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CEO tries to fire and replace employee with 2 interns when they take PTO to recover after 13-hour shifts: 'I told them, pay me triple my wage and I'll consider [coming back]'

Brad Dickson

24 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Winter Work Slump (January 31, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

Professional and prepared job candidate figures out their interview was really a training session for the hiring company’s fresh new recruiter: ‘I really suspect I was just used to train this girl’

Etai Eshet

‘Less than a month in they couldn’t afford to pay me and had to let me go’: 30-year-old woman fired and left unemployed for 4 months after she accepts friend’s offer to leave her steady years-long workplace and come work with her

Etai Eshet

29-year-old receives job and accommodation from boss, starts secret relationship with her 22-year-old son and doesn't know how to tell her she is pregnant with his baby after he passes: 'I feel like a traitor'

Ally Perry

'How she got hired, I have no idea': 15+ coworkers who got fired almost instantly

Ben Weiss

20+ Unforgettably bad job interviews: 'Interviewed someone who... technically wasn't allowed to be in the building'

Remy Millisky

Boss fires employee and demands they train replacements as retaliation for PTO, the employee cleverly complies, leaving the boss begging them to come back: ‘She demanded me to get back to work and said that the firing was just a prank’

Etai Eshet

'Bringing my work laptop is out of the question': Company asks worker if they can be 'reachable' during PTO days, employee shuts them down

JR Atkinson

Entitled customer tries to load 6,000 pounds of concrete onto his car despite employee's warnings, breaks car's suspension: 'It was the absolute best day I've ever had at work'

Remy Millisky

‘Flexible hours means your time is their time’: 20+ Seasoned employees share interview ‘red flags’ that warn them to stay away from certain companies

Lana DeGaetano

'Don't try to stiff a small business': Local laundromat owner holds a client's order hostage when they try to bail on their $1,700 weekly invoice

Jesse Kessenheimer

26-year-old fresh employee complains about burnout after 4 months of work, getting first taste of being a self-sustaining adult: ‘I can’t do mental work for 8 hours in a day, I feel like I can handle like 3, 4 hours max’

Etai Eshet

Company expects staff to cook food for their own employee appreciation event unpaid and off the clock, so one employee calls out boss for unlawful practice

Lana DeGaetano

Recruiter sends job-seeking employee’s CV to their current boss, leading to increased micromanagement and workplace anxiety

Etai Eshet

'Sorry, it’s 5:00. Let’s pick this up tomorrow': Employee ditches work every day at 5:01, maliciously complying with an over-disciplined manager's shortsighted scheduling demands

Jesse Kessenheimer