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Manager demands 17-year-old fast food worker find shift replacement the night before final exam, finds themselves working with deadbeat brother: 'My boss went ballistic'

Ally Perry

'[Her] child is allergic to dogs, not anyone actually in the office': Dog parent blindsides work team with surprise pup visit, says backlash was ‘overblown’ after office Karen complains with an angry email to management

Blake Seidel

Master's student demands to remove thesis partner from their research after entitled partner failed to do any work, causing her not to graduate: ‘I kept bugging her to finish her part, and she never did’

Bar Mor Hazut

Dealership wants guy to drive 350 miles to pick up replacement vehicle after known fault in his new car, when customer gets upset service rep intentionally sidelines the exchange before quitting: 'I sent his case over with the wrong file, then I quit'

Brad Dickson

'Instead of giving the employees raises, we got oranges': 20+ CEOs who infuriated their employees with their business decisions

Remy Millisky

'Yeah, then go and cry about it': Female developer snaps back at male coworker who verbally attacks her

JR Atkinson

Supervisor writes up warehouse employee for not smiling enough at work: 'I work 10-hour shifts moving heavy boxes in a windowless building where we’re not allowed to have earbuds, take phone calls, or speak unless it’s job-related'

Emmy Pratt

'They’re paying that person nearly 30% more than me': Overworked employee discovers new hire with half the responsibility is getting paid more

Ben Weiss

‘Guess karma doesn't need a headset’: Idea-stealing coworker tries to pull a fast one on hardworking employee, so the employee exposes her fraudulent behavior to their manager

Lana DeGaetano

Husband demands that wife cancel her mandatory work trip while he recovers from a hair transplant, refuses to take kids to school if she goes: "I am always impacted by his last-minute changes"

Ely Bulnes

"Are you my boss or something?": Only woman on the team stands up to short-tempered coworker when he throws a tantrum over an email

Ely Bulnes

23 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (June 20, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

Employee finds loophole in company's tracking system, takes 2 hour breaks that are only marked as 30 minutes: 'I did exactly as I was told'

Ben Weiss

20+ Employees who made big mistakes on the job: '[She] printed 500 copies of her gas bill on the company printer'

Remy Millisky

HR involves employee’s manager over a simple vacation question, turning routine time-off plans into a workplace headache and family-fueled stress: ‘My mom works there too, she told me I messed up big time’

Etai Eshet

Bosses refuse to pay employee living wage, secretly write off multi-million dollar mansion as an office: 'They are going to pay the person after me over 15k LESS than I'm making'

JR Atkinson