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A woman wearing headphones smiles at her laptop as she works from home

Manager uses work from home option weekly, prevents employees from doing the same: 'The other departments use it no problem'

The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week

The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week

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A young confident employee wearing a sweater stands in the hallway at the office after asking for a lofty raise

Employee doing the work of 2 people asks company for a $40K raise: 'It would cost the company $120K to hire another employee to do my previous job.'

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Boss asks remote employee to drive over 3 hours to the office with less than 24 hours warning: 'I said no, then he basically begged me'

Close-up of a man in business attire wearing glasses

Laid off job seeker with expecting wife applies for 4500 jobs in a year, moves back in with family to avoid debt: 'I just don't know anymore'

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Two men stand next to each other in a meeting room, examining two Post-it notes stuck to the window

Employee gets cousin hired in same tech company department, humbles him when he tries too hard to compete: 'Maybe focus on your own KPIs'

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Woman sets up email trap that tricks entitled coworker into hitting 'reply all' on an unprofessional message to her, office shuns him: ‘3-minutes later, I see a failed attempt at "Message Recall" and my enjoyment knows no bounds.’

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Employee tells coworkers how much his raise was, despite manager asking them to keep it private: ‘[Colleague] is making $14000 less than I am’

Employee tells coworkers how much his raise was, despite manager asking them to keep it private: ‘[Colleague] is making $14000 less than I am’

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Coworker pressures colleague to us AI tool to write simple 2-sentence email, colleague pushes back: 'It would take about ten seconds to write myself'

A burnt out employee sitting at the desk after coming back from three weeks of vacation

Employee takes 3 weeks of PTO, returns to work feeling as burnt out as he did before the vacation: 'My motivation for work is basically gone.'

An older woman sitting in an armchair smiles as she calls somebody on her cellphone

Boyfriend's mom calls 28-year-old's workplace, asks manager for a reference: 'His mom has always been a lot'

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15+ Employees who got fired for their social media posts: 'Girl called out last minute... she was posting pics from Six Flags'

kClient refuses to pay house cleaner in full after claiming she didn't do a good job, then attempts to hire her again, cleaner demands: 'Payment upfront'

Client refuses to pay house cleaner in full after claiming she didn't do a good job, then attempts to hire her again, cleaner demands: 'Payment upfront'

A tired employee rubs his forehead with his hand while sitting at a computer and being surrounded by multiple screens

Employee works 60 hour weeks only for promotion to go to director's brother-in-law, fears getting fired when he reduces hours down to 40: 'I increased productivity by 3x'

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Manager repeatedly ignores developer's warning, resulting in $228k of incorrect transactions: 'The system did exactly what it was told to do'

A coffee shop worker smiles as she hands a customer a paper bag over the counter

Boss demands lowest-paid employee spend $100 on lunch for customer, she worries she won't get paid back: 'Is it not etiquette to pick up the check?'