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24 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (June 6, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

Tech employee working 50+ hour weeks takes one personal day, now HR accuses him of being a slacker: 'It’s insane how taking care of yourself is seen as a red flag'

Ben Weiss

22-year-old raises 7-year-old sister alone after their mom leaves, almost gives in to the stress, until sister hands her a Mother's Day card: ‘I'm doing my best, she sees it’

Bar Mor Hazut

22 AI Made Memes That Just Don’t Work, and Gen X Isn’t Surprised

Laurent Shinar

‘You need to stop yelling. You’re not at a zoo’: Child-free coworker Kelly grabs and “disciplines” a colleague’s 5-year-old son at a company BBQ, pushing the 31-year-old mother to snap and put Kelly in her place

Etai Eshet

30-year-old chef treats coworkers to homemade cakes for their birthdays for a year, refuses to make anymore when they become entitled to free treats despite forgetting her birthday: "It rubbed me the wrong way"

Ely Bulnes

Entitled woman demands that coworker change her vacation days and miss her family reunion because her Cancun trip is "more fun," manager shuts her down: "I already booked flights"

Ely Bulnes

Nanny refuses entitled coworker's demand to babysit her kids on her day off after discovering coworker doesn't plan to pay her: ‘I’m not a free on-demand nanny for coworkers’

Bar Mor Hazut

18-year-old receptionist told by boss to "stick strictly to your job description" complies : 'It was absolute chaos by the end of the day'

Brad Dickson

‘"You need to be more energetic on calls"’: Boss reprimands insurance employee for being too neutral-sounding over the phone, so the employee leans into their ‘radio host voice’ from a former role 20 years prior

Lana DeGaetano

'They asked if I was ok with a few days of "unpaid training"': 20+ Employees who quit their new jobs as quickly as possible

Remy Millisky

'Can you cc me on every client email?': Employee complies with micromanager's demands and sends her emails of clients disparaging her work ethic

Ben Weiss

'They offered me 2 weeks severance if I signed an NDA': Worker complains to HR when manager makes a comment about their appearance during team meeting, gets fired 3 days later

JR Atkinson

Woman insists Korean coworker use an 'English name' at work because their first name is 'offensive,' coworker refuses: 'She recently complained to our manager'

JR Atkinson

Tech company manager adds employee to wrong Zoom room, accidentally landing her in a layoff call before swiftly removing her, leaving her on hold for 20 minutes before telling her she’s “safe… for now”

Etai Eshet

40-year-old coworker, fresh off her own extended maternity leave, pressures 24-year-old colleague into surrendering her pre-approved PTO vacation and drags in management and staff for backup: ‘ I can’t give up my time. This trip means a lot to me’

Etai Eshet