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24 Employee Burnout Posts To Push You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (August 15, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

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'She said "I forgot that I worked here"': Employees reveal the most unusual excuses they've ever heard from someone calling off work

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee resigns after they fall ill while moving and have to take sick leave, their boss slowly unravels, escalating to accusations: 'My boss went nuts and I quit, but now my CEO is begging for me back, should I return?'

Brad Dickson

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Employee gets falsely accused and fired after asking for a raise when they hadn't gotten one for 3 years: ' I asked why I was fired, and he still wouldn’t even give me a reason'

Brad Dickson

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Mid-sized marketing firm outsources IT firing the single employee who had been there for 4 years, he gets a job paying $20k more: 'The first week after I left, their main server crashed. The outsourced company took 6 hours to respond, another 8 to fix it'

Brad Dickson

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'He was on the Zoom call the whole time': 30-year-old remote worker bashes talkative colleague Jake in front of the entire team

Remy Millisky

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23-year-old refuses to give her 50-year-old coworker a ride home from work after she repeatedly called her stupid: 'She stated that I was being immature and holding a grudge'

Emmy Pratt

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UPDATE: 'I just deleted thousands of hours of work from my old job': Worker quits and leaves 18 other workers without access to critical video files

Remy Millisky

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20+ Times fed-up customers acted like total Karens: 'He really wanted to get me out of that shop'

Remy Millisky

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Boss asks employee to stay late on a Friday when it's already 4pm, the employee tells them they can't because they already have plans, boss says they're not a "team player": 'I've been working here for 8 months and I always stay late when needed'

Brad Dickson

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HR rep lectures candidate after he rejects their lowball offer, telling him he should have been "grateful for the opportunity": 'I have 4 years [of] experience and know my value'

Brad Dickson

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2 retail clothing store employees feud over store sections they're working in: 'Aileen says... "They are always picking favorites here"'

Remy Millisky

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37-year-old dad insists stay at home mom of 12 and 14-year-olds get a job so she can support the family after he retires: 'She called me ungrateful and accused me of not appreciating all the hard work she does in the house'

Emmy Pratt

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'That's it, I'm outta here': Dramatic coworker named Ginger pretends to quit 2 times to avoid work, realizes he went too far

Remy Millisky

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23 Photos of Bulldogs and the Ridiculous Jobs Their Humans Think They’d Slay

Laurent Shinar

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Boss promises "career growth opportunities" after employee hands in their 2-week notice, boss has all but ignored the employee and their contributions for the 3 years they worked with them: 'Suddenly I'm the most valuable employee they've ever had'

Brad Dickson

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