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'Faking enjoyment costs a dollar an hour extra': Retail manager writes up employee for 'not smiling enough,' workers brainstorm malicious compliance strategies

JR Atkinson

The Best Relatable Work Memes This Week (March 10, 2025)

Ally Perry

“They're just stressing people to come up with lists of who to fire if they don't quit first’: Company forces employees back to an unworkable office with missing equipment, non-functional workspaces, and zero effort to support them

Etai Eshet

‘Now he barely looks at me’: Woman gets offered a promotion only for husband to demand she'd turn it down to ‘focus on starting a family’, she accepts it anyway

Bar Mor Hazut

26 Memes for Broke People with Expensive Taste

Isabella Penn

Boss promotes employee to ‘leadership role’ but doesn't include a raise or added benefits, just more responsibilities: ‘Calling it a “promotion” felt dishonest’

Lana DeGaetano

Mom demands daycare teacher holds her 13-month-old during naptime every day, balks when teacher says that's not possible: 'This was the 7th place she toured and that no daycare around here can provide adequate care for her son'

Emmy Pratt

‘"It's their job, not anything above or beyond"’: IT department head tries to deny 25% of department employees their well-earned bonuses, software dev employee is fed up

Lana DeGaetano

'Sorry it’s not a turkey sandwich, Kate': Coworker criticizes the home-cooked Thai food that her colleague shares with the office, then she gets singled out with a personalized dish of unseasoned veggies and ranch

Jesse Kessenheimer

‘I flat out said no’: Employee refuses to train her underqualified replacement after being passed up on a promotion she was ‘heavily encouraged’ to apply for

Lana DeGaetano

23 Work Memes to Give Employees the XP Boost They Need to Defeat Their Real Life Boss

Jesse Kessenheimer

Team lead is fired after they refuse to overwork their team and instead defend them against toxic workplace practices: ‘I was just expected to be another cog in the machine’

Lana DeGaetano

'Wow, that's pungent': Woman complains every time coworker cooks Thai food for work potluck, flips out when she cooks special meal for her

Ally Perry

‘The very next day, I wrote my resignation letter’: Boss targets introvert employee, denies raises, and sets impossible deadlines, forcing her to quit

Etai Eshet

'Headsets are not allowed': Employee reprimanded for wearing headphones in the office, maliciously complies with new policy by playing audio on full volume

Ben Weiss

31-year-old sister pays delinquent brother $100K annually to work at her company for 6 hour days, brother constantly complains about his job: 'He constantly tells me I don't care about the business'

Emmy Pratt