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Supermarket stock worker sets a precarious chocolate bar trap, deliberately overloading shelves after a snarky demand from a manager: 'Like a cocoa avalanche waiting to happen'

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘It came crashing down Monday morning. Lewis was immediately fired’: “Influencer” colleague at marketing company impresses the boss with celebrity selfies and wild stories, gets fired and flees the state when his web of lies falls apart

Etai Eshet

Company asks employees to contribute money for boss’s gift, then gives it back, when they ask for it yet again, employee refuses: 'It's just I could really use that $10 to buy lunch or something'

Emma Saven

‘I tell the truth, Bob doesn't get the job’: Credit-stealing coworker Bob rides colleague’s $10M company turnaround success for a decade, then a reference call exposed his lies, costing him his dream job

Etai Eshet

Employee told he is going to lose all of his leave by the end of the year, takes it all at once, leaving projects struggling to be completed: 'Use all your PTO before December 31 or lose it? Alright, don't mind if I do, even if the project burns...'

Brad Dickson

Employees share over-hyped dream jobs that sound glamorous until you actually do them: 'I'm 44, a little late to start a new career... but here I am'

Isabella Penn

Mom caring for sick daughter while working second job as seamstress finds time to humble bridesmaid who lied about her size and makes her pay double: 'She grudgingly paid and left without another word'

Isabella Penn

'Don't come back': Opportunistic employee goes home early when a scheduled fire drill makes management second-guess their instructional wording

Jesse Kessenheimer

The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (June 17, 2025)

Ally Perry

18-year-old café employee told by her new shift lead to stop talking, stops talking entirely, forcing the lead to backtrack: 'You’re not paid to talk, you’re paid to work'

Brad Dickson

‘My boss stole my bag and threw it away’: Boss tosses employee’s bag in the dumpster after office hours, HR intervenes and sides with boss

Ben Weiss

‘Time to start butchering their names’: Entire office refuses to call employee by their rightful name for over a year, employee calls them out to HR

Ben Weiss

Employee gets fired for standing around for 5 minutes after showing up to work 2 minutes late: ‘This isn’t working out’

Ben Weiss

Boss questions employee's work ethic when they work from home for one day despite working their previously agreed upon WFH days from the office: 'You want me to honor my in-office-days? Okay, but you'll be forced to honor my WFH-days'

Brad Dickson

Jealous boss informs HR of a completely permissible after-work get-together that her employees attended, only because she wasn't invited herself: "[She] made a complaint that she was being ostracized’

Lana DeGaetano

Call center supervisors allow favorite employees to slack off while coworkers take calls, face payback when worker crashes personal computer: 'I'm just a call center employee. I don't code'

Ally Perry