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Work is exhausting and yet somehow also hilarious, especially when you realize that your colleagues are just as disillusioned as you.
Luckily, the Facebook group 'Work Humour and Memes' (with 316K members) is a safe space where everyone can freely express what they’re thinking and feeling about the daily grind, without getting called into HR.
From lengthy commutes to demanding bosses and stale breakroom coffee, this online community captures every painfully relatable moment, reminding us that laughing at the chaos is a good way to keep it together.
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Raven Sheridan 4 months ago
But what about the billionaires? How can they afford their fifth yacht if they pay you a living wage? 😉
Michael Largey 4 months ago
They can cut down on the avocado toast, can't they?
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Jenna Kay 4 months ago
My daughter works full time at a state job, not even an entry level job, but middle of the road salary, and she can barely make rent in her tiny 1 bedroom apartment in a somewhat questionable part of the city. Heaven forbid she should ever need to buy a car, that's not gonna happen; even a used one is out of reach. She drives a hand-me-down one that we just keep running as best as possible, because she has to drive for part of her work. This just isn't right.
Seadog 4 months ago
In the 50-60s, people could have house and a car or two. Now a 2 income family can't afford either. What changed? Minimum wage. Raising MW hurts everyone yet people think raising it is the answer. Inflation always outpaces MW, so the higher MAW goes, the less everyone has when the bills are paid.
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ninjaTrashPandaBoom 4 months ago
and so his sycophant board of idiots (ahem...directors) can give him $29B in Tesla shares, despite his questionable "leadership" to say the least...
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Dragons Exist 4 months ago
Ah yes, the saying that's told by the idiots who think that the only purpose of your life is to work
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ChickyChicky 4 months ago
Why not? Why shouldn't someone who works full time be able to afford the basics of survival?
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It can be hard to see the positive side when you have too many responsibilities. In the UK, for example, recruitment company Reed recently discovered that almost nine in ten (85 percent) workers have experienced symptoms of burnout or exhaustion, while almost half (47 percent) have needed to take time off work because of their deteriorating mental health.
Young workers have been facing the most pressure, with 91 percent of 18 to 24-year-olds and 94 percent of 25 to 34-year-olds saying they have experienced symptoms such as fatigue, brain fog, and headaches because of their work.
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Owen 4 months ago
You can totally do this already. You will probably get fired, but there's nothing else stopping you.
ninjaTrashPandaBoom 4 months ago
My work has "mental health days" which you can use your PTO on whenever you want...for some inexplicable reason, my "mental health days" always seem to occur when I'm feeling great and the weather is nice!
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Papa 4 months ago
It sounds like you're suffering from rectal glaucoma. It's when you can't see your a*s going to work.
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Dave Baxter 4 months ago
A work collrague told me years ago that he always drags himself into work when he's sick... then takes his paid Sick Leave days off when he's fit & healthy & can enjoy the time off.
Maren Villadsen 4 months ago
Just take a mentalt health day. No need to tell them it is because your mentalt health is great today.
Robin DJW 4 months ago
The company I retired from allowed workers to call in for a "Mental Health Day," just as long as they never reached to "too much calling in" threshold.
Bored Sailor 4 months ago (edited)
Luckily at my job I can do this. My wife works hourly so I have always told her if you want to take the day off do it, they do not give PTO so it is all your time and they cannot afford to lose her.
Ronnie Row 4 months ago
I used to be the only guy on a landscape crew who could mow patterns on baseball fields and was often asked to come in on weekends just for 2 hours to do that. I would often bring a 40oz with me because I did a better job mowing straight lines. When my boss complained, I'd reply "send me me home then" 😏
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Scott Rackley 4 months ago
Shop lead to me, "Teach him everything you know. Shop lead to apprentice, "Don't let me catch you doing anything he teaches you."
liam newton-harding 4 months ago
There are the rules that manglement comes up with…and then there are the rules that work.
UncleJon_TheMadScientist 4 months ago (edited)
And wonder if you are really training your replacement
RomanceRadish 4 months ago
"Well in most situations we'd do THIS, but if X happens we might do Y.... we are TECHNICALLY trained to do it another way....if Bob asks don't tell him we do it this way...."
OneHappyPuppy 4 months ago
Yeah, I don't do that... I cut straight to the shortcuts (no pun intended)
Damned_Cat 4 months ago
And trying to explain why we don't follow the archaic written rules that no one ever bothered to update in the manual.
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In addition, more than a quarter (26 percent) of workers who have never taken time off for their mental health say they have needed to but were unable to do so because of their workload, fear of judgment, or concerns over their financial situation.
Reed's research also showed that perceptions about mental health issues differed between age groups, with 19 percent of those aged 55 to 64 and 16 percent of those aged between 45 and 54 believing that mental health "should be dealt with outside of work." This is compared to just 8 percent of 25 to 34-year-olds.
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Tucker Cahooter 4 months ago
I work from home. That's pretty much my posture all day, except that I also have a work laptop on my lap (with Teams set to "Do Not Disturb") and with a mouse attached to jiggle from time to time
Alex Martin 4 months ago (edited)
And that's why remote positions are being forced to return to the office.
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Tele Avision 4 months ago
Hang in there. You'll either make it to the end or die.
Load More Replies... Ravenkbh 4 months ago
I'm never too old to get a sugar daddy. I just wear a short dress, hope he's near blind, and hide the fact I'm the same gender.
HearditontheX 4 months ago
I had a resignation letter in my desk that I reprinted every day with the current date. Finally signed it gave it to the owner and didn't give any reasons for quitting Scary but d**n things worked out just fine
Nicola Roberts 4 months ago
When Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall married, he was 84 years old and she was 59 years old. I just got to find someone old enough!
ElfVibratorGlitter 4 months ago
You're never too old for a sugar daddy. Even if you are older than them biologically. My 2 cent
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sturmwesen 4 months ago
freaks my BF out everytime...and after the call the jaw wiggeling starts to shake off your CS persona
whineygingercat 4 months ago
my husband refers to my customer service voice as 'Stepford Voice'. it creeps him out
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Crystalwitch60 4 months ago
I’ve got a telephone voice to lol , n I’m no longer working but I still have one ,Apparently I go well posh , unless it’s a scammer call then I swear at them 😂
Vicki Perizzolo 4 months ago
see - that's my problem -- i have no voice anymore.. I have email.. and i sometimes forget to turn the filter on..
Lila Allen 4 months ago
Reverse these images and you have teacher voice... for when you've repeated the same directions for the 11th time and someone says " what are we doing"
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Susan Reid Smith 4 months ago
Again, there are reasons I wasn't allowed to train my replacement!
In the US, the picture is pretty similar. Only 31% of American employees are engaged, the lowest level in a decade, according to Gallup's latest State of the Global Workplace report.
This matters because engaged employees are emotionally invested in their work and committed to their organization's success — they show up with energy, purpose, and a drive to perform at their best.
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KatWitch57 4 months ago
First thing I was taught at typing classes 50 yrs ago; "NEVER admit to being able to type".
BookFanatic 4 months ago
Yeah. I made that mistake and now I teach Excel classes at my library. Sigh.
Jenna Kay 4 months ago
I do static and electronic media accessibility compliance training (not my job, but one of those "other duties as assigned" 🤨), apparently that is enough to make me an expert in Excel in most people's eyes. Y'all I have to Google half the functions and hate pivot tables, but here I am.
Lila Allen 4 months ago
That is all your own fault for being good at your job and letting people find out...
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yes.. the minute they find out.... used to be that you could type now it's Excel... shhhh
Blackmoon The Dragon 4 months ago
🎶 We don't talk about Bruno, no no no... we don't talk about Brunoooooo 🎶
Rebecca McManus 4 months ago
This week I found out that there is an Excel world championship, and as I am good at Excel I might find out what they do for it and try it at home.
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sbj 4 months ago
My work place seems to think giving out re-usable water bottles with ' Thank you for all your effort' printed on them means more to us than a money bonus
Mike Rodrick 4 months ago
Better than a pizza party. At least the bottle is reusable.
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ninjaTrashPandaBoom 4 months ago
My previous employer had a "employee appreciation" day which involved multiple mandatory safety lectures for a chance to win cheap prizes (plastic mugs, thin blankets, or flimsy baseball hats) with the company logo printed on them. Several longwinded speeches from c-suite types rounded out with warm drinks and mediocre food on a hot day...morale did not improve for some reason.
R1MV4Superleggera 4 months ago
Me as Jefe: "How about I let you keep breathing?' (I'm kidding!)
Jenna Kay 4 months ago
Getting a raise where I work takes an act of legislation .... like, literally, the legislature has to approve a raise, and the very idea that they keep up with inflation is just crazy talk to them. Where I live, inflation has risen about 40% since 2012. Do you think my salary increased that much - hell to the no! But we do get donuts and coffee once a year, for two hours, and you'd best be early cause they run out.
Ellie Ahmed 4 months ago
Well, when my local supermarket starts accepting your appreciation as payment for my groceries, I might give a s**t
Seadog 4 months ago
Worked for a bank that rewarded employees if they had a money saving idea. Max payment was $125 (1990's). I turned in an idea that was implemented immediately. Saved the company close to $100G a year. Even the officer in charge of my department said they should pay me each year my idea is used. Nope. I got $125. Banks screw over employees the same way they screw over customers. People talk s**t about lawyers, banks are far more corrupt than most lawyers.
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Jessica Langmeyer Specht 4 months ago (edited)
I would LOVE to say that to a doctor's office employee, since I schedule imaging appointments for patients.
Sarah Belt 4 months ago
I believe it happens but cannot wrap my head around the fact that people get nasty to folks trying to schedule appointments. I'm sorry that happens to you. It must be so frustrating.
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Lila Allen 4 months ago
I discovered I get a lot fewer parent complaints if I staple applications to be a substitute teacher to the notes home
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 months ago
I told a company owner that QuickBooks wouldn't create the report he wanted, the system parameters just wouldn't do it. He insisted it could be done - I countered with I could export the data into Excel and create the report that way, but it would take a few hours. He kept insisting. So, I pushed away from my desk and said "Okay, show me how". Well, he didn't KNOW how, that was my job. (I'm certified in 13 different accounting systems, BTW). Such a little pr*ck. I called our CPA (I was the bookkeeper) and asked HIM to explain that it wasn't an option. The owner finally let it go - after a MAN had told him it wasn't possible. I was like, "I know what I'm doing" (assh*le).
Trisec Tebeakesse 4 months ago
That is actually brilliant. I've done customer service my entire career - my move is always "Call me back when you have calmed down enough to discuss this rationally." *click*
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Jenna Kay 4 months ago
Nope. They just assign those duties to some poor sods who have no idea what they heck is going on either.
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Michael Largey 4 months ago
When I retired from my department, it hired three new people. I suspect it was one to replace me and two for damage clean-up.
DoriBen 4 months ago
I was leaving a (temp job) in a sales department w/6 people, when I was asked how I'd change the department to make it function better… I said "one person could handle all the sales if they actually worked 8 hrs a day." They then relocated 5 people, picked one person to stay (the lazy prem-madonna) put her in a small office all by herself and she actually had to work for 8 hrs a day for the first time in her life!! OMG!
Lila Allen 4 months ago
My principal had to walk the school board through the 4 teachers they would have to hire to cover everything I was doing for one salary. Strangely they decided my wearing jeans to school wasn't a deal breaker after all.
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
Bosses care about the most stupid things.
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I have literally had to train two people to take over the work I was doing alone.
Savage Susan 4 months ago
When I quit my job they hired 1 person to replace me. Two months later they hired someone else to help her.
According to Gallup, the cumulative impact of employee engagement is seen across key business metrics, from retention to revenue:
- 78% less absenteeism;
- 14% higher productivity;
- 51% lower turnover (low-turnover organizations);
- 21% lower turnover (high-turnover organizations);
- 18% higher sales productivity;
- 10% higher customer loyalty;
- 23% higher profitability.
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Auntriarch 4 months ago
We had posters put up about inappropriate humour, it was called crossing the line. Honestly I never crossed the line, I was born this side of it.
Michael Largey 4 months ago
It was simple. They first looked where I was, and then they drew the line.
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patrick hall 4 months ago
I recently told a joke that was so funny that I was immediately sent to HR. Apparently they wanted to hear it to.
Jane Hower 3 months ago
Tell me about it. But now that I've 'retired', the 'office' me isn't there anymore. hehe
Seadog 4 months ago
One place I worked the LPA and DM came around and made us all watch a sexual harassment video. Almost immediately we're laughing and pointing out which one(s) of us do exactly those things. The LPA and DM just shook their heads and went to the office. They know it was a waste of time with us but corporate made them do it. And the women were just as guilty as the men. We were all just a great group who didn't get bent over little things we all knew wasn't serious.
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Auntriarch 4 months ago
I found out my colleagues were having bets on how long it would be before I expostulated
sturmwesen 4 months ago
me raising my "in my next life I would like a job without idiots" mug...subtly
Trisec Tebeakesse 4 months ago
After I rage-quit, I had a manager that I was friendly with (not mine) tell me that she was glad I got out, and was surprised that I lasted as long as I did.
But if the employees aren't serious about their problems, chances are, they're not at the top of the boardroom's agenda list as well.
One Columbia study found "that executives talk about customers 10 times more often [in earnings calls] than employees. And when they do, executives perceive customers to be analogous to opportunities and employees to risks."
And even when companies mention good employee experience, they still usually act on customer experience.
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Mike Rodrick 4 months ago
I'm still telling people I didn't retire to be useful.
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I have to clock in at 7 am, i wish i couldn't hear a sound until 8:30 am.
KrazyChiMama 4 months ago
Please don’t expect me to be coherent enough for conversation before I’ve had my coffee!
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
You can make me get up, but you can’t make me stay awake.
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Sarah Belt 4 months ago
Ooo, then I "went" to Dartmouth and listened to a "lecture" by Mr. Rogers (may he rest in the joy and kindness he so freely shared).
Lila Allen 4 months ago
Oh my gosh that must have been the most wonderful lecture of all time. I am so envious
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Greg Baughman 4 months ago
Interviewer: There is a 4 year gap in your employment. Hopeful: That's when I went to Yale. Interviewer: Yale? That's amazing! You're hired! Hopeful: Thanks, I really need this yob!
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Sue Denham 4 months ago
" . . . and you know she only agreed with him because they're sleeping together."
Crystalwitch60 4 months ago
😂😂😂😂the, three are so much nicer than them god awful labubu things eugh my daughter who’s 24 has like 6 of the, ,omg wrong thing to have in my house bad ju ju lol
Damned_Cat 4 months ago
She's close by, keeping watch for the office snitch.
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Damned_Cat 4 months ago
You could always tell how bad it was by whether that group met up in the break room or the supply room.
A Deloitte and Workplace Intelligence study showed that while 82% of executives believe their organization promotes "human sustainability," only 56% of employees agree.
Deloitte noted that "some leaders fail to recognize that for most people surveyed, work is a negative rather than a positive force in their lives."
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Auntriarch 4 months ago
When someone with no idea how to do your job, getting paid twice as much as you, with no apparent workload, tries to tell you how to do your job.
DoriBen 4 months ago
Especially when you have to train your own new boss how to run the department … that you have been In charge of … while they have been looking for someone new to run the department… (that you have been running!) But they won't give the job to YOU… because you are a WOMAN! (That was back in 1985!) I had the experience and training but would never get the job! But I'd apply, anyway! It became a real joke (on them) when it became a discrimination case to refuse a qualified WOMAN a job, because she was a WOMAN.
Seadog 4 months ago
With corporate America, this is guaranteed. Your business plan might work on paper but in the real world, it is 99% useless because the customer doesn't go by or care about your "plan". People buy from people not companies. Something one of my previous employers learned in a very painful way. 70% of my customers followed me right up the street to the competition. That was roughly 40% of the entire stores sales. You might not like the way I do things but I get the job done with the best sales numbers you ever had. Why mess with that?
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sbj 4 months ago
I go for a walk when it's break time and people think I'm doing if for health reasons. When I'm out for a walk I'm chain smoking and I'm out so nobody can see me cry
Michael Largey 4 months ago
That's why I had lunch in my classroom. It was like a mid-day spa.
KrazyChiMama 4 months ago
This! I used to sit in my car and listen to music. Much better than listening to office gossip!
Moana Manana 4 months ago (edited)
My husband is a forklift driver. At his break he drives himself to a quite location behind the production fascility and eats his lunch in the forklift, sets the alarm to 5 min to the end of his break and just chills with his eyes closed. Alarm just for safety... A manager saw this on the security camera and told husband's superior to tell him to stop doing it. Luckily husband has a great superior who told the manager that he is just using his break in silence and comes back rested. He won't change that just because the manager doesn't like it. And the superior never told my husband. A coworker did who overheard the conversation...
Seadog 4 months ago
Staying in the forklift is a good idea. Nearby plant had an issue that caused a shutdown while they fixed it. They told employees they could stay and chill or go home and come back. One worker laid down behind a bin to take a nap. Another worker comes along with another bin, shoves it against the first bin , pushing them both against the wall and crushed the guy. That was one of three fatalities that week.
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Nikki Spears Gross 4 months ago
I went from smoking to vaping and neither one was allowed on our campus at work. So, I would park off campus and go to my car during my breaks and lunches. I would sit in my car, eat snacks, listen to music or just enjoy some peace and quiet. Our lab was noisy as fūck, between all of the equipment running, fans going and several Lab Techs crowded into a small space and being practically on top of each other, I referred to my breaks and lunches as "sanity/zen breaks" because, that's what they were for me. By the time the shift was over, my "social battery" was completely dead and I just wanted to go home to my Mom and cats.
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tori Ohno 4 months ago
I had an excellent cup of coffee this morning. That's my positive thought because nothing is going to be better than that.
Science Nerd 4 months ago
And four more cups on the way, possibly followed by a bourbon when I get home.
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Alisha Brun 4 months ago
Why can managers come in anytime they pleas and leave whenever? I'm sorry if I have clocked out and you pull me aside, I'm clocking back in.
Anne Roberts 4 months ago
I have always thought that managers should lead by example. Some of them got away with things you wouldn't believe
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Seadog 4 months ago
HR used to get ticked at me and my crew for not clocking out for lunch or dinner at the end/first of the month. We've got a job to do and a deadline, we're not clocking out when we can easily eat and work at the same time. They always hit us with that "law says you have to take a break" c**p. No, the law (if there really is one) says you have to provide it, no one can MAKE me take it and the law does say if I work it, you have to pay it.
Janet Sparrow 4 months ago
Managers are not hourly. They supervise people and are expected to get the job done even if it’s midnight. So they’re not tied to 9 to 5.
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Sue Denham 4 months ago
I used to drive to work and fantasise about keeping on driving to a whole other city.
Auntriarch 4 months ago
I used to drive over a canal bridge on the way to work, and sometimes the canal boats moored up looked so very tempting, but unfortunately piracy is still a thing.
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Spidercat 4 months ago
I don't know who Simon Legree is but I immediately dislike him...
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Nils Skirnir 4 months ago
Which means he wouldn’t have lost money for a sick day either
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sh30joy 4 months ago
I think it means they're paying what everyone else is paying.
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Robin DJW 4 months ago
I always hated Sundays, because I would have to send the day doing weekly chores and getting ready for the imminent work week. Now I'm retired. HA!
Auntriarch 4 months ago
I know! Sunday afternoon blues don't exist anymore it's wonderful
Load More Replies... Anne Roberts 4 months ago (edited)
Some days I have to look at my phone to remember which day it is
Mallory Morrison 4 months ago
I took off Thursday and Friday this week for my bday and I cannot wait to sleep in 2 extra days. That's my gift to myself.
Vicki Perizzolo 4 months ago
I have pets - sleeping in involves hiding in the bathroom... never gonna happen
Cydney Golden 4 months ago
I try not to make any appointments that would require me to set an alarm.
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tori Ohno 4 months ago (edited)
The baby boomers generation was the last who "lived to work". They took pride in their careers. Now, no matter how hard you try, how much energy you put into it, you get nothing for it. You can't even afford an apartment let alone buy a house. And vacation? What's that? I "work to live", because the last time I was #1 in the office, the owner's son took all the credit even though I had all of the paperwork. Nepotism, gotta hate it. Just give me my paycheck so I can buy the things that make me happy. Cause it sure isn't my job.
Science Nerd 4 months ago
Sorry. As a baby boomer, if I wasn’t paid adequately for my work or given a bad work environment, I’d be out tomorrow.Giving two weeks is an option that might not be exercised. Employers long ago took care of their employees and that care was returned. two-way street.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
This. What I mind is not the actual tasks I have to do. What I mind is being expected to pretend work is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Come on—it’s OK, but it isn’t THAT great.
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patrick hall 4 months ago
Yes, because the opposite has worked so well. Right Venezuela?
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Enlee Jones 4 months ago
Being an adult is being broke and trying to decide what TV dinner you want to eat every day until you day.
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winterwidow87 4 months ago
Or not enough parking spots for employees. That's the case for my hospital, i'm lucky i don't own a car and use public transportation.
Seadog 4 months ago (edited)
Had a friend that spent the last 2 months of her pregnancy in the hospital. I'd go by every night and keep her company for a while. It's after visiting hours so the lot is dang near empty. Stupid security guard got on me for not being more careful about parking between the lines. I wasn't even parked near the entrance. I even pointed out that there's not going to be anyone other than him that cares for at least the next 6 hours. He never could comprehend how stupid he was being.
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We were once told that the agency did not have a parking problem, it had a walking problem. If I could not park near my building, there was a large lot about a half mile away.
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Don Adams 4 months ago
I was asked what my job was like one time (managed a remote warehouse/truck hub). Said it was like a washing machine. I start out everyday in the basement, spend all day spinning, churning and agitating, and at the end of the day, no matter how many loads I put out, I was still in the basement.
Nils Skirnir 4 months ago
When you think of it, the HP series is just a bunch of new age crapola, with stupid magic tricks
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sbj 4 months ago
That's a fancy fridge, don't share this image with your boss as they might replace you with this
SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
One reason why I refuse to have appliances that are connected to everything. The fridge has one job: Keep my food from spoiling. That’s it. I don’t need it to do anything else.
Science Nerd 4 months ago
You *could* do the same with a smart T.V. and a bluetooth keyboard, which is why I don’t have a bluetooth keyboard.
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R1MV4Superleggera 4 months ago
Me against HR, why? It's been more than 4 years since the insufferable besterds ban me from interviewing new victi....er, new workers at me and my brother factory! They told me that if I set foot in their department, they WILL call my Parents! 😠
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winterwidow87 4 months ago (edited)
I like to complain about how much the government takes away from my paycheck, but recently i had to have surgery + 3 blood transfusions and i paid exactly 0 euros for everything. It's absolutely worth it.
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Mike F 4 months ago
It sure does. We probably lost 30% of our temps after first break.
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KrazyChiMama 4 months ago
This happened at the doctors office I used to work at. It became and office joke about going to Burger King lol. Apparently a girl in the billing department went there for lunch and never came back. It was her first day too!
Vicki Perizzolo 4 months ago
we had that happen one time - years ago - she left for lunch and we never saw her again... she was a temp but still
Lila Allen 4 months ago
Had a substitute teacher show up, read my note/instructions, and then walk into the office and say " oh hell no" and leave
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OneHappyPuppy 4 months ago
Yeah, I do the "email us and we'll forward it to the head of*whatever department is consequential*" and then reply myself...
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Jocelyn Webster 4 months ago (edited)
We have an middle aged lady, with number one(in her opinion) seniority, who declares minimally 8 times a day that she "is too old for this sheet".
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 4 months ago
The version I say to myself uses a different word but yeah. Guilty as charged.
Sue Denham 4 months ago
What? you substitute a different word for "boss"?
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Luke Branwen 4 months ago
That "boss makes a dollar, I make a dime" rhyme is outdated. If it was true, all Amazon employees would be millionaires.
Bewitched One 4 months ago
Well when you’re paying that many employees, you can only afford to give them each millionths of a penny… you know, if you still want to be a billionaire and all
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Auntriarch 4 months ago
Apparently you are not supposed to say at your long service award ceremony "if I'd mürdered the interviewer, I'd have been free by now".
Norah Reilly 4 months ago
Maybe not, but that's a helluva of an exit line.
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Lila Allen 4 months ago
I'm starting to think I don't look all that bad in orange
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My O My 4 months ago
A picture of my collegue! She doesn't tell the manager, she tells me all the time that I'm useless
tori Ohno 4 months ago
Ask her what she was doing while spying on you, because she wasn't working. Who's useless now Karen?
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Kiss Army 4 months ago
I am not retired but I am eligible for full retirement any time I want to do so. Having that kind of freedom makes work much easier.
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Mike Rodrick 4 months ago
2nd shift is usually less stressful. Fewer people & managers. Managers who don't want to be there either & stay in their offices.
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DowntownStevieB 4 months ago
If I don't get to come back as an owl, I want to come back as a house cat. HOUSE CAT!
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DowntownStevieB 4 months ago
Facts! I was told I'm at the top tier of pay for my job and not allowed a raise...while I also cover everyone else regularly. smh.
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Mike Rodrick 4 months ago
HR feels the same. They just can't show it so they take it out on you.
Amy 4 months ago (edited)
As ex HR, I can concur. I’d just be rolling my eyes thinking just don’t get caught if you’re gonna post them 😅
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Mike Rodrick 4 months ago
I used to have work dreams way too often. I don't know why but many times I was naked & trying to hide.
Damned_Cat 4 months ago
I used to dream about this one guy who would always tell long rambling backstories about why he needed something from me. Look Bob, I don't care how much trouble you had writing your report, if you want to use my stapler - just do it and let me sleep.
Ellie Ahmed 4 months ago
I always have work dreams where I’m arriving at work and trying to walk from the front entrance to my office but keep getting lost in these big labyrinthine liminal spaces that don’t exist in the building in real life. Like dark empty lecture theatres, hallways lined with apartments, museums, sometimes just big empty spaces with nothing inside at all. S**t’s creepy. No idea what it means.
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BookFanatic 4 months ago
I'm always convinced it's about me, and then the sheer relief when I realize somebody else done did f*** up for once.
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winterwidow87 4 months ago
One of the rules of working in healthcare is that the exact second you take a break a patient is gonna call. Every. Single. Time.
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Robin DJW 4 months ago
"Three squares and a bed" can sound very appealing - until you think about the rest of it..
Load More Replies... RomanceRadish 4 months ago
I used to side with Ernie. But as I've grown I identify much more strongly with Bert.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
Early in my working life I made myself a rule to do as much stuff as possible for ME during the work day. Fvck them; I have a life to manage.
Bored Sailor 4 months ago
My whole office does this and sometimes lunch on the clock. Eating mine now at my desk working.
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Science Nerd 4 months ago
Real-life. My DD was working for Walmart at the time when we got 28” of snow. Was then told she had to report to her shift, but it turned out that nobody showed up except the manager who wound up sleeping overnight in the store.
Me 4 months ago
Seriously! I worked for Target many years ago. Had to work my entire shift even though it was during a blizzard. No one came in either.
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tori Ohno 4 months ago (edited)
That's how I quit my first "professional" job when I was 23. I couldn't stop crying so I just never went back. I found a job better suited to me within 2 days fortunately. My job was a receptionist, and I'm an introvert, a word we didn't understand all those decades ago. Go figure, an introvert doesn't like answering phones and greeting strangers all day long.
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Auntriarch 4 months ago
I'm afraid zoom meetings used to turn me and Mark into Statler and Waldorf.
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
I hate people who get into long conversations at the cash register.
Hassel Davidhoff 4 months ago
Or at any service desk really. It's quite selfish, when you think about it, and boomers, where I am, do it ALL THE TIME. Like, I get you might be lonely and need someone to talk to. Maybe go sit in that chair over there, give it five minutes and another old person will be in here trying to talk my ear off. There, now you two can be friends! Then you discover they don't want to have a conversation, they just want someone to listen to them ramble but they won't pay a therapist, who'd be perfect for that.
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Michael Largey 4 months ago
The people you work with may indeed be your friends. But always remember that's not why they show up.
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Agfox 4 months ago
You forgot the one who always comes in when they're sick because, apparently, they think the place can't function without them
Jenna Kay 4 months ago
I hate that one. He gets sick and then everyone else gets sick, and then he's like - why is everyone sick all the sudden? Dude - I am going to shove those tissues down your throat one day .... 🤬
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SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago (edited)
Can you be the coffee åddîct and always tired at the same time?
KrazyChiMama 4 months ago
I’m so the coffee a****t…I’ll take full responsibility for that one lol! But I’m never late, my OCD won’t allow that!
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Michael Largey 4 months ago
I lose all feeling the rest of the work week.
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Raven Sheridan 4 months ago
Honestly prison is starting to look like a good option to me. Three meals a day, roof over my head, free healthcare, no bills, etc.
turk 4 months ago
There was a movie not too long ago where someone goes to Denmark to commit a crime because they heard the prison system was really nice.
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Jessica Langmeyer Specht 4 months ago
I like my co-workers, but I don't want to get to know them THAT well. Just enough to be pleasant.
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KrazyChiMama 4 months ago
Experienced this one a lot. I’d add weaponized incompetence as well. I worked with a medical assistant who couldn’t take an accurate blood pressure to save her life. The doctors asked the supervisor to move her to another position because of it. We all tried to help her and teach her the correct way. I think she did it on purpose because she didn’t want to run rooms she preferred sitting at the desk instead.
Mike F 4 months ago
Weaponized incompetence, is that when you STILL get phone calls while you are on vacation because your coworkersare nimrods?
Load More Replies... SchadenFreudian Psychology 4 months ago
That’s management’s fault. They need to 1) hire enough people and 2) pay enough and have a good enough atmosphere to motivate people. I’m naturally lazy, but the RIGHT boss can get me to do a ton of work. 🤷🏻♀️
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KrazyChiMama 4 months ago
I loved nights…it’s the transition from going from working nights to days that really messes you up.
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KrazyChiMama 4 months ago
I want to take a moment to thank Mike Rodrick for his comments. I appreciate the humor and a good laugh on a Monday morning is always a blessing! :D
Mike F 4 months ago
Too bad that sentiment is not universally shared. Looking at YOU down vote gremlins!
Load More Replies... ElfVibratorGlitter 4 months ago
I'm actually just starting my third week of medical leave due to postpartum depression (miscarriage). Just had my 5th ketamine infusion and while my mood is fantastic, really not looking forward to going back to work.
Emilu 4 months ago (edited)
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope your mood continues to stay high. Edit: Is your reluctance to go back to work related to telling people what happened/concern about them asking where you've been? If you have someone you really trust at work (bonus if they're in leadership of some description), I'd quietly take them aside, explain what happened but ask that it be kept quiet because you're not in the head-space to talk about it at the moment. It lets people know something has happened but at the same time will (hopefully) make them sensitive to the fact that you don't want to talk about it. I hope this helps you, but I apologise profusely if I'm off-base.
Load More Replies... KrazyChiMama 4 months ago
I want to take a moment to thank Mike Rodrick for his comments. I appreciate the humor and a good laugh on a Monday morning is always a blessing! :D
Mike F 4 months ago
Too bad that sentiment is not universally shared. Looking at YOU down vote gremlins!
Load More Replies... ElfVibratorGlitter 4 months ago
I'm actually just starting my third week of medical leave due to postpartum depression (miscarriage). Just had my 5th ketamine infusion and while my mood is fantastic, really not looking forward to going back to work.
Emilu 4 months ago (edited)
I'm so sorry for your loss. I hope your mood continues to stay high. Edit: Is your reluctance to go back to work related to telling people what happened/concern about them asking where you've been? If you have someone you really trust at work (bonus if they're in leadership of some description), I'd quietly take them aside, explain what happened but ask that it be kept quiet because you're not in the head-space to talk about it at the moment. It lets people know something has happened but at the same time will (hopefully) make them sensitive to the fact that you don't want to talk about it. I hope this helps you, but I apologise profusely if I'm off-base.
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