the first time ever in 2 years: 'So now we have a meeting scheduled with HR to talk about it'

Brad Dickson

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'

JR Atkinson

‘It got better’: Entitled intern tries to “girl boss” her way to the top, ends up getting her personal items stuck in a locker with someone's smelly shoes

Elna McHilderson

Boss denies manufacturer's request for a raise, manufacturer quits and business ends up down $300,000: '[You] could've just given me the 15k raise!'

Ben Weiss