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Get a job, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. Maybe they should have warned that working isn’t always meant to be fun. There might be times you want to pull your hair out, call in sick, or even quit on the spot. When quitting isn’t an option, injecting some humor into the situation might help. If even only for a little while.
Enter Instagram account “When’s Happy Hour?”. It has 712 thousand followers. All in search of a good laugh, and maybe an affordable cocktail, to make themselves feel a bit better about (sometimes) hating the jobs they love. “Don’t worry, we won’t tell your boss you follow us,” reads their bio. And don’t worry, Bored Panda won’t spill the beans either. What we have done is put together a hilarious list of our favorite posts from the page. Keep scrolling, and try to look very busy working while you upvote the ones that crack you up the most.
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
In the US, it may be why the Wednesday before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest bar nights of the year.
Gabriele Alfredo Pini 1 year ago
This is what Giacomino (Leopardi) had already written in his "Village's Saturday" in 1829 XD
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GettingCereal 1 year ago
Especially since those 4/5 hours typically include driving home, maybe shopping, and cooking before you get to the actual "me" time.
Roland Nijveld 1 year ago
Only 4/5? How? Do you work like 12 hours a day or something? Im only away from home 10 hours a day so have like 6/7 hours free time
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
Yeah, somebody's either working too late or going to bed too early.
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Jan Moore 1 year ago
One year I was mandated to work a double shift (16 hrs) on Christmas Eve. and New Years Eve. It is a 30 minute drive to and from work, so I get home at 11:30 if I'm lucky and have to shower first so I get into bed about 12:00. Then I have to get up at 5:30- 5:45 to go back to work.
The Shark 1 year ago
That's a lot of time, you're lucky! I typically have about 3 hours, but that includes a 45 minute commute... Gotta eat, shower and try to sleep before 11p if I'm lucky so I can be back up at 530a to go to the overworked/underpaid/unappreciated garbage job I still cant believe I went to college for. 🤦🏼♀️
Jocelyn Webster 1 year ago
4/5 hours.. what are you talking about? I work continental shifts. You have way more time in your day than I do.
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If you have a job… Congrats! Around 6,8 million Americans are unemployed, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. Department of Labour. And for many, it isn’t by choice. The stats also show that 5.7 million currently want a job. Though not all of them are actively looking.
While it might be a good idea to have an attitude of gratitude in these here trying times, we certainly won’t judge you for sometimes hating the fact you have to work. Or for relating to anyone on this list who was brave enough to admit they have a strong dislike for their job. From a bossy boss, to unnecessary meetings, after-hours phone calls, colleagues from hell, or even pure exhaustion, there are a number of reasons you might be dreaming of winning the lotto. Or marrying rich.
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Auntriarch 1 year ago (edited)
The IT chaps like me. I mean I'm an idiot, but I'm a polite and amenable idiot.
Mtn Lungta 1 year ago
OK I'lll try that here but walk me thu it like a 6 year old and not a very smart 6 year old .. thankyou.
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Dragons Exist 1 year ago
I'd have had one as soon as knew the meetings topic
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Oskar vanZandt 1 year ago
I'm thinking it's more like one of the circles of (Dante's) Hell rather than rooms in a haunted house...
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
What I "loved" was the meeting to determine when the next meeting was.
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MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
and even worse you have to train them to do their job on top of everything else!!
longlivethequeen554 1 year ago
But what about the big boys sitting in their office all day, pretending to do work, who come and go as they please, that get the mega money and super bonus? While the rest of us work our little butts off for minimum wage, no sick pay and no bonus? How's that for corporate maths?
Khavrinen 1 year ago
"You've been working here loyally for years? We *can't* *possibly* afford to offer you more than a 2% raise. Oh, you're putting in your 2 week notice, because you got offered a job that pays double your current salary? If you'll stay we can easily match that rate. Where did that money come from? Ummm........"
Sharkfin6 1 year ago
I am seriously considering bouncing laterally around the departments around me to accrue some semblance of a livable wage. The path i am on right now has me waiting until the older folks retire or...are not around anymore so i can apply and hopefully get the positions- and that would not guarantee their salary, just a bump in mine.
Recent data reveals that job satisfaction is a a sixteen year all-time low. One 2024 survey found only 18% of employees were “extremely satisfied” with their organization. Gallup has been doing these surveys for a while now and the the results have never really been anything to write home about.
At the highest point, only a third of the gainfully employed were singing their company's praises. And that was back in 2009. That’s a dreary outlook given that we spend so much of our time grinding away to put food on the table. And a fair amount of time commuting there and back. If we don't work remotely.
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Visions of the robot in "Lost In Space" (arms waving) "WARNING Will Robinson, WARNING!"
BookFanatic 1 year ago
But don't forget, we also need a meeting about where to meet to discuss the meeting that we're going to meet at in order to decide why we're meeting in this meeting.
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Mtn Lungta 1 year ago
This is you? and you never thought of photography or tour guide/travel reviewer as a career? I'm sure there are others.
The Shark 1 year ago
Thought of it, but only until I saw the amount of time and money it would cost to get into such a career to make the same or less money than I do now...
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Firstname Lastname 1 year ago
I'd prefer winter break so I don't have to go out in the cold snow and ice.
Kelly H. Wilder 1 year ago
Sounds fun, but if I slip n slide I bruise n break. Perhaps Popsicles and books instead?
whineygingercat 1 year ago
Same here. But whatever we choose to do, we get full pay.
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Nea 1 year ago
You Scandinavians making us feel even worse all the time :-// s wish all the countries coupd be more like you guys!
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Erik Biesemeier 1 year ago
Best was when I was going to college, the school I went to did quarters, so every 10 weeks we got either 2 or 4 weeks off.
Steve Robert 1 year ago
Makes me glad that I retired a decade ago, after finishing my 30 years of work lockup!
Another survey found that the more you earn, the more likely you are to be happy at work. So it turns out money can buy happiness after all. If you’re considering handing in your resignation and getting a job that pays (much) better, you might have to go back to your student days of being broke. According to Indeed, many of the highest paying positions are in the medical industry.
Anesthesiologists rake in an average annual salary of $370 thousand a year. But our quick job search found positions advertised for over $440 thousand. Surgeons, orthodontists, cardiologists and psychiatrists aren't doing too bad either. All hitting close to, or over, $300 thousand yearly.
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MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
we must be in the time of place that the place is the time we are in so we can time the place that is in the place........
Mtn Lungta 1 year ago
In Springfield, they are eating the dogs. The people that came in, they are eating the cats. They’re eating – they are eating the pets of the people that live there."
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
For the record, I am not pleased with either choice. Hold my nose and vote for the one who is NOT an arrogant a*****e who adores the former head of the E German KGB..
cyndi hafele 1 year ago
Not understanding the question but then remembering you grew up as a middle class kid.
Jane Hower 1 year ago
She is the MOST unqualified person to EVEN run for President!! OMG, and she never NEVER got even ONE vote - was only picked by BIden for VP because he said he's get a Women of color ther - NO MENTION of getting the BEST person for the job. Blew the Democrate party all the hell and I couldn't be happier. BYE BYE
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Everyone once got one from the CEO of Nestle waters asking if anyone had seen the remote control. The outpouring of sarcasm was gratifying, one being a Chocolate Lab with a remote in it's mouth...CEO was decidedly NOT amused.
Lotekguy 1 year ago
You're lucky to work for Bert and Ernie. Too many bosses are like the old guys in the balcony.
Heras buddy 1 year ago
I personally would have promoted aerin. Would love to have been associated with a Muppet. Would have had to demote Beaker. No sense of humor.
Erik Biesemeier 1 year ago (edited)
Had some people send a company wide email about lunch plans, and kept replying all, so, this back and forth went out to about 80,000 people. (I wasn't part of it other than getting a dozen emails of these people trying to decide where to eat)
Seedy Vine 1 year ago
Why is it always "Ernie and Bert" to children but "Bert and Ernie" to grownups?
BookFanatic 1 year ago
Not career, but when I was in college I was supposed to do a PowerPoint presentation to our class. The night before, I'd made a very graphic PP on why my bestie's ex (dumped her over the phone) was an a*****e. Guess which one I loaded onto my flash drive and cued up at school. I yanked it down, luckily, but not before the entire class saw a picture of...um...a very excited donkey.
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PFD 1 year ago
That can't be a real photo. The Pope in Room 101? No one would let that happen, surely?
Chewie Baron 1 year ago
I’m pretty sure someone did on the BBC comedy programme ‘Room 101’.
Load More Replies...If needles, scalpels, teeth or hospital wards aren't your thing, you could opt to spend your days in court. Those in the legal industry are in high demand. And with lawyers earning an average hourly rate of $85, the many extra years of studying might just pay off. Forbes recently reported that "the job demand for lawyers is faster than average, experiencing a surge of 8%"
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Celtic Pirate Queen 1 year ago
Right? Hey, if some random stranger wants to pay my mortgage - LET THEM!
Spannermonkey 1 year ago
All these multi-factor "authentications," all of which only prove that the person holding the device is the one trying to access the account....lose the device and it's all irrelevant!
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Mike F 1 year ago
Our fax machine never went down. That's more than the company we got our runs from can say about their email systems. Without fail, their systems people would push an (untested) update through on weekends, then find out Monday afternoon that every email sent that morning never reached it's destination. We would phone the "director" of the transportation department and ask them to reinstate the fax protocols until the snafu is resolved to be met with "-chuckle- we won't be faxing out the runs..." then I'd reply with "we'll not be taking any emergency overnight runs that may spring from this when we have a workable alternative". Worked every time. Online fax programs are a thing, and quite reliable. Yeah, I'm a dinosaur. 🦕
Kerry Fletcher 1 year ago
I do tech for a bank and lawfirm. The still use faxes for documents that require signatures. Digital is not acceptable as it can be manipulated.
I think we can agree that not everyone is cut out to be a doctor or lawyer. And what a boring (and dangerous place) the world would be if everyone followed that direction. As they say, “do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” Thankfully, there are some other careers that pay well and get rave reviews from those who have followed the path.
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Wysteria_Rose 1 year ago
Every time I'm feeling unwell or had a bad night before, I always try to gear myself up so I don't let it come off so obviously. Without fail, my boss has been able to see through any attempt I make and ALWAYS says, "You okay? You look SO TIRED!" It takes so much for me to not say, "Well, I guess I better leave then and go rest b/c I literally can't do anything else about it."
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Stephanie Barr 1 year ago
“I always say I love criticism as long as it is unqualified praise.” Noel Coward
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Traveling Lady Railfan 1 year ago
I would have to agree "that being nervous shows you care". At least with myself, at least until I get exceptionally used to something. When I used to have exams, at all level of education, the exams that I went into feeling calm were the ones that I did the worst at. I used to get nervous before theatrical productions, concerts, public speeches, news presentations etc when I really cared. When there were no stakes involved, it didn't matter whatsoever if I did a good job or not, that's when I felt no nervousness. So I think that there is something to be said about this...
zovjraar me 1 year ago
i told my boss i'm too lazy to do things the long way and she said that's called efficiency.
“A sense of purpose is significantly correlated with fulfillment and satisfaction. You don’t have to be solving world peace or world hunger, but when you show up and do great work that is meaningful to your colleagues and to the people you serve, it’s good for you as well,” reported Forbes.
“You can consider the meaning of work—showing up and doing what you do to the best of your ability, no matter what type of work it is—as well as the meaning in work—a career which you feel has intrinsic value. Either type of meaning contributes to satisfaction—both the meaning of work and the meaning in work.”
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Silly-Rabbit 1 year ago
They would just use ZOOM or something similar.. or worse, call everyone into the conference room for a team building exercise 😔
According to Career.io becoming a Data Scientist is among the most satisfying, highly paid jobs. While Real Estate Agents top the spot for the most popular job with the highest satisfaction levels. The site quotes experienced realtor, Tina Lapp, as crediting the “flexibility and autonomy” of the role for being so popular.
They explain that a Real Estate Agent must "use creativity and strategy to succeed and develop rewarding human relationships along the way — hopefully with the buzz of a big sale at the end of it." They add that you get to define what success looks like to you. And create your own schedule to balance work, home, and your bank balance.
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Kari Panda 1 year ago (edited)
I once had a woman who ranted at me about how we DARE close between Christmas Eve and New Year. … I work at a library. A university library. The whole university was closed for that time.
Mark Savoie 1 year ago
That might have been me, except I'm a dude. As a grad student, I knew nothing of holidays. I knew tge library opened at 8:30 a.m. and I was there from then until the campus bar's Happy Hour started at 8:00, where I stayed until it ended at 10:00 p.m., at which point the other campus bar's Happy Hour ended at 11:00 p.m. Walk home after that go wake up at 7:00 a.m. to go to the library and repeat. Holidays!? What were those?
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Whatever you decide to do, whatever path you choose, and whatever career you pursue... Remember that the average person will spend around 90 thousand hours at work in their lifetime. And when the hour of reckoning comes, they’re unlikely to regret not spending enough time working.
According to this report, and several others, the most common deathbed regrets are "I didn’t spend enough time with the people I love" and "I worked too much and missed out on life." Do you love your job? Do you hate your job? What would do if you didn't have to worry about money? Let us know in the comments.
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ValdaDeDieu 1 year ago (edited)
We're never, EVER, EVERRR getting back together...
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
I'm the "you can wear sequins to work, where is it written otherwise" person when someone is worrying that they might be overdressed because they are wearing pink.
pfeils wife 1 year ago
I'm the one they come to when they want the hard truth, delivered in a semi-sweet way.
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BookFanatic 1 year ago
I'm just high enough in our office hierarchy to occasionally be left in charge of our department. You would think, after 20 years, I would be used to this concept.
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Phoenix 1 year ago
I've never had a dream about work. However, I have had many nightmares about work.
Dariusz M. D. 1 year ago
They called them workmares and they are horrifying.
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leendadll 1 year ago
Losing good insurance has been the hardest part of becoming too disabled to work!!
Rahul Pawa 1 year ago
We should have never let our employers provide health insurance as a "benefit". That move set up our current healthcare system.
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Susie Elle 1 year ago
And the last piece will lie there the rest of the day because nobody wants to take the last piece 'in case someone else wants it'. I call it the Piece of Shame.
Bob Brooce 1 year ago
How can you have .68 of a donut left when somebody has already taken .375 of that donut?
detective miller's hat 1 year ago
As a fat person, we must make it appear that we are not fat because of our diets.
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Biytemii 1 year ago
Haha this is every day i worked at and I worked at many over the years. Husband owns a few and I have been manager more than I wanna admit for not really extra pay or pay that even matches a working manager. Like the only time as a manager that I wasn't counted on the floor was when I was doing order or payroll....
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
..as my former boss scrambles trying to get even the most perfunctory tasks completed after my retirement as my co-workers refuse ownership....have fun Bart!
Kari Panda 1 year ago (edited)
Not the best mindset imo. Check what work NEEDS to be done and in what time frame, and plan accordingly. I always do the important work, I‘m not going to inconvenience coworkers/customers just because I feel lazy or anything. The rest depends on my personal wellbeing that day. Am I fine? Then I’ll tend to other tasks. Am I barely managing to stay awake? Then I’ll do some of the braindead work no one wants to do because it’s so tedious, and otherwise just try to get through the day.
Farah the Turtle 1 year ago
Wow. If I had 100th of your mindset, I would die a happy person
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Pandemonium 1 year ago
I'm looking to pretire in a year and leave the lower circle and enter that overlapping section above
Dont Sellmyinfo 1 year ago
I was thinking the same thing yesterday, thank you for giving it a word.
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detective miller's hat 1 year ago
I've still never figured out precisely what a "consultant" is.
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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 1 year ago
I'm currently shaking, crying and throwing up, but all of those are genuine symptoms of the virus I've got. Might be flu, could be covid. Not sure yet. Either way I'm feeling absolutely lousy 😢
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Aww, wrap up and drink plenty of hot drinks, and a couple of ibuprofen too
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
Hehehe, every time I get an annual notification of something now, I snigger, because I will not have to deal with the next one... Retiring in March...
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 1 year ago
At a certain point in adulthood, errands count as going out for the day.
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Spannermonkey 1 year ago
"Same place I am now, but with more resentment and another 2 therapists."
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Fire Singer 1 year ago
If I never hear the saying, "there's still a lot of wood to chop" again in my life I'll be happy.
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Roland Nijveld 1 year ago
Just summer ain't enough. Need all the others as well. 6 weeks ain't enough
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MalibuClassicMan 1 year ago
And yet , everything will remain the same as before!! Glad you got it off your chest and moved on to better things.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Be glad you got out when you did. If you encounter someone you used to work with, it's usually worse there.
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Or, as someone in the HR department pointed out, "You have 4 contractual personal days. At your current wage, taking them is a better idea than collecting a $200 attendance bonus."
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Upstaged75 1 year ago
I have to restrain myself from using more than one per message. Don't want to seem too enthusiastic. :)
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
"So I see I got a 3 out of 5 on attendance Doug, let me make sure I understand, if someone goes on vacay, I don't need to cover them anymore? And I no longer have to show up every scheduled day? Nice to know..dumbass."
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Auntriarch 1 year ago
I'm retiring in March, and I have no fear, so does anyone have any good ideas what to change my email sign off to? Give it your best, dear Pandas
Auntriarch 1 year ago
I'm retiring in March, and I have no fear, so does anyone have any good ideas what to change my email sign off to? Give it your best, dear Pandas
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